Apex helps save the day again. Gone for week and got a alert that my alk was dropping. I expected it to drop some because the media level was lowish, but it dropped to 7 from 8.5. Did some trouble shooting on my end, everything looked ok on the camera. Since I knew the media level in the CaRx was low, and when that happens the reactor can have difficulty keeping up on alk production, so I bumped the pH in the reactor down. Next morning, all still dropping. I FaceTime my daughter at home and send her under the house to investigate, and the liter meter feed pump seems to be goofy, so we reset that and it starts up just fine. Later that evening, the alk level is still dropping. Hmmm. I fire up the camera again, and I can see that the co2 is dosing, but I can barely see the levels on the regulator are low, so that’s gotta be it - the co2 tank is out of co2. Call the kid, and she swaps out the tank for a full one and a few days later all seems to be heading back to normal. Usually, I check everything the week before I go, but I still had covid head two weeks ago and thought it better to not mess with stuff. And no way am I messing with anything the day before a trip - except for checking the co2 tank for fullness! Without the Apex and the Trident, I would have had no idea until I got back.
When I got back, I filled the reactor and things started really cooking.