water evaporation

Ronny#66 · 12/07/2007, 11:29 PM

My wife feeds and is suposed to keep eye on tank for me while I'm on road . I asked her if she had been adding water to my 25 gal set up and she said yes . Came home and water was down about 1/2 gal . i keep my SPG at 1.025 it was 1.028 is this a real problem can't seem to get her to top it off correctly. Would like to add a way she could see easily where water line should be. It would be nice to have a plastic marker that would change color when salt water touched it.

demonsp · 12/07/2007, 11:31 PM

Im sure you could find a DIY in here. http://www.reefcentral.com/diy/?s=&menu=12

Im sure that the rise in SG will be fine.

Salamander · 12/08/2007, 12:56 AM

Look into getting a auto top of. It'll make life a lot easier.

uscharalph · 12/08/2007, 01:08 AM

Do you have a sump?

MalHavoc · 12/08/2007, 05:31 AM

failing an automatic system, what about a piece of masking tape on the outside glass? mark the water level that way.

Ronny#66 · 12/08/2007, 12:05 PM

masking tape would work but I keep water above black plastic around top of glass. I will come up with something.

12/07/2007, 11:29 PM	#1
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	water evaporation My wife feeds and is suposed to keep eye on tank for me while I'm on road . I asked her if she had been adding water to my 25 gal set up and she said yes . Came home and water was down about 1/2 gal . i keep my SPG at 1.025 it was 1.028 is this a real problem can't seem to get her to top it off correctly. Would like to add a way she could see easily where water line should be. It would be nice to have a plastic marker that would change color when salt water touched it.

12/08/2007, 12:56 AM	#3
Salamander Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 2,103	Look into getting a auto top of. It'll make life a lot easier. __________________ I feel more like myself now than I did before. Current Tank Info: 120g mixed reef, 2 x 250W DE MH, 2 x 54w T5, MSX 200 SKimmer, 2 Koralia 4's, 40g fuge/sump, QT

12/08/2007, 01:08 AM	#4
uscharalph Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 1,248	Do you have a sump? __________________ Ralph Mendoza Jr. Long Beach, CA Current Tank Info: 80 Gallon Reef Tank

12/08/2007, 05:31 AM	#5
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	failing an automatic system, what about a piece of masking tape on the outside glass? mark the water level that way. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

12/07/2007, 11:31 PM	#2
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Im sure you could find a DIY in here. http://www.reefcentral.com/diy/?s=&menu=12 Im sure that the rise in SG will be fine.

12/08/2007, 12:05 PM	#6
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	masking tape would work but I keep water above black plastic around top of glass. I will come up with something.