Change your BRS doser tubes!

[clown and friends]

If this thread saves someone else it will have served its purpose. I let the changing of my BRS dosing tubes go for a long while and the one on my calcium doser must have crapped out and it didnt draw any liquid for god knows how long. First sign of it was a dying squamosa clam, tested and my calcium was 310! Save lives, do your maintenance people!

 

[phatduckk]

As much as I legitimately can’t stand it I manually test my nano daily and chart all my params in Google Sheets. It really sucks but it’s a useful 15 minutes/day.

 

[Fishy212]

I am setting up my dosers today......

Thanks for the heads up

 

[redfishbluefish]

Agree with changing out BRS dosing pump tubing when needed. Having multiple pumps, and coming from the chemical industry where we used tubing like crazy, I sourced the tubing and did a little write-up on this simple DIY.

BRS 1.1 DIY Tubing Replacement

 

[clown and friends]

Agree with changing out BRS dosing pump tubing when needed. Having multiple pumps, and coming from the chemical industry where we used tubing like crazy, I sourced the tubing and did a little write-up on this simple DIY.

BRS 1.1 DIY Tubing Replacement

Wow I wish I had seen this before buying the new ones. Thank you for the awesome write up!

As much as I legitimately can’t stand it I manually test my nano daily and chart all my params in Google Sheets. It really sucks but it’s a useful 15 minutes/day.

I usually test twice or three times a week but this must have happened over thanksgiving, then I was home for two days (and didn't test) and then gone again for another trip. Honestly just bad timing for it to have crapped out...

 

[Fishwife]

I have 2 Kamoer Micro dosers. If we have a power blip, it turns them off. If I'm not home when that happens, it may be a day or two before I realize my dosers aren't working! I now make it part of my routine to make sure those things are on!