I picked up mine off someone on the board selling theirs, they come up from time to time. If you google on "aqualifter" you can find a few mail-order places but there may be a store in town. The only Canadian online vendor I could find listing them is Big Als - http://www.bigalsonline.ca/BigAlsCA/...aqualifterpump

bulkreefsupply.com (one of the sponsors here) also has an economical peristaltic pump, think they call it the "Drew's Doser".

OA and Jand L carry the Aqualifter pumps in B.C.

Oh that's good to know. They don't list them on either of their sites which sort of surprised me. But I guess it goes to show it never hurts to ask. :)

Jand L has them under misc. water pumps

And OA under air pumps

"Aqua Lifter" haha ok well their search function didn't clue in on a search on "aqualifter". I stand corrected.

I would think since your tank is brand new or near so that alk/ca should probably not be of any concern. Worry about it when your tank ages a bit and your corals take off. Weekly water changes with a good salt will take care of all your trace elements and alk/ca requirements for now.

When you do get itchy to dose(I never have) make sure your testing first.

Keith

Just some info on the aqualifter but they do NOT make good dosing pumps. They will clug up, are not consistent from pump to pump and would dose at a speed of about 200ml / min which makes them hard to time for dosing (most timers being minute timers).

Well I added 1/4 tsp of baking soda last night, wich was less than the calculator said I needed to bring it from 7 to 8 dkh. It brought it up to 9 though. Would that be too big of an alk swing down the road when the tank is established and stocked? I'll check it tonight as well, maybe the soda hadn't fully disolved yet.

The calculator is not usually wrong. Remember it's total system water but you have to minus all the space the rocks, equipment and corals etc. take up. What test kit are you using?

Anyway I would say 2dkh change that fast is not good. I like to keep mine to .5 max. Calcium on the other hand can be ajusted faster.