Reef dosing pumps

[Jgill70]

I have recently switched from All for Reef to Aquaforest 1,2,3 and was looking for advice on dosing pumps. I currently have one Ecotech Versa and was wondering if I should buy 2 versas or buy a RedSea Reefdose 4. Price wise its almost the same, but with the redsea I would get one more dosing pump. Is there a big difference between the two pumps?

 

[cwerner]

The Red Sea is a compact unit and will take up much less space. I can attest that its very accurate as I used one for about a year with it working great. It's only issue is that it has a low flow rate compared to the Ecotech or DOS pumps and couldn't be used for water changes. However it looks like you're just dosing 3 part with it, and if that's the case then it should be fine. It'll probably be a cleaner look for you, but it is another app and if you're already in the Ecotech system you may want to just stay in it and buy the additional units.

 

[Darstar301]

The Redsea can only dose a max of 1000ml per head per day. The Versa can be set to run all day.

 

[Jgill70]

The Red Sea is a compact unit and will take up much less space. I can attest that its very accurate as I used one for about a year with it working great. It's only issue is that it has a low flow rate compared to the Ecotech or DOS pumps and couldn't be used for water changes. However it looks like you're just dosing 3 part with it, and if that's the case then it should be fine. It'll probably be a cleaner look for you, but it is another app and if you're already in the Ecotech system you may want to just stay in it and buy the additional units.

I already have the redsea app for my reefwave and reefmat

 

[Jgill70]

The Redsea can only dose a max of 1000ml per head per day. The Versa can be set to run all day.

I would not be dosing that much, my tank is only 54 gallons.