Alkatronic problem

[BAUCE]

I just set my new unit up today following the directions to the T. I ran a manual test and it was almost exactly 1 dkh lower than my Hannah and salifert kits. I read that sometimes it takes a few tests to full calibrate so I ran another one. After the second test ran I saw that it had dosed to get my alkalinity in range. It dosed 60ml each time which spiked my alkalinity from 7 to 8. I have no idea where I went wrong but this did pretty much exactly the opposite of what I bought it for and now I just have to wait and see how my packed acropora tank is going to respond.

Has anyone had this problem before? does the unit really try to catch up in one big dose? Should I try to calibrate again?

 

[Poochaku]

I would turn off auto dosing adjustment until you see what kind of readings it is giving you for a couple of weeks minimum

 

[TheHunterYall]

Turn off the dosing until you get it ironed out. It’s not supposed to increase it that much . Likely seeing a combo of the dose and the break in.

 

[BAUCE]

I would turn off auto dosing adjustment until you see what kind of readings it is giving you for a couple of weeks minimum

couple of weeks for this thing to break in? is that normal? I wish the coralvue video would have explained this.

 

[BAUCE]

any ideas on why is almost exactly 1 dkh lower than my other kits?

 

[Poochaku]

couple of weeks for this thing to break in? is that normal? I wish the coralvue video would have explained this.

no i just meant a couple of weeks to observe new tech before handing off the reins to it. I'm not sure why your reading is off but the reading doesn't really matter. you just need the device to tell you trends. If it's 1 dkh lower consistently you can adjust your alkalinity goal in the software acordingly.

Sorry I don't have advice for aligning your reading with your salifert and hanna tests.

 

[BAUCE]

no i just meant a couple of weeks to observe new tech before handing off the reins to it. I'm not sure why your reading is off but the reading doesn't really matter. you just need the device to tell you trends. If it's 1 dkh lower consistently you can adjust your alkalinity goal in the software acordingly.

Sorry I don't have advice for aligning your reading with your salifert and hanna tests.

Yeah I totally agree. As long as its consistently wrong its still very useful. I think I got excited with setting up all the new features and didn't really think that I don't actually need them all running anyways. I have the redsea doser that's wifi enabled so if anything is off while Im on trips I can adjust with it. Thanks for the insight.

 

[jerl77]

Any fix ?
I calibrate my ph probe and now it 1 dkh off

 

[bcardoro]

The same here. My alkatronic is approximately 1 dKh off. I will calibrate it again, but it is a brand new unit, so would not expect such a huge difference...

 

[paul01609]

It takes around a week for the probe to breakin