Rostatos Reefer 450 and Reefer 170

Rostato · Sep 1, 2020

ofzakaria said:
btw i calibrate my khg ph prob once a year to 18 months.
I noticed the ph prob in the khg is more stable which I think is because its isolated im its own chamber with clean water all the time..
Why you need to calibrate at 6 months?

Ahh. I just do it for my apex probe, so I figured it would be necessary for the KhG.

ofzakaria · Sep 1, 2020

Rostato said:
Ahh. I just do it for my apex probe, so I figured it would be necessary for the KhG.

Naah, do not compare apex prob to the khg prob.. I rarely calibrate my khg prob..srsly rarly.

ofzakaria · Sep 1, 2020

Rostato said:
Now to find some PH calibration fluid locally. I have some very old bottles that I don't trust.

I got u covered. I have extra i can give u..

Coral reefer · Sep 1, 2020

AC has calibration fluids

RandyC · Sep 1, 2020

ofzakaria said:
Naah, do not compare apex prob to the khg prob.. I rarely calibrate my khg prob..srsly rarly.

I haven’t calibrated my calcium apex probes in 3-4 years. I test them occasionally, but haven’t calibrated them.

ofzakaria · Sep 1, 2020

RandyC said:
I haven’t calibrated my calcium apex probes in 3-4 years. I test them occasionally, but haven’t calibrated them.

And their reading is accurate still?
This goes against the recommended operation of any prob out there..
Probs have a life span of 2 years. Thats the good snd bad probs out there..

RandyC · Sep 1, 2020

ofzakaria said:
And their reading is accurate still?
This goes against the recommended operation of any prob out there..
Probs have a life span of 2 years. Thats the good snd bad probs out there..

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Alk levels still good in tanks.

ofzakaria · Sep 1, 2020

RandyC said:
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Alk levels still good in tanks.

But that means you are not really using it. Maybe using it for delta measurment and event monitoring not for what they are truly intended to..

Meshmez · Sep 1, 2020

ofzakaria said:
But that means you are not really using it. Maybe using it for delta measurment and event monitoring not for what they are truly intended to..

If he's checking it and it reads correctly, why calibrate or replace?

RandyC · Sep 1, 2020

ofzakaria said:
But that means you are not really using it. Maybe using it for delta measurment and event monitoring not for what they are truly intended to..

I’m absolutely using it. Although a number of people won’t agree to it, I use the pH to power off the solenoid to the co2 tank.

Rostato · Sep 4, 2020

Well. Nitrates are holding around 1-2.5ppm and consequently po4 dropped from .1 to .05 which is really nice. I haven’t changed anything except adding nitrate. I’m glad it lowered my po4.

seeing a bit more algae growth in the tank but I don’t care. Corals look great and that’s all that matters to me.

max_nano · Sep 5, 2020

Rostato said:
Corals look great and that’s all that matters to me.

I know it’s somewhat anecdotal, as I’m going through a similar process with my tank, but Are you seeing better colors or better PE, both? So far I have seen improvement in PE but I have also switched some flow around when adding the gyre so it’s hard to single out the cause in my tank

Rostato · Sep 5, 2020

max_nano said:
I know it’s somewhat anecdotal, as I’m going through a similar process with my tank, but Are you seeing better colors or better PE, both? So far I have seen improvement in PE but I have also switched some flow around when adding the gyre so it’s hard to single out the cause in my tank

Yes. Definitely more PE and I think more color as well.

EBJ · Sep 5, 2020

Rostato said:
Well. Nitrates are holding around 1-2.5ppm and consequently po4 dropped from .1 to .05 which is really nice. I haven’t changed anything except adding nitrate. I’m glad it lowered my po4.

seeing a bit more algae growth in the tank but I don’t care. Corals look great and that’s all that matters to me.

I have the opposite problem in my DT - No PO4 and high NO3