Coral Hierarchy Of Needs (2 Viewers)

[Cody]

None…I’ve patiently watched year after year only to see that they’re all unreliable and inconsistent. I know people with about every auto tester on the market, and they all complain or have sold them.

Which one do you have faith in?

I have full faith in my two Tridents as monitors. I don’t hold the number to be an exact truth, but with regular maintenance, I trust the numbers. If something swings off a bit then it’s time to investigate. I would never trust it to manage my dosing, but with a calcium reactor doing the dosing, the trident consistently, accurately monitors my alk with few hiccups.

 

[soymilk]

None…I’ve patiently watched year after year only to see that they’re all unreliable and inconsistent. I know people with about every auto tester on the market, and they all complain or have sold them.

Which one do you have faith in?

Auto tester should be used just to test trends. Imho it shouldn’t be used for exact measurements.

With any kinda equipment, that’s being used daily. It can fail. Majority of people don’t probably maintain them as well as they should.

I am currently using one trident. And I’m about to add another trident to the same system. Is it overkill? Prob, but I’m testing abc-reagents against apex’s. Having two to verify off of each other sounds good to me.

 

[mitchell77546]

I have full faith in my two Tridents as monitors. I don’t hold the number to be an exact truth, but with regular maintenance, I trust the numbers. If something swings off a bit then it’s time to investigate. I would never trust it to manage my dosing, but with a calcium reactor doing the dosing, the trident consistently, accurately monitors my alk with few hiccups.

I agree with you in that. I don’t think anyone is going to find a device that is precise and 100% consistent. Titration in and of itself is not and is not a precise science and nor is it intended to be. What you are getting from these machines is “good enough data” for the application. If your that anal about it go spend the money on a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. The trident works and I’ve discovered it works pretty damn good with ABC reagents and a little cleaning from time to time. I checked their calibration fluid against salifert and it’s hitting +/- 30PPM. and ALK is extremely close less than .02

 

[Reefahholic]

Auto tester should be used just to test trends. Imho it shouldn’t be used for exact measurements.

With any kinda equipment, that’s being used daily. It can fail. Majority of people don’t probably maintain them as well as they should.

I am currently using one trident. And I’m about to add another trident to the same system. Is it overkill? Prob, but I’m testing abc-reagents against apex’s. Having two to verify off of each other sounds good to me.

Two is probably safer than one.

 

[Reefahholic]

If your that anal about it go spend the money on a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer.

I just send an ICP monthly and save on most of these test kits and reagents and get more accurate numbers with less work. No maintenance either.

 

[soymilk]

Why compromise, I do monthly icp and run 2 tridents.

 

[Reefahholic]

Why compromise, I do monthly icp and run 2 tridents.

Those ICP analysis ain’t gonna help you. They’re a perfect match for the Trident! I know I know…..”My Trident is super accurate!”

 

[Reefahholic]

All joking aside, them do seem to be fairly accurate if maintained properly. As long as you’re cleaning that reaction chamber and flushing those lines I don’t see why it couldn’t be a decent piece of equipment.

 

[soymilk]

never said the trident was super accurate. Its tracks trend lines and its also and early indicator if something is not right.

icp and auto testers are not the same. Different tools for different purposes.