Rostatos Reefer 450 and Reefer 170

[ofzakaria]

Well. Setting 4 seems to be the sweet spot so far. Turned it up this am. About halfway through the day my DOS turned off automatically and ever since it’s been rock steady!

U can budget bit lower than what u normally do and supplement with your doser if you want to add other elements. Thats what I do also..

 

[max_nano]

Ah sweet. It is a shame that it occupies a BNC port, I mean I don't have an Apex now, but if I did I probably would go for the EL version which only has 1 BNC port IIRC and having a pH probe as a pH probe can be useful.

Khg captures pH as well. I don’t think it could be displayed on the apex since it would only send the dkh over the bnc, but you can view the pH readings from each test in the console
Edit: it doesn’t save the pH in the log by default but I believe there is a command you can enter. The khg fb group has more info on it

 

[ofzakaria]

Khg captures pH as well. I don’t think it could be displayed on the apex since it would only send the dkh over the bnc, but you can view the pH readings from each test in the console

Correct. You can get your ph from the khg itself, through its logs and display.

 

[Rostato]

U can budget bit lower than what u normally do and supplement with your doser if you want to add other elements. Thats what I do also..

I may do that.

 

[ofzakaria]

I may do that.

U can even do Kalk and bump ur ph in the proccess. This can avoid u the co2 scrubber also..
Some of the best tanks I hav3 seen dose kalk alongside dastaco

 

[max_nano]

I may do that.

Did you ever ICP test the tank? It would be interesting to compare before/after the carX to see what trace element changes there are

 

[Rostato]

Did you ever ICP test the tank? It would be interesting to compare before/after the carX to see what trace element changes there are

Not yet. I’ll give it a month on the reactor before I send a test. I’m also dosing tridents infusion elements.

I have 3 triton tests waiting to be used.

 

[Rostato]

U can even do Kalk and bump ur ph in the proccess. This can avoid u the co2 scrubber also..
Some of the best tanks I hav3 seen dose kalk alongside dastaco

Yeah...no room for that

 

[ofzakaria]

Dman man, you really milked the space huh?.. lol

 

[Rostato]

Dman man, you really milked the space huh?.. lol

Yeah, there is absolutely no room left under or around the tank for anything. I wanted a bigger tank, and needed to make some sacrifices.

 

[EBJ]

I honestly think the apex el is waste of money. Either go full, or get a P4 controller..at least with the ghl expansions are much simpler than apex

I have the El and have never had any use for another bnc connector or the salinity probe. There's modules for that anyway.

 

[Rostato]

I have the El and have never had any use for a bnc connector or the salinity probe

You don’t have a PH probe?

 

[EBJ]

You don’t have a PH probe?

Yeah I use it for that. I was thinking of the I/O port not the BNC. Never needed more than one for connected tanks but the pm1/2 have bnc as well if you need to add on. I did end up connecting a PM1 to my old apex so I could monitor the pH of a QT.

 

[ofzakaria]

Yeah I use it for that. I was thinking of the I/O port not the BNC. Never needed more than one for connected tanks but the pm1/2 have bnc as well if you need to add on. I did end up connecting a PM1 to my old apex so I could monitor the pH of a QT.

Good for you!

 

[EBJ]

Good for you!

Just saying it's not a waste if you have no need for those extra connections.

 

[ofzakaria]

Just saying it's not a waste if you have no need for those extra connections.

Yup, I got it. That's why good for u. To me 1 is not enough and without a reliable salinity I cannot run a reef thats all. So to me, its total waste.

 

[EBJ]

I'd say the probe is good as a backup if it's accurate. I trust my refractometer more though.

 

[ofzakaria]

I'd say the probe is good as a backup if it's accurate. I trust my refractometer more though.

Was on the same boat till I switched to ghl.

 

[Rostato]

Getting some consistently. But not really as flat as I’d like.

 

[Rostato]

This is just before adding the reactor