I looked at it and think that they should have an option where you just get the necessities and exclude the regulator and pump. @acesq, does the controller also control the peristaltic pump too?
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I was looking at the master flex pumps a while ago. I saw the kamoer pulp at Macna and I have been co soldering it for sure. I am also thinking of using my ghl maxi as a feed pump tooHave you given the Kamoer a look for your feed pump? Not really expensive.
I looked at it and think that they should have an option where you just get the necessities and exclude the regulator and pump. @acesq, does the controller also control the peristaltic pump too?
I looked at it and think that they should have an option where you just get the necessities and exclude the regulator and pump. @acesq, does the controller also control the peristaltic pump too?
Thanks for contributing, hopefully more people will chime in and this will be a resource for people who own the device and who are interested in owning it. I will share my input and experiences as much as possible, mine has now been running only since Thursday 10/4/18, so far so good, other than the minor initial setup issues/alarms it’s been good to go. My DKH has started to settle out at 8.5-9 and Cal at 400 on the 2 setting right now I am still doing daily Alk, will do weekly Alk Cal and Mag for a couple of weekshi all,
i have had one now for around 18 months, it was frustrating to get set up properly (many alarms going off at all hours), however the support provided by the owner was solid, just took a little while to narrow down the issues. Once you get past that it has been a reliable unit, my alk / calc it the most consistent its ever been due to the simple operation of the unit. It does everything, controls the fluid in, c02 etc. you just turn a dial to increase or decrease desired level of alk.
I have used many different reactors over the years, this unit by far is the best, although it is expensive.
UPDATE
I set up the Dastaco and it ran great for 4 days, then I get an alarm, checked all my connections co2 and water flow peristaltic pump, everything seem fine. Restarted and it ran for about 15 min then alarmed again, so because the direction are a little confusing, I started from the beginning adjusting the fine co2 valve so that it takes between 2-3 minutes to flush the water from the mixing chamber, first error,”once you have done this part on initial set up you never have to touch these valves again.”After numerous restarts I thought maybe the float valve had issues, it was suggested that I clean it, which I did, then reassembles the mixing chamber, restarted the unit, still same results. I shunt the unit down and by now it was the weekend, I had already reached out to UC and a few people on this forum. Now I’m surely getting a little warm, because I can’t get help, then I found Two support groups on FB, one of which I was able to communicate with the designer. Bam! A couple of post and I’m back in business and pleased as punch, it’s doing it’s thing and I’m now totally satisfied with this purchase. Here in this thread I will post issues I encounter, maintanence that I perform and update of how the DaSTaCo and the tank are getting along. Hopefully other who purchase or have purchased will come here and ask questions, answer guestions, thought and techniques so that this system won’t be so perplexing
Happy Reefing
Please post a follow up on how you like after a while please
First I was going through the setup process repeatedly with the fine adjustment and the co2 after each alarm and restart which wasn't required, I now know; but initially I though this was where the problem was. I reassessed my lines from the co2 solenoid the bottle and the mixing chamber, the section between the solenoid and the mixing chamber was greater than 30cm, so I shortened it, turned the unit on from the transformer and it ran, no more issues. Another mistake I was making was turning the unit on from the controller this wasn't allowing the unit to reset properly, also I had a misaligned vent knob when it was showing a vent setting of 1 it was actually on 3 and it needs to be set on 1 for initial setupGlad to hear you got it worked out. What was it?