Dosing questions

[Goodersgold]

Hi all, new here and new to reefing! Advice needed please. I will soon be setting up my replacement tank which is a Red Sea Max Nano this will be my only tank as space is limited. I will be dosing with a dosing pump, my question(s) is, what do you use for dosing containers? They seem to be quite expensive for what they are, secondly do you use inline non-return or check valves to maintain dosing accuracy. Thank you in advance. Gooders

 

[blaxsun]

You can really use any food-safe container with a lid. I run a Neptune DOS so I don't have anything other than the John Guest connection on the DDR I use.

 

[Lavey29]

Hi all, new here and new to reefing! Advice needed please. I will soon be setting up my replacement tank which is a Red Sea Max Nano this will be my only tank as space is limited. I will be dosing with a dosing pump, my question(s) is, what do you use for dosing containers? They seem to be quite expensive for what they are, secondly do you use inline non-return or check valves to maintain dosing accuracy. Thank you in advance. Gooders

Nano tank really doesn't need dosing per se if you do weekly water changes.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

anything with a lid really, you can just drill a hole in the lid, I've used jars, plastic bottles, I've bought a few cheap bottles from the dollar store... etc

 

[LeftyReefer]

I like PETG square sterile bottles for dosing containers.

I also have a few Nalgene space saver rectangular bottles, but those got too hard to find.

 

[glb]

I use BRS jugs and drill a hole in the lid for the tubing and another hole at the top of the jug to keep a suction from building up inside.

 

[Goodersgold]

Nano tank really doesn't need dosing per se if you do weekly water changes.

I suppose it depends on what's inside

 

[codenfx]

I'm also in the process of setting up a doser. I found some VOSS glass bottles at my grocery store, they're cheap and clean looking, lots of DIY on this.

 

[LeftyReefer]

I'm also in the process of setting up a doser. I found some VOSS glass bottles at my grocery store, they're cheap and clean looking, lots of DIY on this.

good deal. i haven't seen the VOSS glass bottles locally in over a year here. Was it one of the big chain grocers?

NM just noticed you are in spain.

 

[codenfx]

good deal. i haven't seen the VOSS glass bottles locally in over a year here. Was it one of the big chain grocers?

NM just noticed you are in spain.

It was at a farmers market I forgot the name of it. I agree they were hard to find, everywhere I looked only had the plastic version. I am actually in California.

 

[Lavey29]

I suppose it depends on what's inside

True, but still takes awhile to get there

 

[Goodersgold]

I'm also in the process of setting up a doser. I found some VOSS glass bottles at my grocery store, they're cheap and clean looking, lots of DIY on this.

VOSS water is not common here across the pond...but if my memory serves me, they are quite small??

 

[trietnguyen000]

Hi all, new here and new to reefing! Advice needed please. I will soon be setting up my replacement tank which is a Red Sea Max Nano this will be my only tank as space is limited. I will be dosing with a dosing pump, my question(s) is, what do you use for dosing containers? They seem to be quite expensive for what they are, secondly do you use inline non-return or check valves to maintain dosing accuracy. Thank you in advance. Gooders

What dosing pump do you have? I have the Red Sea Reefdose and use their product bottles. Their bottles are made to fit the tubes.

 

[glb]

BRS 1.1ml/min dosers are a affordable option. They work fine for me. But make sure you measure exactly what the output is before you use them. It’s never been 1.1ml IME.

 

[Goodersgold]

What dosing pump do you have? I have the Red Sea Reefdose and use their product bottles. Their bottles are made to fit the tubes.

I will be using a TMC EasiDose3, found a nice one second hand, I'll just have to calibrate it carefully as the dosing will be quite small amounts over the day.

 

[codenfx]

VOSS water is not common here across the pond...but if my memory serves me, they are quite small??

There's two sizes, 800mL and 375mL