135g leaking?????

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TheBroc

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So I just got my 135 running and I'm noticing the water level drop slightly each day. I've looked under, around and everywhere but no sign of water leaking. Feeling stumped :/

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TheBroc said:
So I just got my 135 running and I'm noticing the water level drop slightly each day. I've looked under, around and everywhere but no sign of water leaking. Feeling stumped :/

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Have you got lids on the tank? Sounds like evaporation to me.
 
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There is glass tops on it. That seems like slot of evaporation ,

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If its around 75 degrees you dont lose too much to evaporation, if its above 80 your going to lose A TON... And if you have cracks in your lids and air stones or surface agitation your going to lose even more. My sump runs dry which is a 35 gallon I top off every week to the brim. So a good 25 gallons evaporates from it weekly lol! Thats why I favor huge sumps, only reason why I'm sticking with the 35 is cause I cant even get a 55 in through the doors haha.
 
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Danielcho said:
If its around 75 degrees you dont lose too much to evaporation, if its above 80 your going to lose A TON... And if you have cracks in your lids and air stones or surface agitation your going to lose even more. My sump runs dry which is a 35 gallon I top off every week to the brim. So a good 25 gallons evaporates from it weekly lol! Thats why I favor huge sumps, only reason why I'm sticking with the 35 is cause I cant even get a 55 in through the doors haha.
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Well it's 82° but my 55 gal and 29 gal tanks are at same temp and it does evaporate but not at this rate. I'll lower all my tanks to 80 maybe 78

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the 135 has a larger foot print or surface area that should yield more evaporation, I too noticed theres also a big difference from my 55's to my 220 in terms of evaporation.
 
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Danielcho said:
the 135 has a larger foot print or surface area that should yield more evaporation, I too noticed theres also a big difference from my 55's to my 220 in terms of evaporation.
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Okay. Thanks. Its a used tank this is y I asked. Also when I first started the 405s one was leaking a lot (just the o-ring) and there was a huge puddle under the tank.

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