09-23-2002, 08:33 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Atlanta
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How much water does your tank evaporate
I was wondering how much water everyones tank evaporates on a daily basis. My new tanks seem to be evcaporating around 2 - 3 gallons a day.
My setup is 2 75 gallon tanks on the same sump 30 gallons with a 20 gallon refugium.
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09-23-2002, 08:52 PM
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Jedi Master
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Orlando, FL
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Our 135 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump and 20 gallon fuge eveporates a little more than 20 gallons per week.
Andrew
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09-23-2002, 09:12 PM
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Look deeply into my eyes
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: NW Indiana
Posts: 11,140
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75g with 2 400W 10k Mh's,4-55W pc actinics,,one fan blowing inward, 2 blowing out (only with lights on) a big ol' Rio PH running across the the tank near the top,,,canopy is pretty much enclosing the tank . 'tween the water movement , and the lights,,,i quess it's the norm for evap rate...
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09-23-2002, 09:35 PM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
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120 gallon tank. 2-3 gallons per day in the hottest part of the summer. About 1 gallon a day in the winter.
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09-24-2002, 12:17 AM
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Crazed Fish Whisperer
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kansas City, MO
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hmm..you forgot the less then 1 gallon.  I seem to lose about 1 gallon every 3 days or so due to evaporation. I have a 20g tank. |
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09-24-2002, 01:46 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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Mine averages around 1.5-2 gal a day but more in summer. It will use up the better part of 32 gallon trash can in a 9 day (weeks vacation) cycle. With the 75g and 55(wide) sump I have 8x16.5" (11sq ft) of surface to evap from
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09-24-2002, 01:59 AM
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senior member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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Hmmm... can't seem to post to any of the polls...
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ANYWAY, the 180 evaps around 14 liters a day, the prop system around 6 liters a day. The little 30 is the largest evap rate per volume at 5 liters a day.
So Brooke, why can't I use the polls, is the server in Florida? Is Geo Bush running again? 
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09-24-2002, 08:15 AM
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The Border Collie Mod
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: right now? in my chair
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is the server in Florida?
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HAHAHAHAHHAHA
We keep the AC on "frost-bite", so we're losing about 4-5 gal a day.
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09-24-2002, 09:34 AM
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~~~Nuts~~~
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Ohio
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latley we have been going through about 30 gallons every week and a half to two weeks from our reseviour that we have set up.
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09-24-2002, 11:57 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 711
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My 30 evaps about 1 gall per day
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09-25-2002, 01:51 AM
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CONSTANTLY LEARNING
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 193
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My combined tanks totalling 550 gallons plus sumps, use just over 5 gallons nightly. (whatever 22 litres works out to)
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09-25-2002, 10:51 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Bakersfield, CA
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One gallon per day, now. 135 gal. tank with 35 gal. sump behind wall in garage. Here in the Central Valley of Calif., the garage gets cold in the winter and very hot in the summer. Evaporation used to be three gals. + per day using fans plus temp. swings were 5-9 DegF. daily. All of the corals looked OK, but I wanted stablized temp. and less evaporation. So I bought a chiller. Now temp stays 79-80 DegF and evap. is about a gallon. The chiller has cut down alot of worry and daily maintenance time for me.
-Terry
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09-25-2002, 11:46 AM
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Reefaholic
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Greensboro NC
Posts: 115
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On the 72g about .5 gallons a day. On the 125g about a gallon a day.
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09-25-2002, 07:40 PM
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Natural Reefer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: S. Miami,florida
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I lose between 3 and 4 gals. per day, A/C set at 75 degrees 24/7, use 4 ice cap variable speed fans 2 blowing in 2 blowing out. 
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09-25-2002, 08:30 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 220
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I find it amazing how much this varies from tank to tank.
I noticed today after installing a 6 inch clip on fan that I am up to about 3 gallons.
Thanks for all your input this has been great reading for me.
Clay
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