I don't believe your setup will work as designed, it would probably just keep draining. If you want to do a gravity fed top off without floats/valves, you'd probably need to design something similar to a water cooler or pet water top-off bowl, where as the water level drops air is allowed into the system until the level rises again.
I modified your attachment to demonstrate. Basically, one end of your tube/hose is attached to the top-off reservoir, and the other end is attached so that the bottom of the tube is even with the level you want to maintain. As water is used the level drops below the end of the hose, which allows air into the top-off reservoir, which allows water to flow until the level goes above the end of the tube and no more air can get in. The top-off reservoir has to be air-tight. I've done this using gallon jugs in the past.