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Now that I've been using the SP3000 for a while I've come to the conclusion it is a load of rubbish. The solution keeps running back into the bottle all the time which is pretty poor imho. The way to get around this is to install a non-return valve for liquids or place the dosing bottle at the...
Fluidsensor's trace mix uses EDTA as chelator which works fine with the all in one solution and also best in soft water. I'm curently using a HEEDTA chelated trace mix which seems to have issues with either the ascorbic acid or potassium sorbate, so have gone back to the more traditional...
Here are my thoughts. It was me that brought Clark's SP3000 off him and I find it works faultlessly. Because I now use a different trace I'm no longer able to use my all in one solution so have two pumps, one for the traces and one for the macros.
Don't use a non return valve that is designed...
If you dose traces (micros) then one of the components is iron that is complexed in a chelator like Iron-EDTA. This is done as free iron is very reactive and will react with many things in the water making it unavailable for the plants. UV breaks the Iron-EDTA bond freeing the iron.
A lot...
Should work a treat. Do you have any pricing details of those pumps and where they can be purchased?
Out of interest the peristaltic pump I brought which I detailed here - http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5024&start=30#p56711 is a spare part for a dishwasher as well.
James
Pump uses 150mA. The power adapter I have is 400mA so no probs there. I used to work in a chemical lab and when the site was closed down many years ago we were allowed to take home what we wanted. I used to go home every night with a car load of stuff, which is where the tubing came from. A...
The peristaltic pump 24V DC nutrient dosing water pump I ordered off ebay has arrived and first impressions are very good. Was sent by FedEx and was superbly packaged. Seems to have a good strong motor and is robustly built. It is 6cm x 6cm x 8cm approx in size.
As discussed earlier the white...
The pump tubing is included with the pump so all you need is the air line tubing to attach to it. Once it perishes then it should be fairly easy to get some replacement tubing.
I used to work with peristaltic pumps for years and have quite a bit of tubing at home, bit I think it may be the...
That's very true. I think you were very lucky to get it at the price you did though. Looking on ebay they are £50 plus. Still I'm happy as I've got all the other parts needed.
Once I get it up and running I'll post up here what I think of it.
James
Decided to give this auto dosing a go. Had my eye out for a peristaltic pump for some time now but have always been a tad expensive. Just brought this peristaltic pump 24V DC nutrient dosing water pump which looks like it will do the job. I've got a 24V DC adapter and a digital timer as well...
Potassium sorbate is perfectly safe with your shrimp and everything else as well. Just look at the ingredients of a lot of the things you eat and you will see it. But if you choose to omit it and you don't get any mould problems then great.
There are many anti-mould agents of which some may not...
I seem to remember having this conversation before. The Aquamas reactors work really well if you have a decent flow going through them. I have no problem getting a bright yellow drop checker on my 200 litre tank just by turning the bubble rate up a bit. The green filter type material is required...
Remove the 8 screws, 4 at each end. Carefully remove the reflector which just clips in to the front and back sections.The front and back section will then unclip from the central section. You'll then be at the stage that are shown in the photo's above.
James
I have a 120cm Arcadia Luminaire which holds 4x 54W T5 tubes, two banks of two switched independently. The other day much to my sadness one of the banks stopped working so is now only running on half power. I've removed the luminaire and hooked up some old T8's for the time being.
As there is...
Looks great except for one thing. The CO2 inlet needs to be in the upright tube. Where you've got it now in the water outlet it will just go with the water flow along your tubing to the tank.
James
Some more info in Jason Baliban's original thread if anyone's interested - http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/do-yourself-aquarium-projects/40809-building-ada.html
James
A little tip for you. What you need to do is get the holes as close as possible together. What makes the CO2 bubbles really small is the fine bit of plastic impellor between the holes which acts like a blade cutting the bubbles.
James
This is one of the main reasons I brought it. The surface now is like a mirror.
Yes the inlet is replaced with the skimmer. I'm using 16mm tubing with my eheim 2028 and it fits on to the skimmer just fine.
James
Had another go at trying to get it to work tonight and managed to do it in about ten seconds. When I tried it before I don't think I had enough air trapped below the strainer. Now that I've got it running correctly it does work very well indeed and money well spent I think as it keeps the water...
I seem to have had this surface scum for a little while now which I couldn't seem able to shift. I was also sure that it was also causing problems with low O2 levels in the tank due to little gaseous exchange at the water surface. Did a bit of hunting around and ended up buying a surface skimmer...
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