Craig Manoukian
Well-Known Member
Great stuff everyone!
Just cost $36 for 250 ml of Fauna Marine UltraminS, plus Fedex shipping. Aquarium Specialty
Therefore $63 for the Fauna Marine UltraminS. That on top of a little over $100 for the NaCl free salt mix, with shipping This is gonna get expensive. At least I can lower some what the amount of Super Selco I enrich my live food with. But Super Selco cost 1/2 as much as Fauna Marine UltraminS including shipping, but no trace elements in the Super Selco.
Anybody know anything about these UK made controllers and dosing pumps? Maybe our German reefers, Ralph, Heinz?
GHL Profilux Aquatic Computer (Controller) Sold here by Advanced Reef.
Computers*::*Profilux*::*Aquarium*Controllers...
GHL Profilux (UK) Dosing Pumps Write up here.
GHL Profilux (UK) Dosing Pumps
Dosing Pump sold here by Aquarium Speciality in USA.
Aquarium Specialty
I assume after having read the description of the controller units that the quite expensive GHL controller just supplies switching to a110 AC power strip which in turn supplies power to each individual dosing pump. It appears that each pump would require a seperate power circuit just as with an American made controller. As an American made power strip cost about $150 versus (and controlls 8 outlets) the UK power strip cost of $350 (controls 6 outlets) the fact that a US controller would work is great. However, I was not able on any site to find out how many lobes are on the pumps wheel which squeezes the tube on the peristaltic pumps.
I can not quite understand the need to change out the T-5 bulbs at 6 months though. I thought they held their output qualities longer than that. The bulbs are cheaper but that would still be at least $250 worth of bulbs per change out. I assume he would only change out a few at a time though, to decrease lighting change reactions, if the tubes actually degrade that much in 6 months.
Hi fatman..... yes, I know this aquarium computer very well, he comes, by the way, from Germany, not from England. It is one of the best AC I know and is much cheaper than e.g. IKS ( I use (btw also a german product)).
Lynn is right. You must absolutely not use an AC for the dosage, you can do this also by hand.
e.g.: early morning, before one goes to work, one measures from Can II
If you in the evening comes back dose from Can III
And approx. 2 hours before the lamps switch off you dose the rest from Can II
One uses for it a very big (best 60ml) syringe.
Btw …. Fauna Marin Ultramin S is a CAN …. Not a MUST.
I already have several controllers but would like to use dosing pumps rather then dosing by hand. I would like good pumps. The Profilux pumps seem to be good pumps, with a few nice features not available with the american pumps, but I want pumps with three rollers (lobes), and the data provided does not mention this matter. Do the know if the Profilux pumps have three rollers (lobes). It seems my controlers would work well with the Profilux pumps. I realise the Fauna Marin Ultramin S is a CAN …. Not a MUST. I would like to provide good trce element misture and I already use amino fatty acids so I can now do both at once and also cut down on my rotifer and artemia clumping problem at the same time by using less Selco for amino fatty acid enrichment of the artemia and rotifers. I must admit I do like the German controllers. I really like the optional remote monitor screen. They are exspensive imported to America though. Not extremely expensive though. They definitely charge way to much for their outlet strips though. There optional equipment costs (probes, outlet strips) are not as reasonable as the controller costs. I can not imagine the cost of an IKS controller sold in America, if the Profilux is a cheap controller.
HI
The GHL Computer are at the moment one of the best controller which are available on the market also the stand alone doser is great ans easy to use.
Fatman
Did not use Ultramin S in the balling light methode
You have good trace elements in the system
So you only need to buy the three salts and the 3 Trace element solutions
which can use very long time.
Thats all
If you wish to dose it on a automatical way then you need a dosing pump
with 3 pumps and a control unit
Greets
You can use Min S but better to use it independent to the balling methode
I see you all are keeping it simple here
Just ordered my zeovit start up package. I have G.Alexander helping me convert my system over. I'll start a thread on it once i get it going next week.
I dont know hma, there is some serious lps in this tank:
Fourth Quarter of 2007 . Franco Dodaro - Cosenza - Italy - zeovit.com
It's all about the challenge to me hma. Easy is boring these days.
HI
I use the same name cause Fauna Marin ist my company and i don´t want hide
so everyone knows what i do
The most important think on balling is the quality of the salts nd elements which are used
Greets Claude