Dosing Pump Buyers Guide 

that's it mate, this isn't to tell you which to buy - it is to help you decide which one will suit your needs :)

haha glad it could be of some help!

Glad I could help!

Sorry I was late to the party mate! But hopefully it does help some future aquarists decide what is right for them (rather than us youtubers telling them to buy product xyz :P )

Glad it was helpful mate!

Great team!

thanks mate!

Perfect, glad it was of use mate!

ah yes, clever!

Can do reverse ? Wow! Nice. Which brand can do reverse beside neptune dos..

Thanks Amy!!

lots of amazing options out there and there continues to be great products released all the time. Go through the decision process right when you are ready and you'll find the right unit :)

Great units!

yeah excellent point! Especially if they are running continuously or dosing a lot

works a treat!

Happy to help!

Happy to help!

Perfect timing! Hopefully it helps the decision process for you :)

@@ParkersReef for sure - I decided to go with the H2Ocean P1 Pro - like it's the Kamoer Pro but a single doser. I'm trying to give back my KHD so I want a single doser that is high quality and quiet (for Kalk at night) - thanks mate

@@sunnygoold9449 keep us updated with how it goes!

@@ParkersReef So it's been running over the weekend and I am happy with it. I dose Kalk so I wanted a bit better build quality and more customizable dosing options. I had the GHL dosing 48 times per day but I wanted to dose only during the night - the only option for that with GHL gives you 6 time slots. The P1 Pro gives me up to 24 and both the time and the amount can be adjusted. The non-Pro (Kamoer X1) only has 12. It was same price as ReefFactory (which probably has similar options and the ability to work with their KH Lab) but I think it looks higher quality. The one thing where it is a let down versus the GHL is the noise - I am surprised how loud it is as I run it in the night (and only my skimmer at night) and I can hear it. I am thinking of getting the ReefFactory pH probe instead of an automatic KH tester. So i thought I would check if the ReefFactory dosing pump can be programmed based on pH. Unfortunately it can't. Anyhow they may not accept the return of the GHL - they are testing it. I could never get consistent results for more than 2 weeks. They market it as accurate - honestly I just wanted consistency but it can't manage that. It's actually a relief to be back testing with Salifert every couple of days. Maybe I just got a dud but it was so difficult to setup - it took me 2 days and I lost so many corals early on as I stupidly relied on the KHD's drifting results. Anyhow I hope this next year reefing is much more enjoyable and I am really happy to be able to focus more on pH and this doser is certainly a better tool for that.

yeah those DOS are horribly loud....

@@ParkersReef they are when auto water change is working I can here them the attic lol

They’re a great unit indeed

yep the red sea ones are great and will fit just fine

@@ParkersReef thanks man. Glad to hear

I have one here so I opened it up to check for you. Can confirm it is a large brush style motor, not a stepper motor

@@ParkersReef i am extremely appreciate it! I think that this little piece of information Is not mentioned nowhere on the internet, maybe it’s not a bad idea to mention it in a future video Thanks so much Matan

sure thing :)

Thank you! The best time is when you are needing to dose supplements every day and are either having to do more than 50ml at a time, or you're starting to forget :) Obvious reasons for the forgetting, but when over 50ml, it's much better to spread that dosage out across a full 24 hours than dumping all in at once

@@ParkersReef thank you! I am not quite at that level yet but this video will definitely help when I get to that point.

yep totally agree, key point that I missed really!

Will see, although in fairness I’m not a huge fan of most controllers currently available :)

@@ParkersReef I had an idea that may have been your position, you seem to be in tune with your tank and being a dream build if you wanted one it would be on there. Great video, keep it up

Hey Gary, few different trains of thought on this space. Some go as high as 10-15x tank volume per hour to give good mechanical filtration whilst others prefer 4-6x turnover to give the biological filtration a chance to work. Personally I feel you can go anywhere around these two marks, so look for something between 2500lph and 9600lph.

@@ParkersReef thank you for getting back to me regarding my question and i'm going with around 6000lph/7000lph as you suggested. i forgot to say love your channel and your dream reef.

@@garyinwood2829 good stuff! Make sure it is either an adjustable pump or you pop a valve on it in case you do need to turn it down at all. Just in case your drain pipes cannot cope with that flow quietly :)

@@ParkersReef I have a DC pump so no problem there and i have a herbie overflow (32mm) so again no problem there either. will be doing the adjustments this weekend and i will let you know how i got on. again thank you for all your help.

Hi, turned the my return pump at the weekend and it is working great, but the next few weeks will tell. but i did notice that my skimmer bubbles are lower in the skimmer neck do you think i should adjust it or wait.

reef factory gear sure does set the standard in well setup apps!

Horses for courses! Some are suited to different use cases more than others

@@ParkersReef OK, I had to look that up, never heard it before, I like it, thanks.

@@lkapitan8232 must be an aussie saying :P All of these pumps are great for their own reasons, go through the decision making process using these ten steps to find which one suits you the best :)

Wasn’t available for this review. Can’t do every pump under the sun 😅

Is a solid brand at a fair price 👍🏻

Couldn’t possibly cover every doser ever made 😅 Took quite an effort to collate this many 😬

@@ParkersReef Haha! All good, you've done well.

Thanks mate!

@@ParkersReef I was impressed by how many you collected🦾 Also this topic is one I'm mulling over at the moment. I'm new to reefing and havn't decided on my pump yet.

@@sailorjbn take your time, go through these ten steps for your own tank and you should be able to find a good one :)

Haha yes, super important!

Get your wife in the hobby.... Just beware, they will look at corals like they do shoes, and must collect as many as possible :)

@@tranquilwaters917 she is in the hobby and it was the biggest fault. Im a stick head and she loves lps ended javing a tank with 100000 lps and two sticks :( :(

@@eillyacostandinides3344 get another tank :)

@@tranquilwaters917 Man.. are you trying to get me divorced?!?!?

Absolutely....

Love my Aqua Vitro. Any doser can be used for Freshwater, they just made it a direct program for any Seachem products. Heck I can dose all my salt and Freshwater tanks with it if i want. I have a friend that is doing exactly that. He has ONE Primary and currently 15 secondaries on it running 6 saltwater tanks and his planted tank.... 7 tanks total, lets see any other do that with just 1 primary.

@@tranquilwaters917 I know you technically could but it is still the first company that been doing additives for a very long time for fresh and salt. The fact that you can go with impaired numbers is also exceptional. You dont need extra purchase like mounts also is leaning towards being consumer friendly and not an ecosystem cult.

@@matmalette Oh you are not getting arguments out of me on how good the system itself is. There is no denying it at all. Just saying many people have used dosers for fresh-water, so its not the first or unheard of.... Now if they would take it out further and have the Ability to scan all other additives (not seachem or aquavitro) it would even be better. You still need to balance it to your tank but having the product info already know woould be nice.... Like for instance I dose All-for-reef and Acropower daily with my pump, would have been easier to have just scanned then adjusted. granted only saving a few seconds but still be nice.... Or better yet when scanned it creates a file on your phone about the product so you can just look it up for reference when needed.

@@tranquilwaters917 it takes you 2 seconds to add the proper ML that's less time then manually dosing once. Happy reefing

@@matmalette Oh for certain, like i said not arguing its probably the best doser out there. But can always want a little more out of it. lol.