Ohio Reef
Reef Discussion => Water Chemistry => Topic started by: Wall_Tank on June 18, 2012, 05:28:46
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My CO2 tank on my reactor ran out last week. I've been considering going back to 2 part anyway.......so no time like the present. I already had the dosing pumps.
For those who are running automatic dosing pumps for their 2 part, what safeties (backups) do you have in place to prevent overdosing....
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PH hi and lo alarms shut off the autodosing.
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I dose Alk, Mag and Ca via BRS pump. All three pumps are connected to a digital timer that runs 3 times per day for 60 minutes each time. The timer is plugged into controller that shuts down power at 8.45 PH. I also ocassionally add iodine and strontium or kent essentials to calcium mix. A bit unrelated to your thread I dose equal amounts of ca, Alk and Mag. It always balances out some how. If I dose more the corals consume more, to a point it seems to auto balances. This makes it nice in that I only need one timer and use one port on controller.
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I dose Alk, Mag and Ca via BRS pump. All three pumps are connected to a digital timer that runs 3 times per day for 60 minutes each time. The timer is plugged into controller that shuts down power at 8.45 PH. I also ocassionally add iodine and strontium or kent essentials to calcium mix. A bit unrelated to your thread I dose equal amounts of ca, Alk and Mag. It always balances out some how. If I dose more the corals consume more, to a point it seems to auto balances. This makes it nice in that I only need one timer and use one port on controller.
Are you using the 66ml/hour dosers? How often do you change your dose?
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Yes and I up it every few months. I also observe PH and adjust time to kick on to flatten bell curves