Monzer's tank restart
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sfsuphysics
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I would go to a third party to check that calcium rather than knee jerk "Triton must be right", someone in the area with an old school calcium test kit, or perhaps a store can test?
scuba71
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For sure. Will head to Neptune’s tonight and see if I can get my water tested there or get another test kit.
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scuba71
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Coral reefer
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Salifert always seemed accurate to me, but the reagent #2(the powder one) always seemed to get kinda damp to me. I've gone to Red Sea and the accuracy seems similar to me, but the powder stays dry a little better I think.
Coral reefer
Past President
If you can make the meetings saturady I can test.
scuba71
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Unfortunately my son has a scouting event from 11-2pm. What time and where is the meeting?
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Coral reefer
Past President
Fremont. 12-2 or 3.
scuba71
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Man what crazy two weeks
After conducting so many different tests, it’s official... my Hana testers are way off. I’ve been assuming I had the correct parameters all this time but was far from it.
Ended up replacing all my test kits with salifert’s. So far consistent with Neptun’s and a couple of other friends.
But that was not the big issue or shall I say issues... as they say when it rains it pours.
First, one of my MP60’s lost grip and cracked its casing. Sent it for repair a week and half ago and finally got it today.
Second, I was attending to my calcium reactor and noticed the circulating pump was not pumping. Got a new pump and as I was installing, the manifold cracked like graham crackers. I been wanting to upgrade my reactor but was not expecting to do it. Well... ended up pulling the trigger on an reef octopus 200 Calcium rector.
Now that things have settled down a bit for the past week... things are looking really good.
Ca is now 430
Alk is now 9.5
Po4 is .15ish
No3 is .2
Here are some pics:
After conducting so many different tests, it’s official... my Hana testers are way off. I’ve been assuming I had the correct parameters all this time but was far from it.
Ended up replacing all my test kits with salifert’s. So far consistent with Neptun’s and a couple of other friends.
But that was not the big issue or shall I say issues... as they say when it rains it pours.
First, one of my MP60’s lost grip and cracked its casing. Sent it for repair a week and half ago and finally got it today.
Second, I was attending to my calcium reactor and noticed the circulating pump was not pumping. Got a new pump and as I was installing, the manifold cracked like graham crackers. I been wanting to upgrade my reactor but was not expecting to do it. Well... ended up pulling the trigger on an reef octopus 200 Calcium rector.
Now that things have settled down a bit for the past week... things are looking really good.
Ca is now 430
Alk is now 9.5
Po4 is .15ish
No3 is .2
Here are some pics:
Coral reefer
Past President
It's not showing me the pics!
RandyC
Supporting Member
Man what crazy two weeks
After conducting so many different tests, it’s official... my Hana testers are way off. I’ve been assuming I had the correct parameters all this time but was far from it.
Ended up replacing all my test kits with salifert’s. So far consistent with Neptun’s and a couple of other friends.
But that was not the big issue or shall I say issues... as they say when it rains it pours.
First, one of my MP60’s lost grip and cracked its casing. Sent it for repair a week and half ago and finally got it today.
Second, I was attending to my calcium reactor and noticed the circulating pump was not pumping. Got a new pump and as I was installing, the manifold cracked like graham crackers. I been wanting to upgrade my reactor but was not expecting to do it. Well... ended up pulling the trigger on an reef octopus 200 Calcium rector.
Now that things have settled down a bit for the past week... things are looking really good.
Ca is now 430
Alk is now 9.5
Po4 is .15ish
No3 is .2
Here are some pics:
If you want confirmation, Hanna does make a standard reference solution.
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/hi772-11-alkalinity-dkh-calibration-check-set.html
scuba71
Supporting Member
That’s wired. Anyone else can’t see the pics?
scuba71
Supporting Member
Yeah I thought about that. However, it’s not only one checker, it’s all of them. All, Ca, and PO4. To be honest, I loved Hanna’s convenience. Just not sure if I can trust it anymore.
Coral reefer
Past President
now I see em
Vhuang168
Guest
Only real way to know for sure is to use a reference solution. Fauna Marin used to make a reference solution that allowed you to check your testing procedure/equipment against a solution with known values. Can't buy it anymore, at least I can't find it anymore.
scuzy
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Mines been good too. It's almost like you didn't operate them right if all them are of by a lot. I have the reference so you can check if your checkers are actually off.
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