homemade daily dosing bags (kinda)

[Wiz]

I dose brs 2 part daily. Manually. 7oz per chemical. Its hard to add that much slowly. So, this happened.
My wife is an lna. I took two of these things from her work bag. :rolleyes:
A lil clipping and gluing. Then I have these Adjustable flow drip bags. :)
So I can spread the dosing out over a Bunch of hours rather than 10 minutes. Please pay no attention to the Rusty clip as I will be replacing that it was a momentary fix. LOL
What do you think?

 

[donnievaz]

Just curious, how big is your tank? I dose about 2 ML a day in a 29.

 

[Wiz]

All together about 120 gallons. The display is 75, 30 gallon refugium and 29 gallon sump about half full

 

[donnievaz]

That's a pretty cool way to go, it's got to be better than dumping it all in at one time.

 

[mcarroll]

Nice!!

I used to maintain multiple thousands of gallons of retail system this way. It's neanderthal, but it's solid! :)

Well, with a few of these 1400mL Kent drippers. Not a bad deal if you don't DIY or have no good DIY options. For me these were just the ticket...and almost identical to what you found, but they come ready-made. It was crucial in my case that they could hang. At home that's not a requirement and I DIY'd something different:
https://www.kentmarine.com/products/aquadose.htm

 

[JBradford]

Cool idea. Cheaper than a pump.

 

[mcarroll]

Cool idea. Cheaper than a pump.

+1

More manual than a pump too, but can be highly functional depending on the system!! (I did raise my stony reef on a set of manual drippers but that's awfully hard to recommend to others when you a 4-head doser is <$100.)

Even in a system with a doser you might really like having some of these around for when you have to make manual adjustments.

 

[steve&mari]

Cool idea thanks for sharing it.

 

[mcarroll]

@Wiz do you have any idea if those bags are available to the general public anywhere?

 

[jsker]

I was looking into a type of IV bag, but ended up not using them. The bags that you are using are totally different the what I found. Very cool

 

[Wiz]

I think they are actually "feeding bags". And I'm not sure where to get them. Other than my wifes work bag. Lol

 

[donnievaz]

I think they are actually "feeding bags". And I'm not sure where to get them. Other than my wifes work bag. Lol

The one place you can find everything in in the world.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-5-Ab...077845?hash=item1a12b629d5:g:EsoAAOSwagdXRnQC

 

[Wiz]

The ones I used :-)

 

[inurmind]

That's a cool way of doing it! I used to syphon from old gallon carbon jugs

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I wonder how many people dose like this.

 

[Wiz]

I kinda like the daily interaction. Keeps me "tuned in". And if it ever fails, its only one days dose. :-) not to mention one less plug! :-D