Budget-friendly Aquarium Dosing Pump | Ultimate Chihiros Dosing System Guide

[@Benzjarr]

I am getting one because of this video. My only complaint is I cannot give GreenAqua my business. Y'all need to ship to the USA. Your videos have helped me alot and I would like to support you

[@DeanD1990]

I was originally looking at the red reef dosing pump so I'm really happy I was able to find this video and save myself £200 for the same features and number of pump outputs. This product needs to be spoken about more on the internet as I almost missed it

[@ttw369369]

I bought the two pump few months ago. The product design is simple and nice. I believe this is the most comprehensive chihiros dosing pump explanation 👍👍

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks, glad you found this useful!

[@Rafilkis]

Any problems so far ?

[@lukecanning1271]

Really appreciate this video. I’ve been thinking about buying a doser for months, including this one; but they all seem complicated. Your video demystified this product and I bought one yesterday. Thanks for taking the time to make content like this.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks for your feedback Luke. Glad to hear it was helpful in some ways 👍

[@ladislavhlohinec2814]

I am using this doser about 12 months and it is perfect. Very good quality, easy instalation and set-up with no problems. Very usefull.

[@GreenAquaShop]

👍

[@Rafilkis]

Any problems so far ?

[@ladislavhlohinec2814]

@@Rafilkis no, it works perfect

[@Rafilkis]

@@ladislavhlohinec2814 thanks my man

[@davidthao6935]

wow... I actually returned my jebo dosser and ordered this one. Cool. Thank you for introducing this product to us all. Look all over and everything was price up the booty. This one has a badass app and best price. Did a few research on this unit and so far not much reviews but every review currently out there is nothing but good news. So good luck to myself and everyone else who will be purchasing this. Let us all try and update again on here, pro and cons. Hopefully this unit works as expected.

[@Dailydoseoffishing]

About to the same thing 😅

[@AlessioFlorio-s3w]

a video on the technical equipment you install under your aquariums (filtration, co2, lighting, accessories you use) would be very interesting 😊

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks for the suggestion 👍😀

[@andersdahlgren2723]

Got mine installed today. Im very pleased with the pump. It is well designed and also the software.

[@RWAquariumPages]

great video about this doser. i personally use a ecotech versa on my marine tanks before. but the price of 1 head of those = same price as 4 heads for the chihiros. i love the interface, seems quite easy to use. great video tommy! can't wait for the next one!

[@GreenAquaShop]

🙏👍

[@bnato8209]

thanks for the video. The one issue I have with auto dosers is that I typically have to shake my containers to before I dose to get all of the ingredients to mix well before I dose, especially my DIY salts based macro and micro ferts.

[@GreenAquaShop]

You should try the mixer from Chihiros. That addresses this issue. 👍

[@bnato8209]

@@GreenAquaShop Awesome, wasnt aware they had a magnetic mixer. Thank you,.

[@iainaquariumagic]

Love your upload 👍 from aquariumagic in England 🇬🇧

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks. Glad you found it useful.

[@bijayhamal3290]

didn't knew about it :O , soon I am planning to build a new built as my last betta died (oldage) shallow aquarium (75*20*30). I had success with liquid fertilizers in planted aquarium before but after I got a job and due fluctuation of my working time, I couldn't give much time. I have automated light, and food system, This is a great news for me. Thanks for sharing. I normally buy my plants in green aqua (but been more than a year apart I guess.)

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks for supporting us, you are great. Yeah, if you have things automatized this would be a cool addition to your system.

[@danielbeno798]

Your video came out at the right time. Chihiros dosing system will be delivered to me tomorrow 💚

[@GreenAquaShop]

Good luck with that, will make your life easier for sure.

[@danielbeno798]

@@GreenAquaShop köszönöm👍

[@MegGreeneSmith]

Perfect timing! I just ordered one of these, so this guide is very helpful, thanks!

[@GreenAquaShop]

👍

[@ukaszwysocki5438]

I also have a version with 4 pumps, super equipment, I recommend it very much

[@GreenAquaShop]

Cheers!

[@judianprithiv457]

First comment! Love your videos

[@GreenAquaShop]

👍

[@MauroPalmegiani]

I have one and love it. Small, stylish, affordable and precise. If you have any contact with Chihiros Team, please recommend a firmware update so that it integrates with the Wifi Hub, so it can be managed remotely. That would make it the ultimate doser. I use Wifi dosers for remote water changes (adding GH, KH, etc). I had to add additional Wifi dosers for this (they are big, ugly and expensive for a 1-2 head doser). Great video guys!

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks! Will tell the guys about your suggestion!

[@TundeEszlari]

Briliáns videó. 🤩

[@GreenAquaShop]

Köszönjük! Tomi jól magyaráz.

[@bkvbusz3411]

A micro és macro növénytápokat lehet ro vízzel összekeverni/higítani, hogy pontosabban ki tudja adagolni a dózispumpa ha egyébként egy nagyon kis mennyiséget kéne csak beadni?

[@GreenAquaShop]

Simán, igen.

