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[sandalscout]

Okay, my dog bumped my arm as I was typing the title in, and messed me up! Anyway

I've got a Cole Palmer Masterflex L/S dosing pump that I purchased with the intent of using to dose magnesium. I have another pump for calc/alk, and by the time I got around to using this realized that my magnesium doesn't suspend well, so manually dosing is how I need to roll.

This is a variable rate pump, which may or may not be a benefit for some. It will come with 3 pump heads, two of them are 2014s, and one is a 2018. Also comes with posts for mounting one or two heads and 14 feet of new tubing. If you want to mount two heads, you'll need to get 4 wing nuts. Also comes with a head tool. This would good for dosing 2 part, or a continuous water change system.

Asking $90 for any local club member. Will be posting in Nashville and the national for sale forums, so speak up soon if you want to work something out.

Pictures: http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll256/sandalscout/Reef Tanks/dosing pump/

Also have 300 gallons worth of IO Salt (1.5 boxes) for sale - $50.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[AdrianBryce]

I am interested. will this does both calcium and alk? or just one of the two?

 

[sandalscout]

it will, if you run with the two matched heads. That's exactly how I'm dosing my 2 part, just run the lines to two different parts of your sump and use a controller/timer to control the on/off times. I actually used the 2014 heads on my other pump when I first got it to do just this.

 

[AdrianBryce]

I think this will be a bit over my head. I think I will pass.

 

[sandalscout]

It's really quite simple, you just hook one end of the tank up to a drip spot in your sump, run it through the head, and then the other end into you 2 part container. Using a timer or controller you setup how many minutes you need to run it every day, and voila, hands off dosing. It does take a little bit of testing and measuring, but once you've got it figured out, upping the timers for more dosing as your tank needs it is easy.

I am REALLY glad I have mine setup now, don't know why I waited so long.