All you should know about dosing pumps

A majority of people out there think that keeping an aquarium full of fish is very easy. To them, all it takes is to dump a few fish into a water tank, feed them every now and then, and that’s it. The fact of the matter is that your underwater ecosystem simply cannot thrive unless you put in a bit of additional effort. For this, it is necessary for you to make sure that the water and other environmental conditions in the water take are properly maintained. For instance, if the pH is too high in your tank, it is going to end up being very dirty and it will not be possible for the fish to survive.

The best means of approaching this issue is to use a dosing pump in your aquarium. For those who don’t know, this is basically an apparatus that works somewhat like a ‘time-release’ mechanism, thereby releasing the chemicals required to preserve the overall balance in your aquarium in a timely manner.

Further details

Dosing pumps happen to be a small apparatus that are powered by either an air actuator or a small electric motor. An internal pump controller or an external control system is required to control these and alter the flow rate together with the on and off function.

So how do dosing pumps function? There are various methods by which these can work, depending on the model and brand. However, the one thing common between all these methods is that of injecting a measured amount of a chemical into a pipe or similar vessel. The different parts involved in a dosing pump setup are:

The foot valve: This is basically a one-way valve that is firmly attached to a suction line. It is placed within the drum of the chemical tank and makes it possible for the pump to be primed. However, it needs to have a bit of weight on it so that it can remain fixed at the bottom of the drum.

The pump: This is actually a mix of chemical resistant plastics, rubbers and stainless steel and tends to vary in terms of its materials and size. It comes with a suction line going into the inlet and the dosing line fixed to the suction.

The injector: This one-way valve is meant to help inject chemicals and other elements into the valve so that it can be pushed into the delivery pipe and flowed out. Visit http://aqua-me.ae/ for more information in this regard.