Best Dosing pump?

[johnyboy]

Hey reefers,

I been dosing alk calcium and mag by hand and it's been ok but I think a dosin pump will make it even more stable. I can't spend a lot of money unfortunately so are there any decent pumps for cheap? How is the jebao dp2 ? That's around my price range. Is there anything else around this price range that is better than the jebao? Thanks for all answers in advance !

 

[AdamNC]

Something more stable and reliable would be 2 used BRS 1.1ml dosing pumps on digital timers. You should be able to pick some up used for $100.00 or less and the digital timers would run about $15.00 a piece, maybe a little more if you want to dose multiple times a day.

 

[twilliard]

Plum Xl3 infusion pumps :) cheap and can not get more precise on dosing

 

[ihavecrabs]

Plum Xl3 infusion pumps :) cheap and can not get more precise on dosing

Got a picture of how you have yours hooked up? Does it take the standard 1/4" tubing?

 

[twilliard]

Got a picture of how you have yours hooked up? Does it take the standard 1/4" tubing?

It takes IV tubing as these are infusion pumps used in hospitals.
Let me dig up my picture

 

[twilliard]

They are a little big however but battery backup, dosed down to the .1 ml dosing and runs nonstop without failure.

 

[ihavecrabs]

They are a little big however but battery backup, dosed down to the .1 ml dosing and runs nonstop without failure.

Does that mean that .1ml a min x 60 min x 24 hours a day the 144ml get dosed a day as a minimum?

Maybe I'm doing my math wrong or there are other options but 144ml is way too much for my tank per day currently [emoji4]

 

[twilliard]

Does that mean that .1ml a min x 60 min x 24 hours a day the 144ml get dosed a day as a minimum?

Maybe I'm doing my math wrong or there are other options but 144ml is way too much for my tank per day currently [emoji4]

max dosing is 99.9ml an hour
min dosing is .1ml an hour

 

[johnyboy]

They are a little big however but battery backup, dosed down to the .1 ml dosing and runs nonstop without failure.

Can you post a link where I can get that plum xl3 pump? Is it cheap? I really need a pump asap and was Guna go with the jebao but I'm nervous it will fail or screw all the levels up

 

[Triggreef]

max dosing is 99.9ml an hour
min dosing is .1ml an hour

What do they dose up to? I need around 100ml per day. Where can you buy them?

 

[ihavecrabs]

max dosing is 99.9ml an hour
min dosing is .1ml an hour

An hour [emoji4] perfect!

 

[twilliard]

It is cheap for what you get
Its all on our favorite auction site. These are just examples.

you also need 3 of these

 

[twilliard]

I will never use any other "doser" ;)

 

[Triggreef]

@Collinslice you should take a look here

 

[morpheas]

I followed @twilliard 's advice in July and i can attest to the fact that there is nothing more reliable than these buggers. I have been thanking him since [emoji4] They're made in a way to make sure they don't harm humans they can definitely handle a reef. Here's my setup

 

[morpheas]

Just a quick note. This guys work a little different than most the regular dosing pumps, they're infusion pumps. This means that they flow consistently at a given rate (0.1-99 ml an hour) 24/7. You also define a dispensing volume i.e. how much total needs to be dosed up to 9999 ml. As you can see my containers are shy of 2000ml so every time i refill i reset the fluid to be pumped to 2000ml and i know how much is left at any given moment. As he said, i wouldn't use any other pump!

Side benefit is that the initial cost was less than $140 which makes them also much more economical than hobby grade pumps!

 

[glagunda]

@twilliard dang I knew I should've waited before ordering those jebao dosing pumps. [emoji17]

 

[domination2580]

Plum Xl3 infusion pumps :) cheap and can not get more precise on dosing

Alright twilliard, send us to the place to get these lol

 

[domination2580]

Shipping is what kills lol

 

[domination2580]

U might have to show us how to hook all of this up lol