whats your rate of evapouration?

[gift05]

hey guys i've been running my 4X2X2.5 for about a week now and its evapouration is kinda constant at 1.5L a DAY. yes a day. i top it up with distilled bottled water every morning when i wake cuz its really going that fast.

is this normal?

if so... bruce, i've gotta DIY a RO/DI unit too

[Star Polyps]

Me too, I'm running a fan

and chiller. Top up every night

before sleep.

[gift05]

i don't use any fans leh! the water's evaporating too quickly. think its time to go ro/di

[Alvin Tan]

b4 i had a chiller....top up at least 0.8 litres....now having a chiller....i dun even need to top up..cos feeding(dripping) my corals already bring up the level n the rate of evaporation is real slow...

[Terryz_]

I have to top up 5L every night... Those dishwashing liquid container...

[gunzo]

around once a week.. same as alvin, after putting in chiller rate of evaporation drops.. 3' tank wif no mh lite on 12hrs at 90w (3 tubes)

3 pumps total of 124w

[coralreef]

Used to topup 8L a day

After using chiller...around 2L a day at most...

[shoelevy]

i run 5x2x2 maintain at 27

i lose about 1pail a week

if u find topping up daily a hassle i strongly recommend tubby

[tigershark]

me using a chiller and fan, set chiller at 27 deg celcius and using a 0.18A 80mm DC fan, evaporation rate depends on whether I closed the door (humid air cant get out, less evoporation), room temp (high temp encourage more evaporation)... usually its between 1~3 litres...

[Derek0925]

i m running a 4ft tank using fan. Need to top up half a pail daily....but i deem that is a good sign anyway. That's means the fan is useful in bringing down the temperature

[colinsoon]

hmm... i got a 24x12x14 inches and my tank evaporates 1.7 litres of water a day.... every single day a 1.5 litre bottle plus a bit more.. haiz/.

[hammy]

around 1.5l a day using ac fan for my 2 feet ....

[Panzz]

mine is 1L a day using a fan too. really evaporation can sometimes be so fast.

[shawncel]

Previously when I was running 3 fans on my 4' x 2' x 2' tank, the evaporation rate was high. I had to top-up water twice a day (abt 1 gallon each time). So I got a tubby which makes life easier.

Now with chiller, only need to top-up abt 0.5 gal every 3 to 4 days.

[Panzz]

tight buget here can't get a chiller yet