dosing pumps

[Grey Seas Aquatics]

When are these going to be for sale? Got any more info on them? The price looks right :D BTW, happy to see the Codex lime on the site. You guys really find the niche markets :strooper:

[Snarkys]

Hi Dan,

The order got finalized two days ago and they said it would take a couple days get the order ready and then a few days to get here. I'm guessing Tuesday or wednesday.

I'm Glad we were able to find the lime locally so the hobby can finally have a cheap source for kalk without having to hunt everywhere.

[rsaavedra]

How many ml per hour does the Kalk / Top off 30RPM pumps?

How many ml per hour does the Kalk / Top off 18RPM pumps?

Also when are the Kalk / Top off 18RPM and 30 RPM pumps going to be available for purchase?

[Snarkys]

each one will come with four tubing sets you can pop in and out for different flow rates

the 30RPM will be 29, 15, 3.9, 1.1 ML a minute .

and the 18RPM will be 17.5, 9.3, 2.3, 0.66 ML a minute.

here is a ML to gallons calculator .

http://www.metric-conversions.org/volume/milliliters-to-gallons.htm

these will also hopefully be here next week .

[rsaavedra]

Can I pre-order?

[Snarkys]

I don't have the capabilities to take preorders right now . But the day they go up on the site i will do my best to remember and PM you : )

[rsaavedra]

Great, I thank you in advance if you could remind me. Also what's the price for the Kalk / Top off 18RPM pump? Also what's the price for the Kalk / Top off 30 RPM pump?

[Snarkys]

price is the same for both . I will have to look again and see .

I think with the case and plug it is around $100.

[Grey Seas Aquatics]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9194371#post9194371 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Snarkys
price is the same for both . I will have to look again and see .

I think with the case and plug it is around $100.

Why call it the "Drew's Doser $59" if it cost $100?

[Snarkys]

because we have one that is $59 , we have a variety of pumps They can't all be the same price : )

It's advertising to show that we have a quality dosing option that is that low.

http://www.twopartsolution.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_12_13&products_id=28

Prior to this the options were not very big . you had the used/refurbished medical dosers for $200, the cheaper hobby type that has back siphon issues and poor quality tubing and lastly the the litter meter 3 which is a very good solution i would recommend to anyone but costs around $450+ with the extra pump.

This is our attempt at bridging that gap . One of our models is $119 and has a dual head so you only need the one pump for the two part. I don't know if there is another quality solution that is even near that price : )

[Grey Seas Aquatics]

Got it. I didn't see all of the pump options. I was looking at the title and didn't see a price listed where it says coming soon. I guess I am looking at this pump. (http://www.twopartsolution.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_12_13&products_id=29) Can it be shipped with the 3mm tube instead of the 1.5mm tube? It looks like that would give me about 8 liters/day dosing capability which should be plenty for this application and at $79 is a great buy. How would you rate these against the Aquamedic Niveaumat pumps?

[Snarkys]

I have not used the aqua medic pump personaly so id rather not comment on it. Id check out some threads with other peoples expeiences with it.


http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=939588

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=905360

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=888700

[rsaavedra]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9195953#post9195953 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dandy7200
Got it. I didn't see all of the pump options. I was looking at the title and didn't see a price listed where it says coming soon. I guess I am looking at this pump. (http://www.twopartsolution.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_12_13&products_id=29) Can it be shipped with the 3mm tube instead of the 1.5mm tube?

Dan I think it comes already with it, he said this a few posts up "each one will come with four tubing sets you can pop in and out for different flow rates"

Raf

[Snarkys]

No, the larger Kalk pump comes with the four different sizes because these are used to replace a wide range of evaporation rates. Some people might evaporate 1/2 a gallon while some might do 10 gallons.

we didn't feel a need to include different tubing sets with the two part doser because the amount dosed in a day doesn't vary as much. Most people will dose 0-200 ML a day.

however you can purchase the other tubing sets for a few bucks.

[Snarkys]

thought id let you all know the snow storm down there has slowed things down drastically and they now wont be here till next week : (

[David Grigor]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9195953#post9195953 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dandy7200
It looks like that would give me about 8 liters/day dosing capability which should be plenty for this application and at $79 is a great buy.

You are calculating 8 liters if running 24 hours a day. I have talked with the OEM manufacturer and the motor life expectancy is 8000 hours. Neopreme tubing rated at 800hours. Running 24 hours a day would not be advisable as that means it could burn out in 1.3 years and tubing every 33 days. You want to pick a flow rate that you can osc on/off multiple times a day and keep the runtime down to say a few hours total a day to get any decent life out of the pump and the tubing.

For Kalkwasser, I'm planning to use the 29ml a minute so I can keep the runtime under 2 hours a day. Dosing pump life then increases to 10 years.

When using 2 part solution, the pump 5.6ml rated pump is on for much less than an hour so it's a non issue as the pump life is greater than 20years and tubing 2+years.

[Snarkys]

I agree . If you want to try and run a dosing pump 24/7 id go with the Liter meter three