closed or open ato

saltwaternoobie · 11/05/2015, 09:37 PM

Looking at planning my sump and deciding on including an ato in the sump or having and external ato , my question is my ato will be included in my sump and be open or perhaps another ten gallon tank . My question is it best to have it open and add Kalk and such or have a closed container ? Perhaps I'm maybe just over thinking this

tennesseebob · 11/05/2015, 11:13 PM

as i hear it, an open ato with kalk reduces the potency of the kalk. plus i dont think id want the water evaporating out of the ato also.

saltwaternoobie · 11/06/2015, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by tennesseebob

as i hear it, an open ato with kalk reduces the potency of the kalk. plus i dont think id want the water evaporating out of the ato also.

Thanks for your input ! I wasn't aware one could have Kalk in a closed container . Thinking the same with evaporation , thanks for taking the time to resond ! Closed it is !

11/05/2015, 09:37 PM	#1
saltwaternoobie Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 219	closed or open ato Looking at planning my sump and deciding on including an ato in the sump or having and external ato , my question is my ato will be included in my sump and be open or perhaps another ten gallon tank . My question is it best to have it open and add Kalk and such or have a closed container ? Perhaps I'm maybe just over thinking this

11/05/2015, 11:13 PM	#2
tennesseebob Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Tennessee Posts: 423	as i hear it, an open ato with kalk reduces the potency of the kalk. plus i dont think id want the water evaporating out of the ato also. __________________ 150g tall D/T (48x24x30), 40b Sump 2 Arctic t247 LEDs 2 Jebao RW-8, 2 RW-4 Skimz Monzter SM201 Current Tank Info: 48",24",30" 150g tall