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[lastlight]

Funny you mention Glassreef as he uses the Masterflex. I'm a big fan of the work he's done!

[mseepman]

He actually gave up on the Masterflex. Take a look at the link I sent and you will see that he replaced it with his Litremeter which was doing the dosing. He then had to find pumps for dosing and chose the Drew's dosers off Bulk Reef Supply.

[lastlight]

Wow really?

Well that might help me narrow things down as I didn't want to mess with ebay and putting together the darn things no matter how accurate they are. I'll have to catch up on why he ditched them as he was a real proponent of them before.

I might even look into hamsters on high-end german-built hamster wheels to drive a few dosing heads at this point. That way I don't have to make this tough decision!

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Just read that entire page and he spells it all out clearly thanks! It sounds like given the choice he'd have gotten another LMIII but it was too expensive. I'll have to read more on those dosers.

[shrimpchips]

I actually have a profilux standalone (since I didn't know I would get such a good deal on a profilux controller bundle only a few weeks later), but the unit is absolutely rock solid and easy to use.

My decision was based in part by my tank size - 28g including sump. The litermeter's minimum dose is 50ml at a time - so not only would I really have to dilute things, but also have very large containers for everything.

Instead I chose the profilux as it's cheaper per pump, and more importantly it doses a minimum of 1ml instead of 50 ml (great for dosing things like VSV, vodka, etc), and great for small volumes like my tank.

I can't wait to see your build all come together. And now I wants all gray piping and fittings too

[mseepman]

It's not hard to want our tanks to look better after reviewing this thread. There's part of me that is afraid to see the salt creep cluttering up the beauty of this tank..

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by lastlight

I might even look into hamsters on high-end german-built hamster wheels to drive a few dosing heads at this point. That way I don't have to make this tough decision!

Good thing you live in Alberta...Our previous NDP government grouped hamsters under our Minimum wage law and so that option is out for most of us.

[lastlight]

LMAO!

Thanks again for the nice words guys. I'm really curious if some well aimed insults or criticisms might light a bigger fire under my butt and speed this thing up =) Feel free haha.

The Profilux is likely going to be the way I go. For a while comparing it to the LMIII I though the latter had machined metal rollers but they're plastic just like the Profilux so I'll likely choose based on looks (just like I did on pipe) and cost since they're close in almost every way.

[conix67]

Definitely one of my favorite tank journals! Some patience you got, one and half years later still no livestock

Awesome tank and thanks for all the details provided. I learned a lot already, and gives me ideas for my future setup. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

[lastlight]

Ok I just tested my Tunze Osmolator. I just think this thing is the GREATEST! Makes me feel much safer than my old setup with ro/di plumbed straight to a float valve!

Learnign curve to it tho. I had the emergency float switch mounted upside down in the bracket so for the first few minutes all I heard was the alarm sounding (since the float was sitting in 'too high' position) and my wife yelling at me to 'shut that thing up'.

I just love the Tunze website. Every manual there and they're well written. I figured it out and I have one salt bucket perfectly topping up another salt bucket!

WOOT.

[fishytime]

Very cool toys in deed....probably the single best thing Ive added to my system so far.