lewisriverfisherman Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Woke up to ATO pump running and a empty resivor. My salinity went down to .024 from .026, So we will see what happens. The sensor was stuck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk13p Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 which ato? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Tune nano 1 hour ago, mrk13p said: which ato? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I like that the Neptune ATK has an optical sensor, mechanical float valve, and a timer to limit pump run time if the other sensors fail. Three levels of protection against this issue, and an immediate email/text alert if the timer is exceeded. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
503reefland Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, SuncrestReef said: I like that the Neptune ATK has an optical sensor, mechanical float valve, and a timer to limit pump run time if the other sensors fail. Three levels of protection against this issue, and an immediate email/text alert if the timer is exceeded. Only thing the atk didn’t have is a human error failsafe from me accidentally turning it to the on possistion! 😂 never again! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, lewisriverfisherman said: Tune nano Interesting, Well i hate to say it but regardless of the methods we use there's always a chance for failure. Glad it was only a .02 drop and not worse. Did you by chance investigate as to why it may have stuck? Does the glass need to be cleaned, and doesn't the Tunzee have a secondary backup of stopping after "X" amount of minutes or Seconds or an alarm that sounds and shuts it off when hitting a particular level? Just realized the 3152 is a single float switch, though on the powerline there is a box that has a jumper in there that can be used to set the length of time before it shuts itself off. I was thinking of the Optical Tunze that has that annoying alarm Edited August 23, 2018 by Exodus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 36 minutes ago, Exodus said: Interesting, Well i hate to say it but regardless of the methods we use there's always a chance for failure. Glad it was only a .02 drop and not worse. Did you by chance investigate as to why it may have stuck? Does the glass need to be cleaned, and doesn't the Tunzee have a secondary backup of stopping after "X" amount of minutes or Seconds or an alarm that sounds and shuts it off when hitting a particular level? It should have cut off........and no alarm with the tunze. I use one also on a nano tank and well it works but still not great. I had another one that messed up the same way......just kept filling but did trip the alarm after so long and cut power to the pump...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, spectra said: It should have cut off........and no alarm with the tunze. I use one also on a nano tank and well it works but still not great. I had another one that messed up the same way......just kept filling but did trip the alarm after so long and cut power to the pump...... I was just looking into the specs of what I assume he was talking about and edited my post while you quoted me Thanks for the heads up though! I was thinking of Tunze 3155 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 14 minutes ago, Exodus said: I was just looking into the specs of what I assume he was talking about and edited my post while you quoted me Thanks for the heads up though! I was thinking of Tunze 3155 Yeah nano version has no alarm and just a float switch.......I like the switch compared to what I had in the other ATO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, spectra said: Yeah nano version has no alarm and just a float switch.......I like the switch compared to what I had in the other ATO. I'm with you scott, I personally like Float switches myself. Though LewisriverFisherman's ATO obviously had some sort of hickup, and we all know Tunze is a solid product with great customer support, so was hoping he had diagnosed the issue so it could possibly corrected to prevent future failures, instead of having to go buy something new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 The only time I have had a problem with any of my float switch style ATOs(tunze/jbj) is when they get dirty. Either from a micro serpent star getting in there to eat the funk or from the funk building up preventing smooth operation of the float. Just clean them routinely (2-3 months) and they work great. The built in safety feature of the tunze nano ATO (1.5-3min ato shutoff) has saved my bacon plenty of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I am with you guys. Floats fail, so sad when it happens. I run three double floats, so a total of six. Two never see water unless the return pump is off. Three floats also has the bonus of automating water changes with APEX, I do that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, chewie said: The built in safety feature of the tunze nano ATO (1.5-3min ato shutoff) has saved my bacon plenty of times. Thank you for clarifying the specifics, I'm wondering if his ATO reservoir was simply drained by the pump in less than 3 minutes. A good solution might be to swap to an aqua lifter or peristaltic pump if that were the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 9 hours ago, Exodus said: Thank you for clarifying the specifics, I'm wondering if his ATO reservoir was simply drained by the pump in less than 3 minutes. A good solution might be to swap to an aqua lifter or peristaltic pump if that were the case. Ya, slow pumps are nice for ATO, its never something you want to do in a hurry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 You probably won't see any ramifications from a .002 change. I think that was pretty common in the hobby back before auto top offs (ya I've been in this that long). I used to dump 3g of water into my tank every other day or so. This is exactly why my reservoir tank is not plumbed directly to my RODI via float switch. That woulda been bad. Seen some great tanks die from that. Good luck to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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