time to get a doser...suggestions?

[ryanpal]

dosing limewater and baked baking soda manually is a bit of a pain. i have an apex controller and would like something to integrate easily with a doser. i know some people recommend the bubble magus, others the jaebo, and some people claim the DOS neptune systems doser is pretty awesome.

i figured i'd ask around here for those who are a bit more up to date with the equipment these days than i am. any suggestions appreciated.

 

[art13]

I have the dos, my favorite doser by far for accuracy, cheaper route would be two brs dosers, I still use them for other items I dose, easy to program with apex.

 

[art13]

The other dosers you mentioned work fine as well, but are stand alone systems you can't integrate with an apex.

 

[horseplay]

Using BRS dosers for 2 years now. No complaints.

 

[iTzJu]

+1 for BRS Dosers - works well with Apex controllers. Here is a website that will figure out the code for you as well if you go this route. Apex Dosing Program Generator

 

[redfishbluefish]

+2 BRS 1.1 pumps.

 

[downbeach]

BRS here too, 1.1 mL/m for two part, 50 mL/m for kalk.

 

[jgraz]

If you have the Apex already then def go with the BRS dosers. Notice a trend

 

[Karenvas2]

I use Jeboa.

 

[ryanpal]

thanks for the replies guys...so i would need one or two of these: BRS 2 Part Doser – 1.1 mL per minute - Bulk Reef Supply ? right now i'm trying to stabilize calcium and alk.

also, i read on a forum that someone had these stuck on and it put a ton of supplements in the tank and for some reason the apex didn't kill the power to the terminal. just want to make sure this isn't a common issue.

 

[horseplay]

Make sure you use the two outlets with mechanical relays.

Also, a while ago I set the doser to the on position and got distracted and 1 liter of ALK was dosed. After that incident I figured out how to make Apex send an email and txt when the dosers are on for x number of minutes. So in case you forget you'll get an alert.

 

[art13]

It's a rare thing to get one stuck on, use outlets 4and 8 on it. You would need two dosers, one for calc and one for alk