alternative to aqua lifter for ato
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jamesdong009
Anthony
How high are you lifting the water and are you able to move the pump closer to the tank where it's being pumped into?
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+1. I've always suggested this for ATO remote pump. It can push water up to 25feet without a problem. I have my ATO water storage in the basement and push up to the first floor. No issue with head pressure and no concern of RODI eating through the plastics of the pump.
evan.lundberg4
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This is what I was thinking would be an easy solution as well.
jamesdong009
Anthony
I think the rating on the pump is only 30" or so.
jamesdong009
Anthony
I have and use both the Litermeter and BRS 50ml pumps. The BRS pumps worked fine for awhile pumping water from the basement to the first floor but would always eventually fail, even with constant maintenance. I think the head pressure was too much to handle.
Since going through a few BRS pumps, I switched up the Litermeter for my display tank upstairs and the BRS pump for my frag tank downstairs and things have definitely worked out better.
Since going through a few BRS pumps, I switched up the Litermeter for my display tank upstairs and the BRS pump for my frag tank downstairs and things have definitely worked out better.
Hey guys....... the OP only want to lift the water from the stand to the tank, not from the basement !!!!!
I have been using my BRS 50 ml/min pump to do exactly that and was GREAT, at least for the last year (only 1 year using it). Same with my dosing 1.1 ml/pumps for Alk and Ca. Could be that from the basement to the 1st floor the BRS pump it is not the best one. But for a short distant is VERY RELIABLE and not so expensive. I am using it in my 14G Biocube with a JBJ ATO. The aqualifter only can lift water 30".
I tested last week my dosing pumps and after a YEAR, they had the same 1,4 ml/min rate.
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dcforester1
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If you use the liter meter remote pump, how do you connect it without the head unit?
Marshall O
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That was my thought as well. I use one for my 125 and one for my 46.
Because of the volume of water per minute. The 2 ATOs I have used (tunze nano and JBJ) have security features if the floating sensors fails. The Tunze Nano, with his own pump, will continue pumping for 1 1/2 minutes, if my memory is correct. That will pump 1G of water. Depending of the tank size it can be a big issue. The JBJ will continue pumping for almost 4 minutes until it stops, if the sensor fail. Depending on the pump you use with the JBJ and your tank size it can be an issue.
The Nano Tunze didn't work for me in my 14G. One day dosed 1G , as mentioned, and took me a week to return the salinity levels to normal. The JBJ with the BRS pump is working. Because the BRS pump, if the JBJ sensor fails, it will dose 50 ml × 4 minutes = 200 ml before it stop.
If your tank is bigger you can increase the security time in the JBJ or.....increase the pump size
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Derik,
I use my Profilux ATO sensors to sense the water level in the sump. When the water level is not where the sensor is, the sensor ping the controller to request a water fill. The controller just turn on the outlet which the pump is connected to. The spectre remote pump is just a mean of getting water into the tank.
letoan
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Derek, those remote pump operate on 12v. I use the Apex/float switches for top off.
Bobbofin
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I've used an Aqualifter pumps for years without issue for RODI top off water four feet from stand to tank. Are you sure one of the lines isn't kinked? Question: Are you running kalk of any other additives in the water? If so, it says right on the packaging that it can clog if doing so. Is the Aqaulifter pump level? I found that if I mounted the aqualifter pump on the back wall of the stand it would not work very well. Seems weird to me but what do I know.
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