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misnoma

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Was reading about this in the pico tank thread.. .was wondering what is involved..

Obviously top-off water is just aged freshwater, since the salt doesn't evaporate. So I guess you're basically looking for a sensor of some sort in the top of the tank that detects when the water level drops below normal, which switches a pump of some sort to put more freshwater in (out of a resevoir somewhere).

Am I on the right track? or is it more complex than this? :)

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That's pretty much it. It works better with a sump though, you can design it so the pump chamber has larger differences in height for the amount of water lost so makes it more accurate than you could get in a tank. Mine just switches on an air pump that pushes water out of a 25L jerry can into the tank.

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