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    Dose every other day nutrients

    I am using an apex neptune and an apex dosing pump. Im dosing the Seachem reef trace/plus nutrients and it recommends every other day. Is this possible to do using my apex fusion dashboard? Thanks in advance!!

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    You cant do every other day. Your options are 3 or 4 days a week on set days, or cut the dosing amount in half and do it every day.

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    That might work. How do I set it up?

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    For 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday, friday), you would set the wizard for the amount you want for each of those 3 days over whatever duration you want and then add this line to the advanced tab (click gear icon)

    If DOW S-T-T-S Then OFF


    I don't know exactly what you are using, but for most things it is best to do every day spread out over 24 hours to have the most consistency.

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    where do I add the dosed amount at? Im currently dosing alk and calk and I don't have to used the advanced set up.

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    You enter it in the wizard (wand icon). You don't need control type to be advanced to add that line, there is a tab in the wizard to add that.

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    Ok that works great thanks. How do I set it up to dose on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday? Would it be like this?

    If DOW S-M-W-F Then OFF

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    After I entered the code I went back in to check it and it looked like this. What am I doing wrong?

    If DoW S------ Then OFF

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    Use uppercase letters for the days of the week.
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    I used all uppercase letters and it defaulted to what is above.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dasidius View Post
    Ok that works great thanks. How do I set it up to dose on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday? Would it be like this?

    If DOW S-M-W-F Then OFF
    The days start with Sunday. So it should be If DoW SM-W-F- Then OFF
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    Ok guys please pardon my ignorance this isn't working like I wanted it to. This is what Im trying to accomplish. I want to dose Seachem trace and Seachem Plus. The directions for these say dose twice a week and alternate between trace and prime. I need to dose 75ML a week of each. I split this dose into three days 25ML each day. Trace on MON-WED-FRI and Plus on TUES-THURS-SAT. Is this possible and if so what code do I use. Im using the Apex DOS pump with the DOS containers and I have an Apex Neptune controller. Thanks in advance!!

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    Set both to dose 25ml in the wizard one has the line added to advanced window

    If DOW S-T-T-S Then OFF

    The other has

    If DOW SM-W-F- Then OFF

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    That did the trick Zombie and RussM thank you!!!

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    Where is the wand at, I can't find it anywhere

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