Auto Top up the easy way

[shootsimon]

Hi all just like to share a tot with all about a cheaper way to top up water.

Well I understand from a friend who owns an aquarium shop that he don't use auto top up devices for auto top ups. What you need is to hook up your tap above your tank or sump and let the water drip. This only applies to larger tanks.

And if you are in planning stage, also plan an overflow pipe for event of flooding if the water drip is too fast for the evaperation rate.

Not to worry about chlorine and unwanted stuff from your tap water as you can run the plumbing works to a DI/RO unit before running it to the sump or tank.

[zephyros]

to add to this, understand that if the water drip rate is very slow,

it might not even trigger the water meter to move ... hence FOC

water top up

[shootsimon]

Is that true?

[zorden]

it might not even trigger the water meter to move ... hence FOC

wow fOC water

[Firestarz]

Cool! Acutally i hav an idea like that .. it actually makes use of a top-up reservior with a dripper or a tiny hole which drips water. this allows water to flow out drop by drop. but i cant get myself to trust this method. no one knows wad will happen.

[laona]

hahaha...hrm..get water foc?? viz dripping?? hrm..like that use a leaky tap??hehehe...

[tineng]

had been doing it for my small nano sometime already......only limitation is that don't put kalk in it....it test to clog up the drip making it less consistant....quite a hassle to re-tune the drip.....