Manual dosing or pump?

[SoloSK71]

Curious as to how most people dose.

Choose your poll answer, I am very interested in the results

Charles

[The Guy]

I have 2 tanks and manual dose both of them.

[banditpowdercoat]

150g softie, and never dose, Acctually don't change water that often either. Zoa's Shrooms, Crocea Clam, all doing well, Of and fishes too HEHEHE

[reefwars]

2 part via perialistic dosers

If I had to manual dose I would be there all day my system uses way more than I can dose at once or twice a day so now its slowly all day and night

[Phil]

I dose by hand for over a year but I picked up a ghl stand alone doser from reefsupplies alittle while ago so I'm going to start using the pumps

[wickedfrags]

Calcium Reactor

i bought a 4 channel dosing pump last year and found it to be inconsistent and unreliable

[LoJack]

144 gallon display with 50 gallon sump.

I dose two part with BRS dosing pumps. I'm in the same boat as ReefWars ... I dose too much for manual to be efficient.

My pumps run for about 200 minutes a day split into 3 allotments to help keep the levels more stable.

[Magickiwi]

I'm assuming you aren't talking about ATO but only supplements. In this case I dose manually. None of my parameters swing rapidly enough to make electronic dosing worthwhile.

I have an Apex JR on the way so maybe I'll consider dosing something in the future but for now what I'm doing works fine.

[don.ald]

Originally Posted by wickedfrags

Calcium Reactor

i bought a 4 channel dosing pump last year and found it to be inconsistent and unreliable

Overtime mine became inconsistent as well, I found manual dosing more accurate.
spent more time maintaining the doser then it took to dose manually.
A lot of funds for yet another piece of equipment that did not pay for itself.

[Magickiwi]

Originally Posted by don.ald

Overtime mine became inconsistent as well, I found manual dosing more accurate.
spent more time maintaining the doser then it took to dose manually.
A lot of funds for yet another piece of equipment that did not pay for itself.

This is what I am trying to avoid. I've already spent hundreds on Coralife digital and analog timer power bars that are now useless. If it doesn't work perfectly then there's no use in having it.