Ecotech Marine Versa Dosing Pump will start at $150

Reef Builders · Oct 30, 2019

The Versa dosing pump that has been in development for a while now and will finally receive a price of $150 – that’s according to unofficial channels within the industry. The new high-performance dosing pump is in pre-production at Ecotech’s headquarters with the final stages being put together. Our managing editor, Jake Adams was recently […]
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Elliottspsreef · Oct 30, 2019

Looking forward to seeing these on people’s tanks and maybe my own as well

litenyaup · Oct 30, 2019

They look well built as does the majority of ecotech products. Can’t wait till these hit the market

Water Dog · Oct 30, 2019

Works with the forthcoming Mobius controller platform... interesting.

TheHarold · Oct 30, 2019

Water Dog said:
Works with the forthcoming Mobius controller platform... interesting.

Hopefully reeflink too..

Abhishek · Oct 30, 2019

Will it be continuous duty ?

Ameer214 · Oct 31, 2019

Abhishek said:
Will it be continuous duty ?

Good question...I am thinking no.

Abhishek · Oct 31, 2019

Ameer214 said:
Good question...I am thinking no.

I sure hope its continuous duty . Our hobby needs a lot of continuous duty long running peristaltic pumps rather than just a dosing pump !

Shooter6 · Oct 31, 2019

Is that including the power base? Or is that for the individual heads? Pricing on the multi head base unit?

ppatches24 · Oct 31, 2019

Abhishek said:
I sure hope its continuous duty . Our hobby needs a lot of continuous duty long running peristaltic pumps rather than just a dosing pump !

The video Jake Adams did with them made it seem like they really were purpose made for one reason and went on and on about not using standard off the shelf parts that break etc.

Well see but I do have high hopes? Idk am I out of touch with something here?

Abhishek · Oct 31, 2019

ppatches24 said:
The video Jake Adams did with them made it seem like they really were purpose made for one reason and went on and on about not using standard off the shelf parts that break etc.

Well see but I do have high hopes? Idk am I out of touch with something here?

And thats why I hope its continuous heavy duty since its all made from scratch including proprietary design of stepper motor

Sisterlimonpot · Jan 6, 2020

Abhishek said:
Will it be continuous duty ?

Yes, it will be continuous use, up to 200ml per minute.

Sisterlimonpot · Jan 6, 2020

Shooter6 said:
Is that including the power base? Or is that for the individual heads? Pricing on the multi head base unit?

The video said that they were going to have quad pak that will have it's own pop in base unit with a larger power supply to accommodate all 4 units. Given that the individuals will be $150/ea. I would imagine that the quad pack would be between $625-$675.

I've been playing with a versa for a few weeks now and all the little kinks have been worked out. I'm chomping at the bit to get a couple more.

Abhishek · Jan 6, 2020

Sisterlimonpot said:
Yes, it will be continuous use, up to 200ml per minute.

Thank you so much for the reply. Did you have a chance to run it in continuous mode ? Wondering how long before we have to replace the tubing if running in continuous mode 24x7 ? Also how bad is the noise ?

Lastly, am guessing we would need Mobius to control it . Any chance the flow rate can be controlled without mobius ?

Sisterlimonpot · Jan 6, 2020

Abhishek said:
Thank you so much for the reply. Did you have a chance to run it in continuous mode ? Wondering how long before we have to replace the tubing if running in continuous mode 24x7 ? Also how bad is the noise ?

Lastly, am guessing we would need Mobius to control it . Any chance the flow rate can be controlled without mobius ?

You're welcome,

yes, I ran it continuous at 375ml/min (before they changed the software). The tube that is used is different than the thick pharmed tube like the kamoer fx-stp pump. The tube that is on the Versa will resist tube deformation better and last longer than the pharmed stuff. As far as replacement, unofficially the answer was never, but I'm sure they will put a 1-2 year replacement for continuous use.

The noise is virtually silent, the only thing I hear when running at 200ml/min is the sound from the tube being pinched, and that's very minor.

The Versa has to be controlled through Mobius, but rest assured that there isn't any extra cost incurred. Mobius will make its debut (in a limited fashion, just to control the Versa) at the same time Versa rolls out and will be free. It's a vary user friendly interface, there's not much of a learning curve to get started.

Dvanlier05 · Jan 6, 2020

Thanks @Sisterlimonpot do you have any clue when they will be released to the public. I dying to get my hands on a quad set.

Sisterlimonpot · Jan 6, 2020

Last I heard, it's any day now.... I wish I had a better answer... when I see them up for sale I'll post it here. And if you see them before me let me know....

Sisterlimonpot · Jan 7, 2020

I see that online retailers are starting to populate their forums with info and pricing on the versa. I understand they shipped out today to the retail stores and we should start seeing them for sale in the next day or 2....

Abhishek · Jan 7, 2020

Sisterlimonpot said:
I see that online retailers are starting to populate their forums with info and pricing on the versa. I understand they shipped out today to the retail stores and we should start seeing them for sale in the next day or 2....

Woot woot !!

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