Aquawiz

[Zbass]

Hey! I’m looking in to getting an aquawiz but I wanna be able to hook it up to my hydros. What do I need for that and what port are you supposed to use on your hydros?

 

[Sasikumar Mohan]

I'd pause before buying it specifically for a HYDROS hookup until one of the vendors confirms the exact interface. The current AquaWiz manual describes a rear KH-to-pH BNC output and explicitly names Apex, eKoral, or a pH monitor, but I could not find a HYDROS-specific cable/port mapping in the documentation.

I would email AquaWiz and CoralVue with your exact HYDROS controller model and ask them to confirm: (1) the required cable or adapter, (2) which HYDROS input it uses, and (3) how the voltage/pH signal maps back to dKH. I would not assume it is plug-and-play or let it control dosing until that scaling is verified against a hand test. If they give you a wiring answer, please post it here - the docs are pretty thin.

 

[Zbass]

I'd pause before buying it specifically for a HYDROS hookup until one of the vendors confirms the exact interface. The current AquaWiz manual describes a rear KH-to-pH BNC output and explicitly names Apex, eKoral, or a pH monitor, but I could not find a HYDROS-specific cable/port mapping in the documentation.

I would email AquaWiz and CoralVue with your exact HYDROS controller model and ask them to confirm: (1) the required cable or adapter, (2) which HYDROS input it uses, and (3) how the voltage/pH signal maps back to dKH. I would not assume it is plug-and-play or let it control dosing until that scaling is verified against a hand test. If they give you a wiring answer, please post it here - the docs are pretty thin.

 

[JeffB418]

You need 1) a hydros controller with an available PROBE port (ph/orp port) and a 2) male bnc to male BNC cable from Amazon.

Once connected together. Add a new input port in hydros of type probe. Select probe mode Alkalinity.

Then using the menu buttons on the aquawiz there is a menu to output a 7.0 and 10.0 calibration voltage. Using those you can calibrate the hydros for 7.0 and 10.0 so that voltages match.

 

[SFNanoReef]

You need 1) a hydros controller with an available PROBE port (ph/orp port) and a 2) male bnc to male BNC cable from Amazon.

Once connected together. Add a new input port in hydros of type probe. Select probe mode Alkalinity.

Then using the menu buttons on the aquawiz there is a menu to output a 7.0 and 10.0 calibration voltage. Using those you can calibrate the hydros for 7.0 and 10.0 so that voltages match.

This is the way, super easy to do. Mines been running for several months.

 

[oakcityreefer]

WARNING! The software side is terrible. As a software developer, you can tell it was written by an engineer just trying to get it working. With English not being their first language.

 

[JeffB418]

WARNING! The software side is terrible. As a software developer, you can tell it was written by an engineer just trying to get it working. With English not being their first language.

Hydros or Aquawiz?

 

[oakcityreefer]

Hydros or Aquawiz?

Aquawiz. Hydros software is good.