wentreefgirl
Salt waterlogged!!
I used to just top off every 4 days or so with 2 gallons. Now I top of 2 gallons every day. Why do i go through so much in a day with a reef ready? 
Ok, how much do you top off your tank in a day.
- Thread starter wentreefgirl
- Start date
Help Support Reef Aquarium & Tank Building Forum:
wrightme43
Well-known member
humidity effects evaporation. cooling fans evaporate more water. Its a normal thing.
5-8 gallons a day here.
Wayupnorth
Well-known member
3 to 4 gallons a day for me.
Krish
RF STAFF
1 gallon in my sump every 2 days.
Blazer88
Well-known member
I go through about a gallon a day, not bad.
Krish
RF STAFF
Oh, Wentreefgirl, I just wanted to add, the reason why I only top off 1 gal every other day, is probably because I don't have any fish and I'm not running any lights while my tank cycles.
Kensn
Well-known member
I do about a gallon and a half a day Karen.
wentreefgirl
Salt waterlogged!!
Ok, so im not crazy then and im not leaking. Pheeeewwwwww! Cheers.
kevinpo
Expert
12-13 gal. a day
Kevin
Kevin
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
gallon a day and sometimes when its really hot in here i add 2
wave98
Pearly
Well ,all of these gallon per day numbers really don't mean anything unless they are given as "relative" to the total water volume.
Now, wentreefgirl has 2 gal. per day divided by 55 gal. volume, or 3.6% per day.
Ok ,so charlie has 6.5 gal. per day divided by 475 gal. volume, or 1.4% per day.
Wayupnorth has 1.5 % in his 230 gal.
I happen to have 1/2 gal. per day from 34 gal. of volume, which is 1.5% in my case.
If you were leaking, your salinity would be going down steadily. You are using a chiller. so you obviously have a good amount of heat to dissapate. Check your salinity, and if it is steady(and without adjustments to keep it that way ), then you aren't leaking and it's just a matter of your heat and atmospheric conditions. No biggie!
Best of luck on your 90 gal. as well. Wave98
Now, wentreefgirl has 2 gal. per day divided by 55 gal. volume, or 3.6% per day.
Ok ,so charlie has 6.5 gal. per day divided by 475 gal. volume, or 1.4% per day.
Wayupnorth has 1.5 % in his 230 gal.
I happen to have 1/2 gal. per day from 34 gal. of volume, which is 1.5% in my case.
If you were leaking, your salinity would be going down steadily. You are using a chiller. so you obviously have a good amount of heat to dissapate. Check your salinity, and if it is steady(and without adjustments to keep it that way ), then you aren't leaking and it's just a matter of your heat and atmospheric conditions. No biggie!
Best of luck on your 90 gal. as well.
Wave98
Last edited:
Llarian
Well-known member
1 gallon per day with a total system volume of ~30 gallons.
-Dylan
-Dylan
wentreefgirl
Salt waterlogged!!
Wave98, what would be your theory if the tank was a 90?
Ok, I am not Wave98, but if evaporated 2 gallons in a 120 gallon system, that would 1.6%.
I lose 1 gallon a day in my 80 with a 30 gallon sump, which is about 1%. Hope this helps you out. If the numbers are wrong I apologize, but I do see where he gets his numbers.
I lose 1 gallon a day in my 80 with a 30 gallon sump, which is about 1%. Hope this helps you out. If the numbers are wrong I apologize, but I do see where he gets his numbers.
64Ivy
Well-known member
On a 600+ gallon system, I average 7-9 gallons a day
Just on an average, it looks to me that people are losing 1-2% per day.
Wayupnorth
Well-known member
That's the way it looks but I think that a lot more has to be factored in such as size of sump (mine is a 77g with a water volume of probably 45g) room temperature, lights, amount of live rock (thereby reducing total water volume) etc. I am sure that there are people out there that actually LIKE to figure stuff like this out.
Ruth
Ruth
Wayupnorth said:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Yeah, there are sometimes when you can get a little to technical. I just get up in the AM, fill up the 5 gallon bucket however many times it takes, and then go write it down.
