Suggestions for a doser?

Schraufabagel · Oct 22, 2021

I'm considering getting a dosing pump. I'm intrigued by the new Red Sea dosers the most, but I have also heard good things about the Kamoer X1 pumps. Anybody have any thoughts on these or suggestions on others? I like the Red Sea one because it is a more compact option for 4 dosers.

Currently I dose ChaetoGro and MicroBacter7 for my refugium, and Red Sea Foundation A (Alk). I dose NeoNitro on a semi frequency too, so I may start dosing that daily as well. My tank is a 25 gallon AIO

Lost in the Sauce · Oct 22, 2021

I've been running the X1 for about a week. It does what it's intended to do.

The app interface is not extremely self explanatory for setup. I had to search all over to figure out how to set the schedule.

fishface NJ · Oct 22, 2021

Ecotech Versa

Oldreefer44 · Oct 22, 2021

Had Versa's and Dos's. Sold them and got Kamoer's. Been much happier with them and could have saved a lot of money had I chose them to start with.

Mikedawg · Oct 22, 2021

+1 for the X1. I had no trouble setting up and really like the calibration feature. Good value too.

jgirardnrg · Oct 22, 2021

Kamoer are great... I use the X1 pros on my frag tank. I also have the Red Sea doer on my new tank but that's not wet yet so I have no feedback on those.

Mr. Mojo Rising · Oct 22, 2021

another +1 for kamoer X1, I've had mine about 4 months now, no problems at all, very easy app, lots of youtube videos make it easy to set up.

ReefHog · Oct 22, 2021

I have the Red Sea and love it. It really has a lot of features other dosers don’t. It’s compact and looks great. Doesn’t come with tubing though and is on the higher price point.

smariner007 · Oct 22, 2021

+1 Red Sea, love it so far!

jgirardnrg · Oct 22, 2021

smariner007 said:
+1 Red Sea, love it so far!

Good to hear... I have both the 4 head and the 2 head units waiting to be fired up on the new tank.

olonmv · Oct 22, 2021

I have the X1 initial wifi setup can be tricky . Helps to have your connecting device on 2.4Ghz and not on 5Ghz. Mine doses 1.5m of all for reef per day throughout a 24hr period. So far so good.

RobB'z Reef · Oct 22, 2021

Oldreefer44 said:
Had Versa's and Dos's. Sold them and got Kamoer's. Been much happier with them and could have saved a lot of money had I chose them to start with.

Versa can definitely dose but you can't see them away from home. Kamoer X1 is where it's at. For the price and features china is making echotech look bad. They'll get no more $$ for me until they enter the 21st century and put some WiFi on their equipment. Cuz they charge like it should be there but it ain't

Sandman12 · Oct 23, 2021

jgirardnrg said:
Kamoer are great... I use the X1 pros on my frag tank. I also have the Red Sea doer on my new tank but that's not wet yet so I have no feedback on those.

I would be interested to hear your opinion on the red sea vs kamoer once you get the red sea going! These are the two that I am in between.

jgirardnrg · Oct 23, 2021

Sandman12 said:
I would be interested to hear your opinion on the red sea vs kamoer once you get the red sea going! These are the two that I am in between.

I plan on calibrating and testing the Red Sea tonight. So you're going to get wish.

jgirardnrg · Oct 23, 2021

Sandman12 said:
I would be interested to hear your opinion on the red sea vs kamoer once you get the red sea going! These are the two that I am in between.

Results are in... I just setup and calibrated both the 4 head Reef Dose and the 2 head Reef Dose. I calibrated and tested on a gram scale. All 6 heads were bang on every single time. I tested all the heads multiple times with differing dosage amounts and there were right on the money every single time.

I will say that I think the Kamoer are quieter but I do not think they have the exact precision of the Red Sea pumps. I'll calibrate and test those the next time I do a refill on the dosing containers.

I was testing using fresh RODI water and a gram scale with 2 decimal points of resolution. During calibration it does a dosage and you input the exact amount dosed. Once done, on the next screen, it doses 4ml. Every single head came in at 4.00 on the scale. I'm impressed... great job Red Sea. Most accurate dose this reefer has tested to date.

Sandman12 · Oct 24, 2021

jgirardnrg said:
Results are in... I just setup and calibrated both the 4 head Reef Dose and the 2 head Reef Dose. I calibrated and tested on a gram scale. All 6 heads were bang on every single time. I tested all the heads multiple times with differing dosage amounts and there were right on the money every single time.

I will say that I think the Kamoer are quieter but I do not think they have the exact precision of the Red Sea pumps. I'll calibrate and test those the next time I do a refill on the dosing containers.

I was testing using fresh RODI water and a gram scale with 2 decimal points of resolution. During calibration it does a dosage and you input the exact amount dosed. Once done, on the next screen, it doses 4ml. Every single head came in at 4.00 on the scale. I'm impressed... great job Red Sea. Most accurate dose this reefer has tested to date.

Thanks for the review. I’ll be purchasing the 4 head Red Sea!

attiland · Oct 24, 2021

Schraufabagel said:
I'm considering getting a dosing pump. I'm intrigued by the new Red Sea dosers the most, but I have also heard good things about the Kamoer X1 pumps. Anybody have any thoughts on these or suggestions on others? I like the Red Sea one because it is a more compact option for 4 dosers.

Currently I dose ChaetoGro and MicroBacter7 for my refugium, and Red Sea Foundation A (Alk). I dose NeoNitro on a semi frequency too, so I may start dosing that daily as well. My tank is a 25 gallon AIO

Kamoer F4 was my choice and would recommend it to anyone

jgirardnrg · Oct 24, 2021

I should have maybe been clear in my opinion above. I didn't mean that the Kamoer pumps weren't accurate. Quite the opposite in fact. Mine have been very accurate and seem to hold calibration well. I just don't know that they have the repeatable accuracy the Red Sea units have down to a single drop or fraction of a gram. Like I said, I'll test those as well using the same equipment and procedure. I'm actually going to be ordering another X1 head soon and will test that out of the box.