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Is it me or wad? My 2ft tank seems to "lose" water rather quickly. One day i can be like topping up 1litre of water. I check for leak but couldn't find any. I have a nano tank beside it and doesnt seems to have much of a problem with the evaporation. Any input? :unsure:

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do a check on magnesium

it might be depleting

magnesium is one of e reason to retain salinity of SW

really? learn something new.

anyway, my 3.5ft lost like um... say maybe 2-3 litres every half a day till i installed a chiller. so my theory is, so long as water temperature is above room ambient temperature, evaporation will happen quickly. once u are able to lower water temperature thru a chiller, then it won't happen as quickly. after i installed a chiller, i don't top up water at all for 2-3 days

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Is it me or wad? My 2ft tank seems to "lose" water rather quickly. One day i can be like topping up 1litre of water. I check for leak but couldn't find any. I have a nano tank beside it and doesnt seems to have much of a problem with the evaporation. Any input? :unsure:

Hi Bro

If you are using colling fan, then evaporation will definite be high. My 3 * 2.5 * 2.5 need to top up 6 litres a day. You may consider auto-top up or chiller.

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actually alot of factors one lehz

precipitation of the weather also plays a part..

i running 4 X t5 with fan but no chiller

1 day e max i try top 2 litres e most

if ur tank is open concept no hoooded type mayb evaporate a little bit more loh..

close concept e sump in cupboard normally slightly more humid..

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beside seeing the water level go down very fast

u shld also c whether e salt is collected on ur tank glass a nt..

all the symtons plays a part..

if water evaporated very fast but salt not collected on your glass it might means something else..

we r all just too used to using test kits...

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I guess bigger water surface leads to faster evaporation? My 1.5 Ft tank requires 3x 1.5 liter bottles of distilled water top offs for every 5 working days and 2 bottles for weekends (no AC, depend on cooling fan).

must be costly in the long run.. i also buying distilled for topping up..

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must be costly in the long run.. i also buying distilled for topping up..

I used 48 bottles of distilled water per month for my 2ft which works out to be approximately $22.

Installing chiller will be a better option in the long run esp using MH as the rate of evaporation is even faster.

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