RobinR
New member
Okay, I bought a used Aquamedic doser with 3 pumps. I pulled the user manual online, but I am still a bit confused as to how to program it for dosing my Part A, Part B, and Magnesium using the 3 pumps. I have an Octopus Controller for the tank I could hook it up to to automatically turn it on, but won't it run all 3 pumps at once? How can it differenciate between which to turn on and which not to?
I am thinking it best to set the Aquamedic without the Octopus til I get a bit more knowledgeable about how all that stuff works.
So, here is my question:
I have tried to program the use of the dosing on a 92-gal tank, about 110 with sump water. I am figuring I should slowly dose since I have a pump now. I set the program for 24.00 hours, as the pump runs continuously at 25/ml per minute, I must decide the "on" time and the rest will be "off" time. So from my calculations (which I want some acknowledgement that I am right here) I set the pump (1&2) to come "on" every 01.00 hour, and run for 3 seconds. The problem here is that the pumps will dispense both part A & B at the same time? Correct? And that is a big no-no from what the bottle says...must be at least 5 minutes apart. I am not sure how the aquamedic can be space adjusted like that using the on/off feature...as soon as pump 1 finishes, pump 2 starts right after....and that is only 3 seconds apart. The magnesium I have calculated at 3 seconds as well, but only once per 12 hours. This was as low as I can get for the dosing on the bottle.
These 3 second run times seem a bit "brief" from what I am thinking, or my calculations are way off...or I just don't get how to use the damn thing....
ANY HELP HERE GREATLY APPRECIATED!! :hmm4:
I am thinking it best to set the Aquamedic without the Octopus til I get a bit more knowledgeable about how all that stuff works.
So, here is my question:
I have tried to program the use of the dosing on a 92-gal tank, about 110 with sump water. I am figuring I should slowly dose since I have a pump now. I set the program for 24.00 hours, as the pump runs continuously at 25/ml per minute, I must decide the "on" time and the rest will be "off" time. So from my calculations (which I want some acknowledgement that I am right here) I set the pump (1&2) to come "on" every 01.00 hour, and run for 3 seconds. The problem here is that the pumps will dispense both part A & B at the same time? Correct? And that is a big no-no from what the bottle says...must be at least 5 minutes apart. I am not sure how the aquamedic can be space adjusted like that using the on/off feature...as soon as pump 1 finishes, pump 2 starts right after....and that is only 3 seconds apart. The magnesium I have calculated at 3 seconds as well, but only once per 12 hours. This was as low as I can get for the dosing on the bottle.
These 3 second run times seem a bit "brief" from what I am thinking, or my calculations are way off...or I just don't get how to use the damn thing....
ANY HELP HERE GREATLY APPRECIATED!! :hmm4:
