Peri Tubing for GHL Dosers

[ca1ore]

Has anyone found a bulk source for the peri tubing used in the GHL dosers? I’m happy to buy the equipment, but bristle at the notion of $10 for a six inch piece of rubber tube.

 

[Hitman]

Here ya go. How’s $63 for 25 feet sound.
http://www.emurdock.com/pharmed-ay242012.aspx

 

[BZOFIQ]

sounds like a deal, @ca1ore can you confirm if all good if you go for it please.

 

[ca1ore]

I don’t think the one linked is correct. Seems too big to me. Will have to measure when I get back home later this week.

 

[BZOFIQ]

Either way, please let us know if you find suitable bulk replacement. - Thank you.

 

[BZOFIQ]

So here is what I found this morning....

Standard tube is 12cm long and costs $6.99
https://www.aquariumcomputer.com/usa/product/dosing-pump-hose/


but they have the same tube for outdoor doser and its 76 cm long for $17.90
https://www.aquariumcomputer.com/usa/product/dosing-pump-hose-for-profilux-outdoor/

That would give you 6 tubes at less than $3 a piece - makes sense to me....until somebody find bulk option.

 

[ca1ore]

Nice! That's what I ended up doing. Could not find a suitable bulk replacement elsewhere.

 

[Potatohead]

I bought the actual GHL ones before too. I think it's 5mm OD tube, hard to find.

 

[ca1ore]

Yes, it's 2.5 mm ID; 5 mm OD. I could not find it in bulk anywhere.

 

[jzw]

this?

 

[t5Nitro]

Gonna bump this. Anyone else using that tubing linked above from amazon? I've got airline tubing that seems to be way too big for the GHL doser. Looking to see what everyone is comfortably settled on using.

 

[Michael Gray]

any update.. i wanna replace like 4-6 heads with these

 

[t5Nitro]

any update.. i wanna replace like 4-6 heads with these

I bought it and use it for my All for Reef doser head. I had it on the easyreers sps booster and evo and forget which one specifically is the lighter color liquid, but that one hardens up and turns into a substrate hard as concrete and wasn't able to flow through the tubing. I went standard airline tubing for the phytoplankton now.

AFR still running well on the above tubing linked from Amazon.

 

[minus9]

I ordered this stuff today to see if it will work? I'll let everyone know when it arrives. This.

 

[Snoopy 67]

When I needed tubing for the Kamoer dosing pump I found it here.
Then I did a group sale on what I did not use. Everything worked out just fine.

PharMed® BPT Tubing|Saint-Gobain Biopharm

With its superior flex life characteristics, PharMed BPT biocompatible tubing is ideal for use in peristaltic pumps and cell culture applications.

www.biopharm.saint-gobain.com

 

[minus9]

I usually get my tubing for my masterflex from US Plastics, but needed to replace my tubing for my Doser 2. The $9 for 6" piece is absolutely ridiculous. I just bought 3' of it from AlliE for $15 shipped. There's also an eBay seller that's just slightly more than the AlliE, but figured I would try it out. It's PharMed brand as well.

 

[Potatohead]

I see I posted in here a couple years ago but last time I needed tubing I bought this, which I cut into 4-5 sections long enough for the dosing head. Cheaper than buying the individual ones.

 

[minus9]

I see I posted in here a couple years ago but last time I needed tubing I bought this, which I cut into 4-5 sections long enough for the dosing head. Cheaper than buying the individual ones.

It's cheaper to buy from eBay or Alliexpress. It's the same brand of tubing, except GHL is marking it up quite a bit. It's PharMed BPT. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my GHL Doser, but the tubing price is super inflated.

 

[colossal_tater]

I can only find the pharmed tubing in 2.5mm x 4.5mm or 3mm x 5mm. What’s the correct one? GHL website says 2.5mm but doesn’t give an outer diameter. Some of y’all said 5mm in this thread, but @minus9 linked to the 3mm diameter. @minus9 did the 3mm diameter match the original tubing?

 

[minus9]

I can only find the pharmed tubing in 2.5mm x 4.5mm or 3mm x 5mm. What’s the correct one? GHL website says 2.5mm but doesn’t give an outer diameter. Some of y’all said 5mm in this thread, but @minus9 linked to the 3mm diameter. @minus9 did the 3mm diameter match the original tubing?

The tubing I bought worked perfectly fine for my Doser 2. I'll grab my calipers later today and measure the O.D