Jaren45 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Looking for something that's purely for pH and temp, that isn't an $800 apex. Any good options that you know of? Was looking into the milwaukee instruments dl125 but quickly saw it was discontinued. Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Unless you are automatically dosing Kalkwasser or running a calcium reactor, constant monitoring of pH isn't really necessary. Plus, you have to keep calibrating pH probes or they become inaccurate. I'd just get a temperature controller, which will monitor temperature and prevent stuck on heaters from killing your reef tank: https://www.amazon.com/Inkbird-Temperature-Controller-Freshwater-Ornamental/dp/B07R195CQF/ Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, seabass said: Unless you are automatically dosing Kalkwasser or running a calcium reactor, constant monitoring of pH isn't really necessary. Plus, you have to keep calibrating pH probes or they become inaccurate. I'd just get a temperature controller, which will monitor temperature and prevent stuck on heaters from killing your reef tank: https://www.amazon.com/Inkbird-Temperature-Controller-Freshwater-Ornamental/dp/B07R195CQF/ Already running one of those, and yes it would be for kalk. Any decent products you know of? Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Not really. I'd probably just manually test until you dial in your Kalk reactor. I don't see the need for variable dosing via a controller. But like you said, there are options like an Apex controller; they are just expensive. 1 Quote Link to comment
DevilDuck Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Entry point with an Apex El is $500 Also consider the Hydros Control XS for $200 plus the price of the probes. Quote Link to comment
nanoreeFan Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 There are 3 pages of them to look over here, good Luck https://milwaukeeinstruments.com/tests/ph/ Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 What coral do you have? I think automation at that level is understandable for a 1000 litre + stuffed with SPS but a nano it's just not worth it. You are just as well manual testing? dKH, mag n Ca are the big lads to watch... 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Murphych said: What coral do you have? I think automation at that level is understandable for a 1000 litre + stuffed with SPS but a nano it's just not worth it. You are just as well manual testing? dKH, mag n Ca are the big lads to watch... It's a mixed reef 40b + 20L sump, getting up there in 2 part so I wanted to try kalk out for the first time since I've only heard great things. Guess i'll just stick to weekly salifert tests and take it slow Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Yeah i.would.to begin with mate. Maybe every 3 days if you feel you need to until things are stable. Quote Link to comment
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