dosing pump

[mshur]

guys,
anybody using grotech dosing pump to dose start 2?
any coments?

thankx,mike

[nyfireman3097]

just taggin along
Nick

[Aged Salt]

Hi Mike, mine ordered dosing pump from Gary came to him damaged so I'm still in waiting. Arthur's using the Eheim liquid-doser, so maybe he can jump in here with an update Bob

[zcom]

I've been pretty happy with the Eheim Liquidoser. It will dose up to 4 times a day (I actually use 2 so I can get 8 times a day ), 1 ml each time, so I dilute to an appropriate value. It's been fairly consistent, and given the $50 price point it's hard to beat.

Arthur

[nyfireman3097]

yeah i was thinkin of getting one mmyself i saw it a couple of sdays before you mentioned it on here and then never went through wit it now i think i might
Nick

[mshur]

Artur,
thats good to know,then eheim pump is good for this of application))
how much do u dose is total?
i have 125g total water value and i dose 1 ml per day...
do u think this pump can work for me?

thankx,mike

[zcom]

You can dose up to 1ml, 4 times a day. Thus, in your case, you could dilute the mixture with 3 parts RO/DI water and 1 part ZS2, at which point each 1ml dose from the Eheim would dose 0.25ml.

Actually, tehnically you can dose up to 2ml, 4 times a day, because there is a setting that will dose twice within a 1 minute period. Not useful for me, but if someone needs to dose up to 8ml of something per day, it would work.

Arthur

[VegasMike]

I am using the Eheim unit as well. So far, so good, just diluted the mixture to get the required dose and fill it up once every ten days or so. I thought about buying this unit month's ago and finally got around to doing it, glad I did.

Mike

[mshur]

thankx,arthur and mike
i will go ahead and order this pump))

arthur, if i need to dose 1 ml per day in total .how much di water i should delute?

thankx,mike

[Aged Salt]

Mike, the Eheim will hold 1ml liquid of whatever. Therefore, .75ml RODI water:to .25ml Start2 is the concentration, eg. if you make up 20ml solution, 15 ml would be water & 5ml would be Start2. I'll let Mike & Arthur explain more in detail, Bob

[mshur]

bob,thankx
perfect explanation,as usuall))

bob, did u get growtech pump for 3-part liquids?

mike

[Aged Salt]

No, Mike, Gary received the doser damaged, so he's ordering another. I may use it for feeding my Ca Rx & use an Eheim for dosing Start2Bob

[mshur]

ohhh..i see..
i use cole-palmer peristaltic pump to feed my ca rx,works like a charm)
plus,$80 for eheim i think its not bad)


bob,how much total of start do u dose,,,on ur 450g ?

mike

[porites]

I put myself the question to know if dilutions of produce KZ would not have a negative effect on their quality?

Did you observe problems on your tanks following additions of diluted products?

[invincible569]

Where are you guys getting the Eheim from? Sounds like the perfect toy for this application.