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corals4life
01/15/2013, 08:22 AM
I'm looking for a secure hose holder for my auto top off, to make sure the hose does not fall on the floor when I'm not home and get the floor all wet.
I also bought a reefkeeper and I will be buying 2 BRS auto dosers. So I am looking for an item to securely hold the 2 hoses for the auto dosers and also hold the probes that come with the reefkeeper. My tank is not rimless.

So far, I have found these:
Eshopps Magnetic Probe Holder

Does anyone have any experience with that product?
If so, would that work for a small hose (I have a tunze osmolator), I would guess the hose is about the same diameter as airline tubing for air pumps for freshwater tanks.
If not, have you found anything else that works for you?

TIA

Tradewinds
01/15/2013, 09:40 AM
I've used these with good success. Most hardware stores carry them,
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv341/mike5050/base_zps9de6fb60.jpg

Avast Marine Works also carries a nice magnetic probe holder.

fishyguy7
01/15/2013, 10:06 AM
this is what I use
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_viewitem.aspx?idproduct=QH31661&child=QH31661&utm_source=adwordsfroogle&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=adwordsfroogle&utm_content=QH31661&gclid=CMfU4Ore6rQCFegWMgod6HoAig

Nibrown9
01/15/2013, 10:15 AM
Could just use old pvc pipe section cut it and slide it over the sump baffle and drill holes through it and your set. cost you nothing

http://www.mrsaltwatertank.com/mr-saltwater-tank-tv-friday-am-quick-tip-108-im-plastic-fantastic-and-really-useful/:beer:

trmiv
01/15/2013, 12:06 PM
Being a cheap ***, I just heated and bent a piece of plastic to fit the rim of my sump, then drilled a hole for the tube. Works great.

corals4life
01/15/2013, 07:44 PM
Thank you everyone. Great ideas!

cordell
01/15/2013, 09:09 PM
I zip tied mine to the return pump plumbing as it comes out of the sump. Keep the hose higher than the highest level of your tipoff container to prevent siphon. To prevent water splashing as it falls down from the hose to the water level in the sump, get a larger pipe and zip tie it to the return pump pipe also and place the ATO hose in it, so that the hose isn't air tight in the pipe so it won't create a siphon. The water will drain down the larger pipe and into the sump without splashing. Works for me....