Keep your room smelling fresh and Auto Dose planted aquariums at the same time

binbin9

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simply because I had one of these Toms aqualift ($15) laying around I experimented with it. 
I plugged it into a timer and did one notch down = 12 minutes of run time, attached a hose valve to adjust the drip rate and so far its working pretty good.

This is a just a simple setup and trial run.
Macros on the left container and Micros on the right. Each contains 3 cups worth and one weeks worth of ferts.

The 12 minute run will drip about 1 cup's worth. I'll alternate the hose every evening from macro to micro. By the end of the weekend each container would have dosed 3x each and ready for a refill. Now I can just create a mixed solution once a week with the water change instead of individually scooping each fert every morning, which was making me late for work.

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Klaude

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hobbyorobsession said:
Seattle_Aquarist said:
Hi theChad,

Close but:
<li style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">From 20 ml per minute to 70 ml per minute adjustable
Typically I dose about 20 ml per 24 hours not per minute.
That ebay one looks like the perfect thing for a DIY Arduino project. I think I'll pick up a couple and do some mad science!
 
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