Skimmer Timer for Apex

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Hello, I recently got a clam for the tank from pacific east aquaculture and want to start dosing Phyto daily. It says to turn the skimmer off for 1 hour after dosing, is there a way to turn the skimmer off and set a timer to come back on after an hour? TIA
 
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If the doser is on an outlet.

Defer - time format is minutes.

Fallback OFF
Set ON
If Output (output name) = ON Then OFF
Defer 060:00 Then ON

Or you can set it by time. 24-hour format.

Fallback OFF
Set ON
If Time 09:00 to 10:00 then OFF
I'm dosing by hand at night. Different times each night depending on availability. I was wondering if i manually turn the skimmer off on the apex if I could set a timer to come back on an hour after i turn it off.
Thanks for the reply
 

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I do the same you're trying to achieve but have a button. I hold the button for 3 seconds to activate feed mode when feeding greasy frozen food then my skimmer goes off and restarts each pump in sequence with delay (skimmer has 2 pumps)

Code in post #6 should work for you - you'd activate feedmode via fusion or the LCD.
 

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Here is one for the skimmer outlet. You initiate feedmode and then the skimmer restarts in 60 minutes.

Fallback OFF
Set ON
If FeedA 000 Then OFF
Defer 060:00 Then ON
This is the better option is manually dosing.

If you already use Feed A for feeding, you can assign it to a different feed or create a virtual outlet and turn the skimmer off that way. Use the VO name in place of the FeedA.
 

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