dosing equip

[lonner1]

Ok i need info on what is the best dosing pump at a chear price, thanks foir any and all help



RD

 

[TUSI]

If u need doser only with out any other controls I would get the GHL STAND ALONE doser. I have the full set and have it now for two years without any issues

 

[lonner1]

OK thanks, never used 1 so i was looking at a 2pt doser. one was spectrapure 3, what others are there

 

[Ron Reefman]

I use one from reefdosingpumps.com. It's dual lines on one pump and it's a medical grade pump that has been refurbished. The part I like is I don't need a timer. It can dose such small volumes that mine runs 24/7 and has for a year now. And because I dose soda ash for alk, the 24/7 dosing keeps my pH at 8.25 all day every day (even at night).

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I just got in the 2 part doser from BRS. Supposedly it's made by a company that only makes dosing equipment so it's very reliable. I am hooking mine up this weekend. I got it to dose alkalinity and calcium.

 

[bigfoot86]

Same here, I got BRS dosing pumps. Seem well built and very reliable.

 

[lonner1]

thanks all for your responses checking all out

RD

 

[Haddonis Reef]

Been ruining the brs pumps for about a yr not and work great, just need bigger holding container.:/

 

[indyjaco]

I use the BRS pumps on my RKL.

The RKL took forever to setup though.

 

[TommyP]

I have 2 dosing pumps but no controller for timers. I have 2 dial timers I can use with an extra power strip. The only thing is it seems to turn on/ off only every 30 mins. Didn't start dosing but would like to start tonight. Is this 30 minute intervals too long?

 

[TommyP]

If its 1.1 ml/minute and say I have to dose 10 ml of alk I can't run it for 10 min...

 

[nlipner]

I use a Bubble Magus for CA, ALK, and MG. It's been running about 6 months fine so far. PH was always good but it locked down like on rails once It all became automated. The only acro bleaching incident since the addition is when some evil critter makes them touch (at least now I know who wins the monti-birdsnest matchup).

I was contemplating purchasing another magus but instead just going to buy just plain $15 peristaltic heads (from amazon) and run them from the apex to do vitamin C and Acro power (based on R2R articles I might add). Those are less mission critical. I'm also thinking of making rotifer soup and just pumping that into the tank but I have to think more about how to get the rotifer and not the sludge and backwash the tubes when done, maybe a timer circuit triggered by the apex.

Bubble Magus BM-T01 Dosing Pump
Amazon.com: 12V DC DIY Dosing pump Peristaltic dosing Head For Aquarium Lab Analytic: Pet Supplies

 

[nlipner]

FWIW, just thought about maybe using an electric salt/pepper mill to release the vit C instead of letting it degrade while it waits to pump.

 

[Wedge]

On one of my tanks I run a GHL, which cost a lot of money, although it is very easy to use and seems to be reliable, as I haven't had a problem with it for about 3 years. On another tank I am running a cheap chinese doser, this unit has run seemingly without incident for the last 4 months, the only downside to this unit is that it is a pain in the *** to program. It requires you to program each individual dosing times, which I find rather inconvenient considering that the interface to program the times is tedious.

 

[AJsTank]

I use the Vertex Libra. Very simple and user friendly. And it looks good

 

[lonner1]

thanks for all your reply's, just purchased a bubble mangus

RD

 

[god503]

ebay marine magic 150 bucks tri doser I got three of them