ATO Pump - Tom's Aqualifter?

Does anyone else use Tom's Aqualifter for their ATO? How does it work for you? What other pumps are good for ATO? I've gone through 2 Aqualifters in 1 month...and I even bought the "pre-filter" accessory for the second one. Are they normally pieces of junk or did I seem to find 2 bad apples?

 

mine always worked fine but i got tired of filling up my top off bucket. So I plumbed my ro system directly into my sump.

 

you can use almost any pump. i was using a aqua clear power head (the smallest they had at the store i believe it was about 20 dollars) before i switched to the tom's aqualifter. i have only had the aqualifter about a month. but so far so good. i switched because im dosing kalk with my ato now, and wanted a very very slow pump. but if i have a problem with the aqua lifter i will just switch back to the powerhead and turn the pressure down on it to its lowest setting. the aqua clear has a setting on the side to turn down the water gph its sending out.

 

I have been running mine a while without any problems yet.

 

No problems with mine and have been using it everyday for at least 2 years. Only problem I had was after awhile one of the lines cracked at the nozzle of the pump and it was leaking. I thought it was the pump but nope. Just cut an inch off the line and reinstalled, works like a charm

 

i have used them for years. they work great for ATO. I have one now on my 180 that performs very well.

 

Plumbing your RO directly into your tank is dangerous.

Why not just plumb it into the top off bucket?

 

bump

 

mine works well i use the float switches from autotopoff.com but from here on out ill make my own not that i have a problem with mine just would be cheaper and i can make it costom for my aplication

i worry about anything faster splashing messing with float switches but if you filled a diffrent chamber it would be ok i guess