Auto-Doser 2 Part without Sump.

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Noobish question but I've been wondering if it's possible to have an automatic doser without a sump. I have an AIO tank and I noticed that the auto-dosers I've been looking at are placed on top of the sump, so the 2-part simply goes into the sump...

Is there such thing as an auto-doser that's placed under the tank that somehows pumps upwards and into my return section on my AIO? Thanks.
 

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Sure! Just dose in a high flow area of the tank. I'd put the pumps behind the stand, in the wall, on a bookshelf, *whatever* then run the tubes up, behind the tank, so it's less of an eyesore.

Look into a peristaltic dosing pump for the best solution. You will also need to either setup timers for them (calculators are all over the web) or get a controller for them.

Some good sources are:

http://www.buckeyefieldsupply.com/showproducts.asp?Category=505&Sub=151
[URL="http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/bulk-media-additives/2-part-dosing-equipment.html"]http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/bulk-media-additives/2-part-dosing-equipment.html

[/URL] and many more are out there. Some even have built it controllers like the Bubble Magus setup.
 

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