DIY Alkalinity Monitor

[Sisterlimonpot]

Prior to building this monitor I built a DIY calcium reactor (and DIY peristalstic pump for it)..

Project CaRx: DIY Calcium Reactor + DIY Controller + DIY Peristaltic Pump + DIY ALK Monitor

Hey folkes, 2 large DIY projects completed this year and now I am sitting idle.. What should I do next? The target for my tank is to slowly grow into an SPS dominant system. I already have 3 palm sized plating easy-going monties and have to dose about 100ml of alkainity solution daily (100mg...

www.ultimatereef.net

This is where I mastered the technique of building dosing pumps. My main source of knowledge/aspiration (although with limited amount of details) for building my first peristaltic pump was actually here:

My Version of a DIY paristaltic pump

As I get settled in with my new tank, aspirations of having a full blown SPS dominant tank requires me to have stable alkalinity, which means I will need a calcium reactor at some point in the future. From talking with friends and reading on line, I discovered that using a pump and needle valve...

www.reef2reef.com

I knew that peripump design looked familiar... hehe

 

[Borat]

The new build of the monitor can be found in this thread:

DIY Alkalinity Monitor

Hello US&A fellow reefers.. In this thread I am going to show you super-advanced Kazakh technologies. I am going to rebuild my DIY Alkalinity Monitor (that is already fully functional for over a year) - except this time I am going to make it as small as possible. The footprint of this device is...

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