Versa Dosing Pump Unboxing & Review

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[@BahamaLlamaCoral]

Love these pumps! Thanks for the video Jake!

[@donjardinico9875]

I got one in order and according to marine depot it’s on it’s way to me. So excited! I originally had a GHL and it failed calibration several times so I returned it to BRS. Thanks for the review!

[@insane_reefer3719]

Very nice pumps, looking forward to getting some. Good job btw!!!

[@octapusdude629]

Love the Lab vibe of your setup.

[@ReefDudes]

Sweet!! Can’t wait to get my hands on some! Excited to set them up for auto water change on the new build! :)

[@volteface69]

Merci pour ta vidéo JAKE, très bon matériel !!! 👍👍👍

[@AquaSplendor]

Honestly, I think Mobius is the ****, that what I'm the most impress by. Those pumps look super nice, love it!

[@ProducerReef]

Thanks Jake....I need one now!!!!!!

[@tcmarineaddiction6609]

Love these pumps i want a set for my system hopful soon

[@Effortless_Perfection]

Great review!! I was "one of the lucky ones" to get it early and I put it through its paces, I tried to break it and it's still ticking. Quality far surpassed my expectations. And the way it interacts with the Mobius is seamless. You can definitely tell they put a lot of thought into this pump. I'm replacing every single peristaltic pump in my fishroom with the Versa. So hurry up and make them available!!!

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

how did you 'try' to break it?

[@Effortless_Perfection]

The only way to put a pump like this to the test is to push the stepper motor to it's very limit. Which in turn will test the physical limitations of all the moving parts. I was able to bench test the pump for several days at a continuous speed of 375 ml/min (175 over production speed). I figured that either the motor would get so hot to short out the motors windings or deform the plastic case. Or the friction of the rotating rollers would prematurely wear out and create a lot of slop between the roller and stainless steel axle .Despite the noise at that speed the pump came out of it with zero negative effect in terms of fatigue. I think the decision for capping the utility pump at 200ml/min (continuous) speed is based more on noise, and practicality for the nature in which it will be used. Dosing is great, but what makes this pump so attractive to me (and probably the majority of people wanting this pump) is the ability to run continuously. But the ease in which Mobius interacts with these pumps, I'm committed to replacing every single peristaltic pump that I own.

[@stuartlund8478]

7:25 Gotta catch em all !

[@DuyLe-ec3bm]

lol

[@zerberus2525]

Yessss, good to hear! Sadly red sea isnt pushing as before so i think im going with another ecotech product. Oh btw, mobius is now open for everyone?

[@joseochoa2792]

This is awesome!!!! How can you make them into a ato? What kind of water level sensor would you use with it for the ato option?

[@fatheadedfish]

This will compete my set up :)

[@cameronbasford8991]

Gotta catch em all. I see you.

[@322sheffield]

Jake...how often do you change the kalk in that stirrer? What brand kalk and how many cups per change?

[@michaelbalsley6041]

Just wondering, if you like your Aeraqua Duo AD600 Protein Skimmer - Maxspect under the tank you are talking about? Thinking about getting one as a upgrade.

[@mrkleinreef]

any idea on the expected availability upon launch?

[@TheXterra5]

Hello Jake! How are you man? I’m hoping you can help me. I have the k1 stirrer and I was trying to feed it with a Neptunes Dos pump but it was not pushing enough water through the reactor to start the drip into my sump so I ended up using a pmup pump from Neptunes. Now I see you’re using a versa pump and from a good distance away and it seems to be strong enough to work for the reactor. Do you have any advise for me as to the way I need to set up the dos to push enough water through the reactor or is the versa that much stronger then the dos dosing pump that I’m using ? My dos pump is only a few feet away from the reactor

[@spoonz1065]

Torn between. Alktronic with dosetronic Or getting alktronic and run this separately . But It wont do auto correction will it ?

[@danosnanos1817]

Are you still running brightwell kalk +2 on every tank, or just kalk on some?(others with regular kalk) I've been having good luck with kalk +2, but may use regular kalk for some cases.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Kalk++ but clearly most of the benefit comes from the kalk itself

[@SWATMM]

Any idea when more Vera VX-F pumps will be in stock?

[@lucasagnew4613]

Positive displacement pump as long as it's primed correctly it will produce the metered amount regardless of pressure.

[@cegentry]

Jake I know you are a big proponent of kalkwasser. Could you please do a detailed video about different types of kalk reactors , what you personally use/recommend and maintenance involved to keep them running in tip top shape? I can't find a whole lot of useful info out there. I have been dripping and like what I am seeing however the drip is fine then it slows and sometimes stops. I have to constantly babysit it and I no likey. :(

[@lolNololshittalk]

So what do we do with reeflink? Bin it and upgrade all old RF module to newer module so i don't have to use two different app?

[@Slimzyjoe]

Did any of your Versa's leak? I have 2 that leak from the fittings...

[@thomaswells4733]

Not only does Ecotech marine make great products, their customer service is great! And they are only two hours from my hometown.

[@E-manCal]

Was thinking of getting the Apex system to be able to buy the DOS in order to do automatic water changes. Will I be able to use 2 pumps to automate water changes on this and use the other 2 for anything else I wanted like maybe kalk and one to top off my ATO Reservoir?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Absolutely, Ecotech definitely had auto water changes in mind when they designed the Versa pumps.

