how do you do your evaporation top offs?

[samuel88]

do you just dump the whole bucket of freshwater directly into the tank? or do you add it in bit by bit?

[SamuelTan]

I just dump the water into the sump.

[tunicate]

2 liters of it a time into the sump.

[inwear]

do you just dump the whole bucket of freshwater directly into the tank? or do you add it in bit by bit?

Hi Bro, i pre-prepare my water 2 days inadvance and 100ml & 100ml at time

[samuel88]

if lets say, i have a 15 gallon tank, which is about 55 litres, and i dump in 3 litres of freshwater directly into the tank (not the sump) where all the corals and fishes are displayed, would it be bad enough to cause the bacterias and little organisms in the tank to die and cause the tank to become cloudy?

[tunicate]

At this rate, the salinity in your tank fluctuates quite a bit & is not healthy to the LS. I suggest you top-up more frequently with 1.5liter bottle.

[samuel88]

At this rate, the salinity in your tank fluctuates quite a bit & is not healthy to the LS. I suggest you top-up more frequently with 1.5liter bottle.

thanks for the advice.

[DUCADOS]

For me I do whatever things in the sump.

I top up about 4litres per day. Just dump all into sump.

[SamuelTan]

For me I do whatever things in the sump.

I top up about 4litres per day. Just dump all into sump.

Wah daily water change!

[samuel88]

if you dump freshwater into the sump won't it kill some of the beneficial bacterias?

[peacemaker]

Fluctuation in salinity is the issue here. Why not invest in an auto top off device? Just make sure that your fresh water reservoir has sufficient capacity to last you a week, so that you only have to top up weekly. It also helps to keep the salinity at a stable rate.

[dryDiver]

if you dump freshwater into the sump won't it kill some of the beneficial bacterias?

Usually the top up is a small % of tank water n the flow rate mixes the water

quite quickly, so it should be ok.

While u top up , u can mix your kalkwasser with your tap water n drip it into

the tank. But do this at night.

Cheers

[BFG]

Using a Tunze Osmolator connected to a Kalkwasser reactor to do my auto top off at night with the use of a timer.

[metzrocco]

For me every 3 to 4 four days me top up bout 2.5 liters of water into my over flow...

It will eventually mix with the current water in the sump before up to the tank by the return pump..