Super easy install of the Tunze Osmolator ATO & why we love it.
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- brs.li/TunzeOsm... The Tunze Osmolator 3155 is easily the most popular auto top off that we sell; it's purchased 5 times as often as any other ATO on our site!
It's one of our favorites, too, because of it really sets itself apart from other ATO's with reliability, safety, mounting options and future flexibility. While pretty much any auto top off will be safe to use for a year or so, we want our tanks up for many years so reliability is one of our top concerns.
A lot of ATO's rely on float switches for their primary level control, which in the long run fail pretty frequently since they rely on moving parts to function.
The Osmolator uses an optical eye which a completely different technology to monitor the water level. This doesn't have any moving parts, and I've personally never seen this fail in the on position. In addition, the Osmolator has a safety float switch as a back-up sensor. Even if that somehow failed, it's equipped with a 10-minute internal timer to turn the ATO off completely if the pump is ever on for 10 or more minutes.
Installation of is super easy and takes about 5 minutes. You'll need a container to act as your water reservoir, a food grade bucket works well. Find a convenient place to mount the control box using the included velcro strips.
Take note of the three lines coming out of the control box, you have a power line for the included pump, a line to the optical sensor and a line for the float switch.
The pump isn't connected directly to the control box by design, so you can route the cord through the top of your top off container before connecting to the control box.
Note: Be sure to always place the water output above your auto top off storage container to prevent siphons.
The final step is to connect your sensors to the included magnetic mount, with the optical eye pointing down and the float switch pointing up. If you don't have a sump, you can place the sensor mount directly in the tank. You can do the same in the sump at the level you'd like to keep your water at.
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Really appreciate you guys today!
Spot on with the "other brands might last a year or two" comment.
Picked up a second hand Osmolator. Top knotch and thank you for the video! Love the fact that Tunze offers replacement parts at a reasonable price. Great company and great job BRSTV.
That 10 minute shut off timer really should be adjustable. 10 minutes of water flowing into your tank can be A LOT, even if you turn the flow all the way down to “nano” on the board. Personally, I would want the option to bring that down to ONE minute (less, if possible). Especially considering most top offs on my little 25 gallon tank take less than five seconds!
This was a big reason why I chose the Smart ATO Micro over this option. The Smart ATO doesn’t have a back up float sensor, but the timer measures the length of the first fill after it powers on, and won’t let it fill any longer than 3x that. So if your first fill was five seconds, if will shut off and alarm at 15 seconds. Simple, but has worked like a charm for me for approaching 15 months now.
Thank you, this was a great help :p
Intimidating when you first open the box with all the parts
A lot of your videos do :)
Just bought this last week. Wish I'd bought it 6 months ago when I first set up my reef tank! Helps keep everything stable and I mix Kalk with my ro/di water.
I was always extremely hesitant on buying the Osmolator due to it's price, but because a few months ago you guys dropped the price on it substantially for a sale I decided to pick one up and I am confident in this ATO.
thank you for this info, my red sea ATO has dumped the reservoir again, now to make some modifications :-)
Roger is a great guy , he really help me sending to brazil 2 optical sensor. u can count with him :)
TY BRS great video.
how timely is this! i JUST bought one of these things from you guys a few days ago and it just arrived today! AWESOME! can't wait to install it!
Like how you switched wire colors when connecting the pump
Very informative! Thank you!
Thanks for the video . I was on the fence for weeks for a auto top off to try. Went to your web site and got one. If I Like it then I need another shortly . thanks for the videos .
Jerry
jerry ebner do you like it?
You and your team make excellent videos and your store is awesome. It would be nice if y'all decided to expand your videos and online store to focus on freshwater stuff too. I'm not very happy with the lack of credible freshwater videos on youtube, only a couple people seem to know what they're talking about ... your videos are always on point!
My tank it’s 63gal what level I can adjust thank you
Brilliant video.
What if I want to fill up 4 to 5 tanks from one reservoir? is there any product out there that will work for that?
You'd still need a separate sensor for each tank as each tank would evaporate water at a different rate. Unless you did some sort of gravity fed system of course.
This ATO has an annoying feature where when you turn it off, and turn it back on, it kicks the pump on. This drives me crazy when I do water changes. Anyway this can be stopped?
If you put it directly in the tank and have a pump that makes waves would it add water everytime the water dropped under the sensor?