[@calipsosreefs4843]

Is it available already

[@jerryebner7582]

I wonder how it will work compared to the neptune Dos for Auto water change ?

[@tsurro8086]

When are those available?

[@tritontr21]

@reefbuilders what Kalk reactor is that?

[@uknowwho80]

Do you guys know when will they have these pumps back in stock?

[@abhishekkumar-nd9ps]

Can it be controlled over internet from far away?

[@GazuntaiWorld]

Great video. My current setup is complicated. I feed my frozen food, phytoplankton, calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, aminos through my Evo dosers x8. I would like to know whether I can link more than 4 of these new dosers? What is the tube internal dimension 4mm or larger? If I can and control from one app then this will be on my shopping list 👍🏿

[@dailycoral]

GazuntaiReef you can control up to 200 Versa’s on one system

[@davidhackett6298]

Do you run your kalk stirer motor 24/7

[@clintparsons3989]

Looks waaaaay higher quality than the DOS....

[@Matt-dc8lp]

Would like to see a head to head comparison vs Neptune DOS. Cost wise they look the same.

[@dailycoral]

Any remote access for Mobius? Or can you only login when in Bluetooth range?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

only local access for now, but cloud access is on the roadmap for Mobius

[@dailycoral]

Reef Builders appreciate it 👍

[@Mike__B]

I'm curious how you do your tubing, it looks like all the pumps are tee'd together to one main line, but you were able to just dose one tank.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

They pull fresh water from a common line but pump to separate destinations

[@Mike__B]

@@ReefBuildersVideo Ah gotcha, I was just mixing up the input and output sides

[@TilmanBaumann]

I love my GHL doser. But the tube adapters are just stupid. This JG push connector is just worth it for me. Perhaps I will consider it. I'm just sucked into the GHL ecosystem

[@TheBritishMelonn]

Going to use this strictly as a ATO for my RODI water. All 4 channels.

[@TheClemo]

can it feed a calcium reactor continously?

[@Effortless_Perfection]

Yes, it will run continuously at 200ml/min. If this pump only fed a calcium reactor it would be worth it but to have it do it all is icing on the cake.

[@andygonzalez3562]

I can’t connect the app with my light and pumps , doesn’t found the devices . We need to do something to the reeeflink or reset the light and pumps?

[@justinlawyer5693]

The Mobius app is Versa only for the moment. Radion, Vortech, and Vectra updates are in testing.

[@andygonzalez3562]

Justin Lawyer thanks for the info .

[@y.a.d1737]

its really nice but unfortunately not available in india as far as I know

[@HCBCHEMISTRY]

All you need is Ca, k, Mg, and OH

[@gianni_9905]

2:13 “But the versa shits”

[@BigGuyAl007]

Ecotech hits us again, they look lovely. One thing is price in 🇬🇧 £600 = $778. Very pricey compare to what else is out there in dosing pumps!

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

You're not wrong

[@glennrudolph]

I’ve said it before but my gawd your music choice gives me chills. And that pump looks good too. I’ll be picking one up one day. I just need them to give the MP60s a makeover and I’ll be an ecotech fanboy. Mp60 Nero hybrid is definitely doable.

[@lucamartino3007]

Will they release one that could power a calcium reactor

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

this thing can dose just about anything you could possibly want, especially a Kalk reactor or Calcium reactor

[@williamlinegar695]

One of these things is a replacement for the kamoer FX-STP?!?!

[@unleashdogscom]

how has this been working? hearing mixed reviews

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Awesome, pumping four lines across up to fifty feet no problem

[@miketheratbastard40]

Make more videos, a few more per month would keep the interest in ur channel

[@johnuren1009]

The price point is a little bit much. I respect quality but it has to be at a somewhat more affordable price. And I love there product line.

[@chrispeters4042]

Can't wait to get this, and complete my ecotech family, of radion, vortech, and vectra (not really helping out the reeflink, kinda making it obsolete lol). Been waiting for sometime. Super psyched to see what else ecotech is going to let Mobius run in the future. I hope they'll let they're chips power non ecotech devices as well. They did allude to that in some interviews. I'm lucky that my fuge lighting is an Ai prime fuge light, and they said that Mobius should power these shortly (if it doesn't already) as well, Aqua illumination being their sister company.

[@ReefingwithO]

Some folks were very upset that they didn't make the list.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

it's astounding how much you can rock the boat by what you don't say

[@algamingunboxing7354]

Noise Level ?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

super silent when running slowly, mega loud when it's running full speed, such as in water change situation. BUt most of the time you will never hear them

[@Seattlekoi]

150 per head kind of over price

[@billyclifford6106]

Man im going to have to rob at least six 7/11s to buy this. Brb gotta get my ski mask..

[@gradedcards7599]

1st to see the video? o.o

[@gradedcards7599]

Pokémon Go?

[@Algaewarrior]

I saw that too. I want to be his friend and send him some gifts.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

2263 6841 0490

[@chaseadam957]

@@ReefBuildersVideo Oh hell yes, I'm adding you

[@Algaewarrior]

You just made my day! My handle is Haikoson.

[@rfairlee707]

Nothing but issues since I got mine.