Jebao dp-4 doser

cale0721 · May 25, 2015

Picked up this doser tonight on Amazon. I'm excited to switch to dosing from putting kalk in my ato.

TriMax · May 26, 2015

hey Caleb

Let us know how it works for you. We are expecting at report at the June meeting.

pickupman66 · May 26, 2015

I bought one of these a few months ago. Once you get the hang of its interface, it seems to be spot on for me. I am only useing two heads currently dosing Alk and Strontium. but it seems to be working nicely.

cale0721 · May 26, 2015

Thanks! I hope to update everyone on the next meeting.

cale0721 · May 26, 2015

pickupman66 said:
I bought one of these a few months ago. Once you get the hang of its interface, it seems to be spot on for me. I am only useing two heads currently dosing Alk and Strontium. but it seems to be working nicely.

That's great news. Do you keep your fluids above or below the doser?

pickupman66 · May 26, 2015

they are below the doser. then I ran the output tubes about 3 feet over to the sump.

cale0721 · May 26, 2015

pickupman66 said:
they are below the doser. then I ran the output tubes about 3 feet over to the sump.

Did you have to calibrate the pumps before using it?

pickupman66 · May 26, 2015

Yes. you need to calibrate them before use. that way it knows how many revolutions it takes to make a ml. IIRC, you calibrate it to 100 ML.

cale0721 · May 26, 2015

Great. I think I'll ask Mr buddy to help me with that since he loves his. Lol

cee · May 26, 2015

pickupman66 said:
I bought one of these a few months ago. Once you get the hang of its interface, it seems to be spot on for me. I am only useing two heads currently dosing Alk and Strontium. but it seems to be working nicely.

What strontium test kit u using? I think calibrating the jebao is paramount. Its not difficult to do.

pickupman66 · May 26, 2015

Errr. Sorry dave. It isn't strontium. It's from reef grow. I'll check it later

fred garvin · May 26, 2015

Got mine last week. So far it works grate. Just calibrate it and keep an eye on how much it actual doses. Mine is set to dose 1ml an hour of calcium but it drops 2ml anhour Which for me is fine because I normally dose 50ml a day. I also got the liquid storage bucket.

cale0721 · May 27, 2015

fred garvin said:
Got mine last week. So far it works grate. Just calibrate it and keep an eye on how much it actual doses. Mine is set to dose 1ml an hour of calcium but it drops 2ml anhour Which for me is fine because I normally dose 50ml a day. I also got the liquid storage bucket.

That's awesome. Great setup

CastAway · Jun 2, 2015

Is this doser up and humming yet? Pics man!

cale0721 · Jun 2, 2015

CastAway said:
Is this doser up and humming yet? Pics man!

I got it in the mail yesterday. Going to calibrate it tonight. Then I need to get some calcium and mag from buddy.

Then gotta figure out what to keep the liquids in and where to actually mount the doser.

Tenaculum · Jun 4, 2015

There are a variety of jugs that can be had for free. Remember Ole man was showing us those apple juice gallon jugs are perfect if they are just going in the bottom of your cabinet.

DFW · Jun 4, 2015

I just got mine, too, and it seems that once it is calibrated to 100ml, it doses 1ml more at each set point than what you program it to dose. You must test this out before using on your tank because it will need some tweaking.

cale0721 · Jun 4, 2015

Tenaculum said:
There are a variety of jugs that can be had for free. Remember Ole man was showing us those apple juice gallon jugs are perfect if they are just going in the bottom of your cabinet.

Oh yea -- that's right. I'm going to see him Saturday to get tips on how to start out etc

I have calibrated each pump to 100ml and it was very easy.