What 2 part dosing pump to use

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  1. jerseyreefer

    jerseyreefer Bristle Worm

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    Any one have experience with the Marine Magic Dosing Pump?
    I saw this one and it has nice features with the built in controls.
    I am dosing my hand at 30ml a day and looks like I might have to go a bit more to get me numbers up. I am at 7 and 380.


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  3. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    dont use that one myself Jersey reefer

    but Ill bump it for the night crowd

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  4. Powerman

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    Just so you know.... if your numbers are at 7 and 380 and you want them higher.... then you need to dose how ever much into how ever much water you have to come to the numbers you want. After that... your daily consumption might be 30 ml a day and stay there.

    If you got your numbers up where you wanted them... then they have dropped to 7 and 380 now... then all you need to do is the math to figure out how much it has dropped over how many days to figure out how much your daily dose needs to be adjusted. Then you will still need to dose an amount to get them back to those numbers.

    All I'm saying is that folks pull their hair out chasing dosing to move numbers. You use one time doses to move numbers. You use a daily dose to replace daily consumption.

    Anyway.... I do not know anything about those pumps. But I can tell you you do not need 3. Some that put them all together do 3 for Mg... but you do not need to daily dose Mg. Those might be good pumps. Bubble Magus had a similar setup they put out take a look at those. Another popular setup with a good name is Litermeter. They have a similar setup and is very reliable. What most folks use is Bulk Reef Supply dosing pumps. They are separate, do not cost much and can be controlled by a controller or just a digital timer. But the timer would have to be pretty good to have the time control of a daily dose.