Dosing containers?

Noah707 · Feb 13, 2015

Hey everyone, I just recently bought some bionic 2 part calcium buffer, and I want to automate the dosing. I think I'm going with a couple BRS dosing pumps and a couple of digital timers. My question is what should I store the stuff in? Can I just put it in a gallon jug or something of the sort, or does it have to be air tight or something else? I'd rather not have to buy anything for containing it, but I will if it's necesarry.

Thanks!

mcarroll · Feb 14, 2015

Noah707 said:
Hey everyone, I just recently bought some bionic 2 part calcium buffer, and I want to automate the dosing. I think I'm going with a couple BRS dosing pumps and a couple of digital timers. My question is what should I store the stuff in? Can I just put it in a gallon jug or something of the sort, or does it have to be air tight or something else? I'd rather not have to buy anything for containing it, but I will if it's necesarry.

Thanks!

Whatever you select cannot be airtight or a vacuum will be created as you pump out the liquid.

With that in mind, be creative and use something you have on hand - possibly even in your recycle bin. HDPE will be the best material (but any food grade plastic should work) and you should find it to be prevalent.

redfishbluefish · Feb 14, 2015

I originally used 1 gallon juice jugs for my alk and calc with a hole drilled into the cap to fit the tubing. I've since gone to cereal containers (that I got from Walmart). What I like about these is that they have a wide opening that makes refilling them very easy.

I also cut tubing weights out of scrap acrylic to hold the tubing to the bottom of the containers.

reefwiser · Feb 14, 2015

nice job

Noah707 · Feb 14, 2015

Thanks for the heads up mcarroll, didn't even think of that. I just happen to have a few unused cereal containers lieing around, so I'll probably use those. Thanks for the idea redbluefish!