LiterMeter III or Aqua Medic Reefdoser

virginiadiver69 · 11/30/2008, 05:42 PM

I've decided against a reactor and want to use an auto 2 part doser.
I would love to hear opinions from those that own either a LiterMeter III or Aqua Medic Reefdoser. What do you like about it, what DON'T you like about it and would you buy it again?

Shnabbles · 11/30/2008, 06:25 PM

I have the aqua medic quatro and it is very useful... its kinda hard to calculate how much you want to dose because you cant just set it to add 250 ml of something for example.....

It pumps at a set speed and you need to do the math to figure out how long the pump needs to run to dose the correct amount...

I dont know if the litermeter is like this or not... but other then that i love the aqua medic and i use it to dose top off water, and my 2 part aditives.

virginiadiver69 · 11/30/2008, 06:37 PM

The literature says it doses 25ml/min. Does that seem to be accurate?
Does it make any noise?

Shnabbles · 11/30/2008, 06:40 PM

The Aquamedic makes a click when the pump first starts pumping other then that its silent.

Logzor · 11/30/2008, 06:58 PM

I can tell my litermeter to pump exactly 50ml a day and all the way up to some crazy amount, its enough to do a big water change if you have it set up right. It makes some noise but unless the hoses are clanking on stuff its pretty quiet.

11/30/2008, 05:42 PM	#1
virginiadiver69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va. Posts: 4,400	LiterMeter III or Aqua Medic Reefdoser I've decided against a reactor and want to use an auto 2 part doser. I would love to hear opinions from those that own either a LiterMeter III or Aqua Medic Reefdoser. What do you like about it, what DON'T you like about it and would you buy it again? __________________ Semi-aggressive mixed reef w/ shallow sand bed 96x30x27 310gal custom acrylic w/ ext. "fail safe" overflow 125gal sump/cryptic fuge w/ 6" DSB 3 400w Plus Rite 20k MH in Lumembrights 2 250w Plus Rite 20k MH in spider reflectors VHO actinic supplementation 2 Tunze wave boxes 2 Tunze 6060 in Tunze Rocks 2 Tunze 6125 Reeflo 250 skimmer Hammerhead return on OM 4 way Aqua controller lll Leviton power panel Deltec Eco-Cooler Randy's Two part 6.5 kw generator

11/30/2008, 06:37 PM	#3
virginiadiver69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va. Posts: 4,400	The literature says it doses 25ml/min. Does that seem to be accurate? Does it make any noise? __________________ Semi-aggressive mixed reef w/ shallow sand bed 96x30x27 310gal custom acrylic w/ ext. "fail safe" overflow 125gal sump/cryptic fuge w/ 6" DSB 3 400w Plus Rite 20k MH in Lumembrights 2 250w Plus Rite 20k MH in spider reflectors VHO actinic supplementation 2 Tunze wave boxes 2 Tunze 6060 in Tunze Rocks 2 Tunze 6125 Reeflo 250 skimmer Hammerhead return on OM 4 way Aqua controller lll Leviton power panel Deltec Eco-Cooler Randy's Two part 6.5 kw generator

11/30/2008, 06:25 PM	#2
Shnabbles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Clayton, DE Posts: 1,316	I have the aqua medic quatro and it is very useful... its kinda hard to calculate how much you want to dose because you cant just set it to add 250 ml of something for example..... It pumps at a set speed and you need to do the math to figure out how long the pump needs to run to dose the correct amount... I dont know if the litermeter is like this or not... but other then that i love the aqua medic and i use it to dose top off water, and my 2 part aditives.

11/30/2008, 06:40 PM	#4
Shnabbles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Clayton, DE Posts: 1,316	The Aquamedic makes a click when the pump first starts pumping other then that its silent.

11/30/2008, 06:58 PM	#5
Logzor Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kenwood, Ohio Posts: 4,073	I can tell my litermeter to pump exactly 50ml a day and all the way up to some crazy amount, its enough to do a big water change if you have it set up right. It makes some noise but unless the hoses are clanking on stuff its pretty quiet.