hey guys! happy tues! i have a question. i built my 20 gallon long spesifficly for SPS. i have a wave maker and a small koralia, a 4 bulb T-5 fixture (the tank is only 12'' deep). i need to get a ATO cause' man does my water evaporate like crazy! so i want to hear what you guys have. i need somthing cheap, reliable, and long lasting life. any suggestions?
keeping SPS corals and ATO's
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I use my apex now for ATO so that I can customize how it operates and get alerts. Before that I used a JBJ auto top off and was happy with it. That one can be set up for maximum time and a redundant high level backup. Cost is around $100 new.
Honestly, if you can afford to drop a couple hundred bucks, I would look into an apex jr or a reefkeeper lite. That will give you much more bang for your buck since they can control your heaters, lights, chiller/fan, and ATO, plus alert you of problems. By the time you add up the cost of temp controller, ATO, and timers, it ends up costing the same for better performance.
Honestly, if you can afford to drop a couple hundred bucks, I would look into an apex jr or a reefkeeper lite. That will give you much more bang for your buck since they can control your heaters, lights, chiller/fan, and ATO, plus alert you of problems. By the time you add up the cost of temp controller, ATO, and timers, it ends up costing the same for better performance.
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I use a tunze ATO. awesome little ATO with optical float as the main switch. Has no moving parts in it so will never get stuck in the on position
http://www.tunze.com/149.html?&L=1&C=SE&user_tunzeprod_pi1[predid]=-infoxunter036
http://www.tunze.com/149.html?&L=1&C=SE&user_tunzeprod_pi1[predid]=-infoxunter036