Dosing with aqua lifter

actps304

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Feb 29, 2012
Messages
31
Reaction score
0
Location
Nashville
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Ok, I know I've read a ton on this and why it shouldn't be done. However I'm a cheap guy and always looking for DIY or affordable options. So who uses aqua lifters for dosing two parts and what are your success stories? Like I said I already know the neg side, are there positives to making them work?


Sent Via the R2R Forum APP
 

ritter6788

Coral Fraud Private Eye
View Badges
Joined
Jun 4, 2011
Messages
24,468
Reaction score
2,538
Location
Marshall, TX
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Guilty.

I used my ATO to dose baking soda for alk for a long time. I recently added a BRS dosing pump and was using it to dose calcium. I switched the dosing pump to dose alk and the calcium is dosed through my ATO with an aqualifter pump. Params have been locked in since.

I won't use it to dose alk anymore. Too much parameter swing with alk but with calcium it works fine.


Sent Via the R2R Forum APP
 

kyle1284

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 31, 2007
Messages
185
Reaction score
14
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
dont do it... there is a cheap DIY multi doser thread bouncing around here somewhere...
 

Emoney

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Oct 6, 2009
Messages
1,306
Reaction score
14
Location
Baltimore
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
IMO DONT DO IT!!!

I use one of those pumps on my kalk stirrer, and have replaced 3 within a year. My next investment will be a quality dosing pump (note to self)
 

TOP 10 Trending Threads

HOW DO YOU ADJUST YOUR CUC AS ALGAE DISAPPEARS?

  • Capture and re-home CUC

    Votes: 7 6.9%
  • Increase white light/hours in tank to spur algae growth to feed CUC

    Votes: 6 5.9%
  • Feed nori to support CUC

    Votes: 35 34.7%
  • Feed herbivore pellets to support CUC

    Votes: 34 33.7%
  • Allow attrition to balance CUC and algae

    Votes: 44 43.6%
  • Provide macro algae to feed CUC

    Votes: 6 5.9%
  • Introduce CUC predators

    Votes: 1 1.0%
  • Other (please explain)

    Votes: 11 10.9%
Back
Top