Dosing Pumps

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  1. Scuba Ken

    Scuba Ken Ritteri Anemone

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    When using a dosing pump, is the pump driven by a sensor ?
    Does the sensor meausure the shortage of whatever is being dosed and "dose" until the level is right ?

    I am looking at setting my cube up as a reef in a couple of weeks, so I wanted to get on top of this before i get water in the tank.
     
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  2. DevinH

    DevinH Montipora Capricornis

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    No sensors, you do math to calculate how much your tank uses in elements daily and calibrate it to dose that.
     
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  3. Scuba Ken

    Scuba Ken Ritteri Anemone

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    What about a timer with dose pumps built in ?
     
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  4. DevinH

    DevinH Montipora Capricornis

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    There's many ways you can do it. With something like an aquarium controller you can get down to the seconds which is what you'd want to use.
     
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