Evaporation

[Bryan]

How much water do you go through? I have a fan to pull heat out of my canopy from the halides, and my temp stays in the 78-79 degree range. I go through about 2 gallons a day, seems like a lot to me. How can I cut this down?

 

[finksmart]

There's nothing you can do it's supposed to evaporate. My goes through about the same a day.

 

[cmsurfr22]

how big is your tank? I would say that's normal unless you have a small tank. An auto top off is def a must have IMO!

 

[Danw]

I have a 75gal tank with metal halides and vho lights and loose about 1 gallon of water a day, i also have two dehumidifiers in the house and they have helped alittle with the evaporation.

 

[MadReefer]

My system evaporates about 1.5 gallons a day also. I did notice that most of it happens at night while I am a sleep. I assume it's because the heat is going more at night than the day. I keep the cabinet doors open to get more air and it helps a little. I have no fan either.

 

[Phyl]

Opening the cabinet should actually encourage evap. By keeping them closed you should see less evap because the ambiant humidity of the cabinet would be higher and not take up as much water. At least that's how it works here.

 

[katlongo]

I evaporate out 3 gallons a day - 180 witha 40-gallon sump, open top. I'm sure that it will be more in the summer when I have the fan blowing on the sump.

 

[Bryan]

OK I just wanted to see what the average was I don't have the ability to set up a auto top off now so I will just keep a watchful eye.

 

[Jabis96]

i go through about 2 gallons a day on my 180