Huge f/w fan. But the advisory is still applicable to freshwater fans (f/w) peeps. Great unit wishI could find the space or funds to pay for such a life/home saver. Highly recommend for any aquarium geek like myself.
is it normal when i turn the osmolator on it pumps water for several seconds into the sump even tho the water level has not changed.
great video! thank you!!
i bough the duetto cheapo for like 80 dollars because i didn't wanna spend almost 300$ on this thing and what happened? it crapped out. this hobby is full of cheap options, but they are almost always the most expensive in the long run because they don't last. just got my osmolator last night and installing it today.
Enjoyed the review! Thank You!
Hey Ryan I need that but I don't have reservoir tank, I have my filter RDO system connected straight to the return pump chamber with a float ball , kind of old system, but am always worry when I'll go away or on the weekends if that float ball fail it is a disaster to happens. My friend I trust you all your comments but what can I do without putting a reservoir tank and loosing space around the tank. Thank You
Now, im not kidding, and maybe its the drinks talking, but i love you guys...man...this Diet Coke is really strong.
connecting the wires...? SO it doesn't matter the red or blue wire?
you got it! When attaching the Osmolator pump to the controller, you can attach the wires either way and the pump will still function as intended.
Used the JBJ for 10 years and never failed. My problem with all tunze is too complicated for what their devices do(imo). The control box is not sealed well moister wise. Had that with a powerhead from them. Controller fell apart for 500.00
Only replaced the JBJ due to age. Replaced with the little auto_aqua and that is sealed and simple with even built in safety logic in it.
Their customer service is excellent(best part). But the power head was noisy by design and would just get louder. The output pattern was like a narrow tube. Need to not over think some of their products. (imo) the 9415 and 9420 they were so obsessed with power saving. Were not effective in skimming. Another skimmer had a mechanical piece that was supposed to stick out on the impeller so it would start properly in the right direction. That skimmer was 500.00 and started failing almost immediately just rattling to start the thing each time. In a power outage that was not a good idea.
i was thinking about using one of these in my Brute can rodi reservoir, and running the tubing up and through the ceiling to my tank. do you think the pump is strong enough for this? it would be about 8 ft up, 15 ft across the ceiling (above the drywall), and then down into the sump.
+BulkReefSupplyCom thank you. i'll probably just keep a container filled with ro water next to the sump then. that can get pretty pricey with the cost of the Osmolator and another pump.
How does the Tunze ATO compare to the Neptune Apex ATO.?
Dear Ryan, I bought the Tunze ATO system a couple of weeks ago for my AIO reef aquarium but I'm having a problem. Very frequently the alarm of the ATO system turns on (even late night). The snails of my aquarium love to sit right on the gridles of the aquarium drain slightly obstructing the pass of the water. As a consequence the level of the water in the sum starts to decrease slowly and the ATO system immediately pump more top-off water. In a minute or two the ATO alarm of "too high water level" is on. What kind I do for keeping the snails away of the draining area?? No matter how many times I relocate the snails in a few hours there's again another snail obstructing the pass of the water. My corals are visible suffering the consequences of Alkalinity spikes. Thank you for your assistance!!
You could possibly use an aquamesh to keep them from restricting the water flow. Otherwise you will likely have to create a DIY barrier to prevent them from obstructing this. Those snails can be annoying sometimes!
Could you please describe the dimensions of the internal magnet mount? I would like to get this product, but I have a rimmed tank and a very high water level and I want to be sure that if I get this product, I can fit the 3155 in my tank without having to drop my water level. Thanks
The distance from the top of the magnet to the tip of the optical eye is just about 1". Keep in mind the float does stick out a little bit, so if your tank has a thick rim, it may not fit very well.
Question - I have a rimless tank and I want to add the Osmolator nano (42 gallon with 16 gallon sump). How much space does the clamp/return on the top of the tank take up? I'm asking because I need to add a mesh top and I'd like to know how much of a gap I need to leave for the clamp/return.
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Even if it's only a little higher than the ATO pump? THe video warned against creating a siphon.
***** But even if the return is a little higher than the pump, that would be okay, right? The ATO pump will be probably 3-4 inches off the ground, while the return would be at the top of the sump, probably 12 inches off the ground. That should be okay, right?
Mine is stock on the ON position. The sensors are clean ( the float switch and the optical eye ) .
Any ideas?
Thank you.
Probably just a low quality ato.
