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I have a 150 gallon reef tank that I am looking to add a dosing system to. I have bought a MC-03-M Dosing Peristaltic Metering Pump Triple http://www.ebay.com/itm/331194548383?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 and am planning on dosing calcium, alkalinity, and magnesium. I don’t have much space under my tank. I have plumbed a drain line from the top of my sump to my laundry tub in my basement for water changes and overflows (saved me once when my tap-up stuck open) and a chiller in my basement plumbed in my closed loop wave maker line. Could I set up my dosing system in my basement as well? It would be about an 8 foot head. Anyone know what the max head is on the peristaltic pump? Could/should I splice all three out lines into a single icemaker line to run up to the tank? With the line out being that long, I would guess that my feedback on my levels between the three would be delayed as the solutions would spend extra time in the longer line. Would it be better to keep the three jugs in the basement and move just the pump under the tank? I would then have three long lines in and three short ones out. Stirring? Will I need some sort of stirring mechanism for all three jugs? I would prefer to go with larger jugs that will only need to refilled every few months. I have seen the DIY stir-rods with the motor on top. To keep it super simple, could I just get three teeny power heads and stick them on a timer to run an hour to two each night? What about an air pump with an air stone in each jug on a timer? Would that kick out too much of the additives on the sides of the jugs? Thanks for any help and suggestions!

I had one a while back. It cleaned the whole tank in a few days and then starved to death and was a mess to get out of the rocks. The whole house smelled. The one I had was big, a little one may have done better. Thanks!

Thanks! What is GFO? I have Pure RO water for my tap-up.

A few months ago I had a tank crash when I was out of town than killed off most of my fish and inverts. The corals that did suffer from the power outage grew back very quickly. Things seem stable now and I am going to re-sock with inverts and fish. I currently have some problems with aiptasia, hair algae, bubble algae, and a bit of red slime algae in the refugium. Any suggestions or compatibility problems with this list? Inverts Count Margarita Snail 28 Turbo Snails 35 Red Leg Hermit Crabs 50 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crabs 27 Emerald Crab 6 Sally Litefoot Crab 6 Peppermint Shrimp 12 Serpent Star 3 Lettuce Nudibranch 3 Fish Count Lawnmower Blenny 1 Green Chromis 15 Clown Fish 1 Yellow Tang (Med) 3 Blue Mandarin Dragonet 1 Fire Goby 2 Six Line Wrasse 1 Bicolor Dottyback 1 Do the counts seem about right for this setup? Here are some photos of my tank now: