Thoughts on tunze osmolator nano 3152

I have used these on a couple of tanks. Mine have always worked flawlessly.
The only thing you need to make sure is that the water surface where the sensor goes should be steady (No waves) otherwise the sensor will be constantly turning on and off.
I believe it also has a safety sensor that only allows it to stay on for 1o minutes at a time.
 
The alarm gets annoying. When I have my arm in the tank and the water level rises, the alarm goes off. Other than that I love mine. It has its own failsafe with the optical sensor. You can usually find a nice used one from one of the national forums
 
edsbeaker said:
I have used these on a couple of tanks. Mine have always worked flawlessly.
The only thing you need to make sure is that the water surface where the sensor goes should be steady (No waves) otherwise the sensor will be constantly turning on and off.
I believe it also has a safety sensor that only allows it to stay on for 1o minutes at a time.
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+1. I would only use this in the sump. The waves will drive the sensor nuts and shorten the life of the ATO pump. I guess you can hook it up to a controller like a Reef keeper or Apex and only have it turn on a few times a day
 
What makes it only good for up to 50g? lol

Why not just get a JBJ ato and pump. It'll be cheaper and also has an adjustable timer for how long it'll run for.
 
Mine has an optical sensor. If you have waves big enough touching and un-touching it, it will turn the pump on and off, or make the high water level alarm go on and off.
 
ColaAddict said:
Mine has an optical sensor. If you have waves big enough touching and un-touching it, it will turn the pump on and off, or make the high water level alarm go on and off.
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Was thnking of putting it in the back chamber of my nuvo tanks.. I dnt thnk waves will be an issue there
 
Joe5688 said:
What makes it only good for up to 50g? lol
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Nothing that I know of. I've used it on my 180, unless, of course, the amount of evaporation is so huge that since it can only stay on for 10 minutes at a time , it never can catch up with replacing the water. I can't imagine that, though.

Also little ripples will not cause it to not function properly, a strong powerhead, yes. I have about 1000 GPH dropping over the baffles into my sump area, (I have a center return) and there are no issues with the sensor.
 
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