Mine failed
I bought a Tunze from BRS and I love it, I run kalk wasser with a ph moniter that will shut off the tunze if the PH gets to high. Only problem is the Tunze when turned back on runs a 5 or 10 second automaticaly is there a way to stop this.
My curent solution to this is run the pump wires (not the tunze module plugin) into controller. Only downside is if your pH stays high for more than 15 min the time out features on the tunze trips
The pumo on my osmolator I got from you guys quit on my aftrr a few months of use. Is that something I contact you about or tunze direct?
Pump*
Would this work in the sump of an all in one 30 gallon long tank?
Absolutely! Just be sure to place the sensors in the return chamber.
@@BRStv that’s so awesome! All theses years later from this video and you guys reply. Thank you so much
you mentioned in another video that it isn't ideal to have the ATO connected straight to the RO system. for SW fish only tank....would it be ok? I am new to all of this. thanks!
Thanks for the info! love the vids!
Bought the tunze 3155 from you guys when starting my new build back in the fall. Just hooking it up today following both the instructions and your video. The optical sensor failed right out of the box. cant tell if its recognizing the water because it turns it self off only to turn its self on again a few seconds to a minute later. watched it turn itself off and on until the sensor was even fully submerged and it was still turning itself on. Whats your return policy.
Does it matter which electric wire goes into the black snap in parts?
Well this isnt something to hold off on if you travel for work. Last thing you wanna come home to after a long trip is a tank ignored on the simplest lf things.
Just bought this and the optical eye has failed four times, the manual switch turned it off and alarmed. It's also guaranteed that I when this happens my skimmer bucket is full, thus overflowing into the sump and eventually the tank. What is wrong with the eye? I used the same mounting in this video.
Thanks guy! I have always had quick response and excellent support from bulk reef supply!
When you say "freshwater" do you mean filtered water or fresh saltwater?
Jesse Quezada filters ro di. Water from a water system
I have one of these but.... how do I turn it on??
Thanks for getting back to me! Turns out the person that sold it to me (craigslist) didn't include the power supply. Got it all taken care of now, but thanks again!
I built an Ato myself for like 20$ and haven't had a single problem with it... So when you get something in that price range that is so good let me know.... I'm sick of all theses ridiculously priced things when it can easily be done cheaper and just as good...
***** this is very true. Just like to point out the hobby doesn't need to always break the bank. With a bit of effort you can keep your tank looking great and operating smoothly while saving cash. I also love your videos... Just wish I could get products here in Germany!
Love the videos! But when will pukani rock be in love that stuff but your sold out!
Also works on freshwater?
This would work for freshwater as well!
When will they be in stock ??!!!!!!???????
As of the writing of this comment, we have 1 left in stock. Otherwise, our next shipment is 2-3 weeks away.
Bulk Reef Supply still say on your website out of stock !! And I have to notify me when in stock
Charliev4real@yahoo.com I just order 3 ai 32hd
Bulk Reef Supply I love you guys ! And will always buy for y’all !!! So that’s why I wanna buy form y’all
Is there a way to buy one and when y’all get it y’all ship it out to me
An entire bucket of kalk dumped into my tank due to a stuck sensor, come on Tunze.
Great product!
Where do I buy one?
Ah 🤔🙂🙂
I wish you guys delivered overseas
You just can’t get some of this quality equipment in the UK
This video needs to replace your other video posed on BRS.. you arent enthusiastic on that video..this one A+
did you loose hella weight? Not hitting on you.. just saying.. :0
I guess. Always have great info in these videos. 😀
Tunze does not recommend the water valve for connection to an RODI system. Mine quit after two weeks and the guy from Tunze is an &*(%^. BRS should NOT recommend it.
10 minutes shut off time is tooo long. Should have been 1 minute if that fails.
If you're worried about your sump overfilling in that 10 minute period, then opening up the controller and reducing the flow rate of the included ATO pump is going to be your best bet. When you turn down the flow rate, the ATO pump running for 10 minutes actually isn't much extra water.
10 mins would be easily fill my tank with at least 2-3g of rodi/kalk, that’s significant.
I believe you guys have run out of reefing topics because now I just see commercials for products you guys carry in you store. Expensive ones at that. Not everyone can afford thousands of dollars to keep a reef tank. Look back to the begining reef series....
Piece of junk, will never buy Tunze ever again.
You aint giving much reason as to why you hate it so much lol
Tun-zee not Tunes