[@adrijus2390]

This machine is indeed tempting, but a key consideration is how about micro-fertilizers and similar substances where dense chemical components have a tendency to settle at the solution's bottom 🤔. For instance, the crucial nutrient potassium (K) requires thorough shaking before application.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Not really, if it does not crystalize. It needs to be below the solubility level and not too cold... We rarely see precipitation that happens in weeks / months. Maybe in years...

[@meurlock]

J’ai enfin reçu l’appareil, mais pas encore installé. J’ai une question: pour que le liquide des bouteilles s’écoule il faut bien que de l’air entre sinon ça fait un vide et ça ne peut pas fonctionner correctement. Ça veut donc dire que les bouteilles ne doivent pas être fermées à fond , non? Merci pour votre retour.

[@lukecanning1271]

Ohhhh baby! On the subject of dosing - what, if anything; is your dosing regime for the discus tank? Which fertilizers, how much and how often? Thanks!

[@GreenAquaShop]

We add green aqua ferts to this one, macro and micro on a daily basis, normal dosage. Plus seachem excel, also daily, also normal dosage.

[@amandaandbijou]

Would dosing every hour vs once a day give better results? What's the difference ?

[@woodydaniels3702]

Dosing pump system looks great. Im curious though what your thoughts are on the Chihiros ZETA fertilizers are like as the 4 head pump seems perfectly tailored to them

[@GreenAquaShop]

Their fertilizers are not available in the EU. But you can use it with any other fertilizers. There are no pros and cons.

[@akvasvet]

👍😊 👍😊👍

[@abdielsgful]

Hola!!! Gracias por el video era lo que necesitaba 😊😊. Y una pregunta se pueden importar sus productos al extranjero?? Plantas y sustrato para ser específicos.

[@abdielsgful]

Y ya me decidí por la dosificadora chihiros.

[@GreenAquaShop]

We do ship to all EU countries 👍

[@Nutrafin-3D]

Im just curious as someone not in the Chihiros ecosystem... why is the app so horribly rated? Seems like these devices (pumps, lights, whatever they all connect to) would heavily depend on them

[@GreenAquaShop]

Mostly connection issues with the different Bluetooth devices. For example on Iphones this works better than on others.

[@ranjith.v.s]

Auto mode on WRGB Slim light won't work after a power outage. So this dosing system must have a memory system if it works after the outage automatically.

[@marlonallansupetran7120]

Thank you for this guide Tommy! What do you guys dose other than macros and micros? I bought the 4 pumps version without thinking much about what I will dose with it. I dose an all in one fertilizer, thinking of dosing a carbon supplement, but that still leaves me with 2 pumps unused.

[@meurlock]

C’est pour ça que j’ai acheté le modèle avec 2 pompes, c’est moins cher et aussi efficace, Chihiros a pensé à ça aussi.

[@meurlock]

J’ai déjà une vidéo qui explique l’utilisation et le paramétrage du produit mais la vôtre est vraiment bien meilleure ,excellente, difficile de détailler mieux que ça . Je vous remercie de l’avoir publiée. Une petite question cependant (si on peut y répondre). J’ai lu que la durée de vie du transistor bipolaire est supérieure ou égale à 1000 heures... soit moins de 2 mois. Ça me semble curieux, non? Il manque peut-être un zéro. Qu’en pensez-vous ? Merci encore pour votre vidéo.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Most dosers can run for years without changing the motors. We only had a few cases in the last 10 years or so.

[@meurlock]

Merci ça me rassure. D’autant que Chihiros est quand même reconnu pour la qualité de ses produits. Merci encore pour la qualité de votre vidéo.

[@meurlock]

Il semble que l’application du produit change selon les pays. Le mien (seulement 2 têtes), en France, ne donne pas l’option "delay" que vous avez, et la programmation est moins intuitive.

[@meurlock]

Il n’y a pas la possibilité d’entrer un mot de passe . Bizarres ces différences dans l’application pour un même produit.

[@jonasdamien1762]

Why is it important that the different liquids (fertilisers) are not injected at the same time (mixing at the surface) and so there is a 30-second interval?

[@xaviersaorin4947]

Some fertilizers should not be mixed with any other fertilizer, because that leads to precipitation reactions.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Exactly.

[@aneeskhan7028]

Iam a bit confused with the time settings for dozing. Say for example I need to doze 20 ml of Seachem advance on Monday and thursday every week . Should I use the first setting Daily and highlight Monday and Thursday in Recurrence. I have set up the device on Custom Periods and in there Recurrence is Mon and Thursday and the Volume etc. Would help me a great bit if you explain in my example

[@rastouhric]

Ahoj,prosím ťa ako sa dávkuje manuálne ked chcem napríklad po údržbe dať hnojivo ako to urobím manuálne?Čítal som že sa to dá.Ďakujem😊

[@marcgallagher2629]

So I went to set it up today and neither head would prime... Upon disassembling the heads it was apparent that the latex tube was wedged too deeply and had become partially stuck underneath the rollers and not completely on the sides of the rollers within the raceway. Upon repositioning the latex tubes and reassembly everything works perfectly.

