Dosing Pump Question

[Travis Stewart]

White silicone tubing link. works great.

Same as black..still can't see through it lol

 

[hybridazn]

Black looks sooo nice though :)

 

[reefwiser]

I actually got new air line tubing. I heard the clear kind you buy has small holes in it and allows air in which doesn't allow the liquid to stay inside the tubing

The answer to this question is no. There are no "holes" in air line tubing. What you would see is fluid leaking backwards in a cheap pump that does not fully compress the the pump hose.

 

[jsker]

Same as black..still can't see through it lol

I can see through it:)

 

[reefwiser]

Colored airline tubing is good for one to keep track of what line is used for what. I need to go back thru my doing system and color code them as I will be bringing another dosing pump online soon. Right now I have six lines going into to my tank. Will be adding 4 more soon.

 

[Travis Stewart]

The answer to this question is no. There are no "holes" in air line tubing. What you would see is fluid leaking backwards in a cheap pump that does not fully compress the the pump hose.

Well I got new tubing and it stopped

 

[reefwiser]

You where getting leakage at the connection to the pump. I am a industrial maintenance man in a large food plant with hundreds of dosing pumps to take care of improper line seal with cause suction issues. I use 12 dosing pumps in my systems for all kind of daily task's I am always watching for connection issues and suction issues in the containers that a store the fluids in. Plastic air tubing just doesn't have holes unless they are put there by accident or the line is pinched.

 

[justingraham]

Well it turned out the doser head on mine was acting up and after every time it dosed a full syphon happened.

So new head in the mail

But I do like the color coded tubes that's smart

 

[Travis Stewart]

Well it turned out the doser head on mine was acting up and after every time it dosed a full syphon happened.

So new head in the mail

But I do like the color coded tubes that's smart

Didn't come with an extra head when you bought it?

 

[justingraham]

No came with four heads I was planning on using all four channels

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

Is that a jebao doser? I read once that sometimes the heads are installed backwards

 

[justingraham]

No the wifi one from reefbreeders