Auto doser.... SPS now dying

[reefermadness]

Unless they doser failed, I dont see how this is the dosers fault?

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by reefermadness

Unless they doser failed, I dont see how this is the dosers fault?

I agree 100%. Can you share the details of what you are dosing? For example I dosed Dowflakes for years but then got a very impure batch & had nothing but trouble, this product is only about 40% calcium chloride on a good day and can nuke a system. I will never use it again and don't recommend it & feel it had a lot to do with my tank crash in 2010/2011. The calcium chloride from BRS, Fauna Marin or Eli in Calgary is all very good purity wise. Not sure if this relevant in your case but I thought I'd throw it out there. Long story short, it's unlikely the problem is the actual doser but more likely what you are dosing and in what quantities.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Snappy

I agree 100%. Can you share the details of what you are dosing? For example I dosed Dowflakes for years but then got a very impure batch & had nothing but trouble, this product is only about 40% calcium chloride on a good day and can nuke a system. I will never use it again and don't recommend it & feel it had a lot to do with my tank crash in 2010/2011. The calcium chloride from BRS, Fauna Marin or Eli in Calgary is all very good purity wise. Not sure if this relevant in your case but I thought I'd throw it out there. Long story short, it's unlikely the problem is the actual doser but more likely what you are dosing and in what q

uantities.

I'm using the same chemicals as before. Exact. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm wondering if it's operation is causing ph swings. I know it's not "the doser" ... It is simply tied to the issue and the stoppage of it's use is required until the issue is solved. This addition to my system is the only change. Hopefully we can Move past that.


I use calcium from steve at red coral, seachem mag, and carbonate from BRS. Can't remember which but I believe it's sodium bicarbonate.

Have used them a while now.

System volume is about 100G.

Steve. I'll try get the dosing times and such info posted later.

[reefermadness]

Originally Posted by paddyob

I'm using the same chemicals as before. Exact. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm wondering if it's operation is causing ph swings. I know it's not "the doser" ... It is simply tied to the issue and the stoppage of it's use is required until the issue is solved. This addition to my system is the only change. Hopefully we can Move past that.


I use calcium from steve at red coral, seachem mag, and carbonate from BRS. Can't remember which but I believe it's sodium bicarbonate.

Have used them a while now.

System volume is about 100G.

Steve. I'll try get the dosing times and such info posted later.

My dosers only come on twice a day.....once at night and once early in the morning when pH could use a lift. HTH

[Snappy]

Sorry I missed your post about what you are using.
It always takes a while to get things tweaked just right when changing the way you administer chemicals into any system. Good luck, I think once you get things dialed in you will be glad you bought an auto-doser.