[@GreenAquaShop]

glad to hear that 👍

[@csfilms2572]

good product by chihiros again, can we use all fertilizer with ? I have seen it sometimes recommended to shake the fertilizer bottle before use to avoid concentration at the bottom. With this kind of system it's not possible. Do you think it’s really useful to shake it?

[@GreenAquaShop]

I don't think that good quality fertilizers would need shaking.

[@csfilms2572]

@@GreenAquaShop Yes maybe, but i just see chihiros published on facebook working on chihiros magnetic stirrer. very cool lets see :)

[@Burney_HUN]

Helló fiúk! 😊 Szuper a videó, rászántam magam, hogy én is beruházzak egy ilyen szerkezetre. Viszont nekem ezzel kapcsolatban az lenne a kérdésem, ha bekövetkezik az áramszünet majd a kihagyott adagokat pótolja ha visszajön az áram, akkor azt, hogy végzi? Egyszerre benyomja a 4 csatornát, vagy az én késleltetett beállításommal adagolja?

[@GreenAquaShop]

Szerintem be lehet állítani, de a srácok a Green Aqua elérhetőségein segítenek ha dobsz egy mail-t. Köszi, hogy nézel minket régóta.

[@Burney_HUN]

@@GreenAquaShop nincs rajta ilyen beállítás csak annyi, ha bent van az akku akkor figyelje. Csak érdekelt ez a része, hogy működik. Ha lesz időm, akkor egyszer letesztelem ezt a részét. 😊 Köszönöm!

[@MrSchveighardt]

Telefonos appon kívül van eseteleg más konfigurálási lehetősége is a pumpának? Szeretném integrálni a Home Assistant rendszerbe a többi akváriumhoz tartozó okos eszköz közé és később kiegészíteni még egy automata ph érzékelővel. Jó lenne tudni, hogy mennyire nyitott ilyen szempontból a rendszer.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Nem tudunk róla, hogy bármilyen más módszerrel vezérelhető lenne.

[@kgoloyuhov]

Спасибо! Очень хочется подробной инструкции на светильник Chihiros WRGB Pro.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Noted! Cheers!

[@MDHTelevizion]

Can it ph check?

[@federicomesaglio5303]

I would like to buy the version with four pumps. In addition to micro and macro, what other nutrients should I dose with the other 2 pumps? thanks!

[@GreenAquaShop]

we usually run some kind of carbon source, like Green Aqua Carbon or Seachem Excel and the fourth one is reserved for extra phosphate or iron depending on the setup

[@alexeirakha]

Hi love Green Aqua channel. The question is not related to the video but i see that you like iwagumi style i put seriyu stone in the tank and add RO water the TDS up to 182 after 5 days. There is any solution for this? Thanks you

[@GreenAquaShop]

Just do the regular weekly water changes-there is nothing you can do about that. But that is ok. With soft water, this will not be critical.

[@alexeirakha]

@GreenAquaShop OK thanks you I will do weakly 30-50% water change I hope this will be enough

[@alwalsted]

What reason would you dose 1ml in the morning and 5ml in the evening? Is this a pro tip that I am not aware of? Also, when will we be able to get your fertilizers in the US?

[@GreenAquaShop]

You could for example use it with carbon supplements that you don't trust to stay in the water for long as some would decompose. Just an idea.

[@TOOMUCHSAUCE91]

2 head version simply for plant fertilizer. Im the type to wait until my plants show signs before i dose them 😢

[@GreenAquaShop]

If you have access to the tank daily it is not an issue 👍

[@Rafilkis]

Any problems so far ?

[@underwaterjungle]

I have this pump and it's ok. The dispenser head has too small holes so it clogs quite easily. The tiniest sediment or fertilizer salt crystal will clog it. I have since just removed the whole dispenser head and just have the tubes sticking out now because it was constantly clogging up. Works fine now without the dispenser head but it's not as pretty which is a large part of why i bought this specific dispenser.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks for sharing your experience, love these comments! 👍

[@TiberiusGracchi]

Budget-friendly... yeah right

[@marcokorflur3621]

The IronFertilizer distroy the Inflow with Time 😢

[@GreenAquaShop]

Oh, really?

[@tungpham1123]

buy Peristaltic pump and wifi switch will cost you 7$ per pump only

[@SueMyChin]

Affordable? £150?

[@GreenAquaShop]

Yes. Compared to other dosers. Things are relative.

[@bluesky0000]

Come on guys this is literally an ad for Chihiros 😅. Love their lights but this product is just not affordable/budget friendly at all.

[@Nutrafin-3D]

90-120 for equipment in this hobby ain't bad honestly.

[@bluesky0000]

@@Nutrafin-3D True, but that price could also get you a decent size cannister filter - go get some 'off brand' dosers instead that many of them actually came out way earlier than Chihiros. I mean again, my reaction was mostly towards the 'MUST HAVE Affordable' video title...

[@GreenAquaShop]

When you think of dosers, that's not something that is a must-have or something that people with a smaller budget would use. With that said, there's a huge market for it, and makes life in the hobby so much easier. I think that presenting products for the viewers is a useful tool to help you decide if you like it or not and you can buy it or not.

[@vardenispavardenis2318]

this dosing pump dont have wifi?