Hey Guys - I have finally set up my 2 part dosing pumps from Bulk Reef Supply and have them hooked to my Reef Keeper Elite. I have created 2 different timers, one to run each dosing pump, but I want to make sure they will be on for as long as I am thinking they will be. I checked the RKE forum and tried to follow their instructions as best as possible, but I am still not 100% that I set them up right. I want to dose around 45ml of each solution throughout the day, but I don't really want them dosing at the same time and mixing together. Each dosing pump says it doses 1.1ml per minute so I figured a total run time of 40 minutes for each pump would be accurate.
Timer 01
DOW: SMT***S
start at: 8:00am
Time on: 00:10:00
Time off: 05:50:00
Repeat: 0
Oscillate: Yes
Timer 2
DOW: SMT***S
start at: 8:30am
Time on: 00:10:00
Time off: 05:50:00
Repeat: 0
Oscillate: Yes
By going off the way the DA thread said, I feel like this should make each pump be on for 40 minutes a day because if you add 10 minutes with 5:50 you get six hours and there are 24 hours in a day. Does this logic make sense?!?
Any input would be appreciated.
note: for some reason the forum won't let me post the letters of the day of the week for some reason, but I do have each day set for the pumps to come on