Redsea is a joke

[Notsolostfish]

Im sorry but this is crazy, this is the third time my afr line explode with my redsea tubing, this is rediculous, i was cleaning the leak for an hour. Why would the line explode? It was backed up all the way up, and i dont know why. I mix my own afr for 2 years. Either the line clogs up at the top, and this time was clogged inside. All i did was adding redsea alk 30ml this morning to fix mh alk this morning. I added it in the middle chamber and my afr line in the return pump i dont know if there any relation between those two. Im beyond ticked off my system use over 1.5dkh and i lost half of that dkh. Im so tired of afr, so tired of my lines exploding we pay top money for garbage. I tried moving the tip inside the water it clogs, everywhere it CLOGS rediculous

 

[Garf]

Not sure it's really fair to blame Redsea tbh. The lines are not intended for high pressures, lol. Sounds like stopping the clogs will solve your problem, perhaps diluting it by half and doubling the dose, maybe. When you say the line exploded, did the connectors disconnect, or the silicon split?

 

[IceNein]

AFR is basically a saturated solution, it likes to precipitate like crazy. I get little rocks of it at the end of my dosing line, you have to pick them off every once in a while. So I agree that it isn't necessarily Red Sea's fault there, even though I do have a lot of problems with them as a company.

 

[JonoH]

My Ecotech Versa's clog the same way - this looks like a maintenance issue rather than the actual pump. (as others have pointed out)

 

[Idech]

I wouldn’t dose AFR in a dosing pump. For sure it would clog it after a while.

 

[hart24601]

I always had my ATO line drip on my AFR dosing line to wash it off and it worked for years without issue. Guessing it clogged near the tip and then the pressure make it pop.

 

[frofan]

Make sure what ever you are dosing has a ventilation hole or the cap is a little lose. If you create enough negative pressure it can cause the line to pop.

 

[rtparty]

Been dosing AFR on a dosing pump for months and not an issue. No clogging or anything

 

[Science/G]

I will get a little crud on the end of my dosing tube from my AFR. I pinch it off every couple of weeks when I change out my filter sock, no big deal. I clean out my hoses every few months to ensure I don't have any problems. I use clear airline tubing, it's much sturdier than that Red Sea tubing

 

[John Neuzil]

Mine used to clog at the tip but then I started keeping the end of the hose under water. No more clogging. Not red seas fault here..

 

[Biokabe]

That's why I just don't use dosing pumps anymore. No matter what I did the solution would always crystallize in the middle of the tube, and given that the tube was 6' long it was a giant pain to try and get the clogs out of the tube.

Maybe at some point I'll figure out a way to keep the dosing pumps closer to the sump, but that day is not today.

 

[Marco_99]

Mine used to clog at the tip but then I started keeping the end of the hose under water. No more clogging. Not red seas fault here..

How do you not get or guarantee no siphoning?

 

[Oldreefer44]

Cut the end pf the hose at an angle. Should take care of the issue.

 

[rtparty]

How do you not get or guarantee no siphoning?

A good peristaltic pump won’t siphon since it pinches the tube and doesn’t allow the siphon to happen

 

[John Neuzil]

How do you not get or guarantee no siphoning?

Because a quality dosing pump can't siphon. The rollers prevent that.