Which dosing pump? Pros and cons of each!

Want a deep dive into a heap of different dosing pumps to distinguish the strengths and weakness of each? Sure, why not!

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[sdotsonmyfeet]

This is incredibly helpful, honest information like this is just so hard to come by and having it backed by a retailer rather than a manufacturer is great as there's no agenda to sell a particular product.

[stuartgreen]

Loving this style of comparison video. Lots of information all in one place. Regarding the Reef Factory and mounting, they do sell mounting kits that take 4 pumps. It allows a mix of pump sizes powered from a single supply.

A number of comments about the Versa pumps and availability. Unfortunately they have been caught up in the component shortages effecting supply chains. Seen this first hand, had a quote stating 70-weeks lead-time! I believe that the Versa pumps are now being manufactured and should start hitting stores soon.

[antoniofaustino]

Good info, this is something I'm going to do in the next couple months and this video will help me to decide what to get . Thanks Sam!

[DKLordByron]

your review was the reason I bought a Reef Factory Dosing Pump, you said it could move the liquid further away, which is needed here. 😊 It actually lifts it up 1.5m in the aquarium, which I was a little worried about which pump could do that.
However, the Reef Factory hose is not a standard measure, so had to drop the idea of ​​attaching it to a dosing container.

[sailorjbn]

Good video. Reminds me a bit of watching the safety procedure before flying :-)

[Puciferthegreat]

Like you said, the kamoer app is The reef factory x1 is a bit difficult to place, alltho with the mount bracket it`s a dream, downside is having to buy it. A neat feature is the calibration reminders. The red sea one was nice when i tested it but a bit pricey. As always quality vid!

[panthereyes]

I have been using the red sea Doser 4 x 2, so i have 8 lines using the Sustainable reef products through these its great with the app and setup is easy enough, The downsides i am seeing, you have to check the lines at least once a week, to make sure they are still dripping the chemicals into the tank. I re calibrate these once a week, and also the app sends alerts to your phone when there is low chemicals and also why you are about to run out, Alot of this information was missed in the videos, which would of helped more with people decision. Yes you have to buy accessories, But they have colour of 8 different lines, which is great.

[dxfgful]

I have been looking into dosing pumps and controllers for a new aquarium. I am new to the hobby, so this video helps. Thankyou.
I do have my concerns on some of these systems,
- Reef Keeper relies on the cloud for control. What happens if you are relying on a reef keeper water level sensor to turn off a dos pump and your internet drops? Can the water level sensor talk on the local wifi to stop the pump, or is the system essentially down until internet is restored? Seems very risky not having a local controller.
- GHL doser looks honestly to be the nicest, in terms of hardware. GHL also has some other pro's in that they have a power bar available for automation here in Australia. Sadly everyone seems to say their software is crud, and their response to one of your video is very disconcerting.
- Neptune doesn't seem to care much about Australia. The EB632 is still nowhere, and we need to use the 8 year old 6 port power board which lacks in features. Local LFS no longer stocks Neptune as its very hard (according to them) to get stock, and the Trident reagant is constantly out of stock.

One day we might see the Hydros here in Australia, but not counting on it anytime soon.
I do like the Reef Keeper, and it is easily available here in Australia, but the cloud reliance is turning me off.

[michaelhoward]

Thanks for the video Sam, great information. Didn't catch if the Red Sea doser is shaft or gear driven?

[deanfielding]

I think I’m going to go for the whole GHL family of aquarium system. I was very tempted Reef Factory, but they offer no way to download a CSV of the data for my data logging, which I want to be able to do to track dosing against parameters so I can better understand and learn in a more evidence based way how to best run my reef tank.

[JCTReefer]

Had a feeling Versa wouldn’t make the cut due to zero availability. Sad really. Things been out of stock for what seems like years now🤣. Might as well be discontinued. I’m assuming the Versa is no longer a priority for Ecotech.

[grantrogers]

The continuous dosing is definitely a big miss for the Reef Factory Large. I bought and assumed it would do continuous dosing. Using it for my kalk dosing and 24 doses means I am dosing 150ml in one go, which isn't ideal.
The app also does something funny with the split of the doses if the volume isn't a multiple of the number of doses.
It's a pain in the A when you need to manually enter 24 dose amounts and times for the schedule.

[one-armed-reefer]

great vid as always and loads of info and oh yes the apex dose are load I run 4 of them lol

[georgef]

Have you tried the Ekoral doser, how does that stack up to the red sea doser?

[seanmcateer]

Great video Sam, thank you, question for you, I asked you about AWC pumps you recommended for moving water with about 2.4m head height over 10m and I was pretty sure you recommendd a kemoer pump, which model was it? I remember you said they were about $250 each and I would need 2

[vargagergely]

Why no Versa from Ecotech? You dont like them anymore ?.. kidding i read nothing personal but tought they are pretty good for example for Kalkwasser dosing

[bobbyknox]

I've got that x4 pro but the old one. Without the front display. Never missed a beat but right from day one all the heads are proper noisy. It sounds like 20 hamsters on a squeaky wheel. Pretty annoying

[vargagergely]

Not sure what to buy, red sea ( dont have any other device from them but seems better for me ) or reef factory ( in europe they are about 400 euro both ) on the other hand i have some reef factory products and i might gwt a kh keeper later :/ so dont know what to do :/

[frgggggdsedd]

Would you say redsea is better than versa?

[clkong]

The red sea has a weird limit of 999ml per 24hrs