A simple method to drip dose into a tank.
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fish farmer
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I've used those as well as "drip emitters" for gardening, airline tubing valves or just tie a knot in the tubing and tighten to your desired drip rate.
T-J
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That's old-school! lol When I first got into the hobby 20-25 years ago, that's how we dripped kalk into our tanks.
You want easy? Plus accuracy? Just get a dosing pump. Seriously.
fish farmer
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Yep....I waited 20 years for the price of pumps to come down
. They work great!
fish farmer
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Most of my drippers I've made with small valves will still clog with kalk. But they are cheap and quickly swapped out.
Nice... but I like to keep things simple. I'm thinking something like this, which will allow me to control the drip rate...
It won't. It seems simple in principal, but it's going to be a headache. I've been down the path you're on, the drip rate will never ever be consistent. It's gonna clog. It's gonna be fast at first slow towards the end. You're going to be playing with that valve 7 days a week.
I've done what you're trying to do under specific circumstances where I had a set amount of solution and I didn't care how long it took to get into the tank, (phyto, lanthinum chloride, ADJUSTING calcium or mag or something) I would never trust it as a main source of supplementation.
Kamoer x1 is 60 bucks. Accurate, daisy chainable
brmreefer
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Here is a DIY drip doser that I use for Ca, Alk, and Misc (3 Seperate Containers) for my system. Not sure if this is what you may be looking for, but it keeps my system simple and not reliant on a doser pump (Bare in mind, I am not down playing the usefulness of dosers).
I found the acyrlic container (5+ inches diameter) at Target, but have not seen them in a very long time. The base is really thick, which made it easy to drill a hole into it horizontally. Then I drill another hole coming from the top to connect a passage. Glued in a plastic air line tubing straight connector (link provided later in this reply as an example, but can be bought at Petsmart for cheap). Connect a small air line, then valve, and another desired length of tubing to finish.
I found the acyrlic container (5+ inches diameter) at Target, but have not seen them in a very long time. The base is really thick, which made it easy to drill a hole into it horizontally. Then I drill another hole coming from the top to connect a passage. Glued in a plastic air line tubing straight connector (link provided later in this reply as an example, but can be bought at Petsmart for cheap). Connect a small air line, then valve, and another desired length of tubing to finish.
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Dom
Full Time Reef Keeper
Here is a DIY drip doser that I use for Ca, Alk, and Misc (3 Seperate Containers) for my system. Not sure if this is what you may be looking for, but it keeps my system simple and not reliant on a doser pump (Bare in mind, I am not down playing the usefulness of dosers).
I found the acyrlic container (5+ inches diameter) at Target, but have not seen them in a very long time. The base is really thick, which made it easy to drill a hole into it horizontally. Then I drill another hole coming from the top to connect a passage. Glued in a plastic air line tubing straight connector (link provided later in this reply as an example, but can be bought at Petsmart for cheap). Connect a small air line, then valve, and another desired length of tubing to finish.
Yes, that's basically the design I've used. It's a 1 gallon glass jug that I've installed a bulkhead in. Plastic air tubing and a small air valve at the end.
But the valve clogs and the drip rate changes as the level goes down.
I have a dosing pump. I could add a timer and dispense that way.
