Automatic Dosing Containers: What are you using? Show us yours!

[revhtree Verified Admin]

We're continuing our theme for the week discussing dosing, dosing methods, dosing equipment etc. Today let's talk about dosing containers and share photos of what we're using!

Do you use a "made for dosing" container or just anything that will hold liquid? Show us a photo!

image via @JMacedo

 

[sixty_reefer]

Anything that holds a liquid works for me

 

[shakacuz]

Anything that holds a liquid works for me

do you have a build log for this? would love to mimic this for my build!

to answer the OP...i don't have dosing containers, per se...i manually dose so everything is individually bottled (reef moonshiner method)

 

[sixty_reefer]

do you have a build log for this? would love to mimic this for my build!

to answer the OP...i don't have dosing containers, per se...i manually dose so everything is individually bottled (reef moonshiner method)

Yeah, just below.

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[Kristopher Conlin]

I use a variety. Some are made for dosing. Others are just food grade containers I have repurposed.

I use some Mr chili mixing jugs and all for reef containers with holes drilled in the cap for a dosing line. And I have some glass gallon containers that I have installed dripper kits onto for kalk.

 

[design.maddie]

I reuse my 1L All-for-Reef bottle and just mix up another batch.

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

Right now I’m hand dosing Kent Products. I use Graduated Cylinders, marked for various tanks, with a fine paint marker. I used to use glass ones, but was too clumsy with them, now use Plastic. From time to time I clean them with vinegar. I built a Wood Dowel rack for them to dry over my laundry sink.

 

[trevorhiller]

I have a cheapo dosing container for my all for reef from Amazon and a 5 gallon bucket for Kalkwasser behind my tank. So I put other because I use both!

If it’s hidden, any container is a great way to save some money over a custom acrylic dosing container.

 

[Joe's Coral Reef]

I use glass 1 liter ball jars with plastic lids. I prefer using glass over plastic containers. Easy to clean and cheap enough to have extras.

 

[Scallopking]

I use the 1 gallon water jugs from Costco.

 

[fishface NJ]

I reuse my 1L All-for-Reef bottle and just mix up another batch.

That is what I do too

 

[moz71]

Old apple juice container, water bottles, anything lol

 

[JGT]

Lasts several months.

 

[shwareefer]

1 gallon vinegar jugs. I just grab them as they get used up instead of recycling.

 

[threebuoys]

Half gallon and one gallon milk jugs. Perfect size. Punch holes in the plastic lid, one for the tubing, one to prevent vacuum from forming. Works perfect. rectangular shape provides a smaller footprint than round jugs.

 

[redfishbluefish]

My alk and calc containers are cereal containers that hold 1 gallon, and were purchased from WalMart. I prefer these because I can see the liquid level right through the side and they have a wide opening in the top to make refilling easy with no spills. DIY NOPOX is just using the vodka bottle. Simply change out the bottle when it is needed.

 

[Sevi]

https://a.co/d/9uIPztl

Red = Kalk Yellow = All For Reef & Blue = Magnesium. Used RO tubing and connectors after drilling hole in top of VOSS water bottles. The bottles are glass.

 

[Reefaholic1965]

 

[shwareefer]

Old apple juice container, water bottles, anything lol

What do you think of those BRS dosing pumps?

 

[Reefaholic1965]

What do you think of those BRS dosing pumps?

So far I like them. They are definitely different from my last setup of using bubble magus dos.