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Hey everyone. I have a Red Sea Reefer 250 with a Triton sump (+/- 64ish gallons in total?) that I've recently started. Tank is about two months old now. I previously had a biocube 32 that I've broken down (pretty much) and have transferred corals over to the new tank. My hammer coral is doing horrendous and I'm about to lose it while the zoanthids have done subpar but are still "open for business" per se.
I run a Tunze ATO, get RO/DI water from my LFS, run a Bubble Magnus Curve 5 skimmer, have filter socks, and have a ton of bio balls and porous rocks in my sump for biological filtration. My tank cycle took about two weeks and I was off to the races thinking everything was going well but I have constantly had issues with my water parameters (to which I cannot tell what the issues are).
So I bought an Apex to add consistency - ultimately my goal is to automate dosing and to get a Trident. When I first added the new probes my salinity was ultra low so I brought it up over the course of 3-4 days. I had previously been using a refractometer. With salinity now (closer) in line I'm still having issues with pH and ORP. I'm less worried about ORP and more about my PH. Is it possible that my PH probe is just that grossly messed up even though it's brand new?
Also would like your opinions on the my alkalinity and CA. My Alk has been hoving from 8.5 - 8.8 and my Calcium has been from 394 - 432. I check both of these with my Hanna Checker. Here's my other readings below:
I run a Tunze ATO, get RO/DI water from my LFS, run a Bubble Magnus Curve 5 skimmer, have filter socks, and have a ton of bio balls and porous rocks in my sump for biological filtration. My tank cycle took about two weeks and I was off to the races thinking everything was going well but I have constantly had issues with my water parameters (to which I cannot tell what the issues are).
So I bought an Apex to add consistency - ultimately my goal is to automate dosing and to get a Trident. When I first added the new probes my salinity was ultra low so I brought it up over the course of 3-4 days. I had previously been using a refractometer. With salinity now (closer) in line I'm still having issues with pH and ORP. I'm less worried about ORP and more about my PH. Is it possible that my PH probe is just that grossly messed up even though it's brand new?
Also would like your opinions on the my alkalinity and CA. My Alk has been hoving from 8.5 - 8.8 and my Calcium has been from 394 - 432. I check both of these with my Hanna Checker. Here's my other readings below: