Auto water parameter testing?

[M0nsterUnderY0urBed]

Hi- I’ve had my waterbox 65.4 gallon for close to 2 years now. I’d still say I’m very new. I’ve been lucky with my tanks (also have a smaller biocube) outside of an arrow crab that was preying on perching fish, my fish have done well. I do water changes every 2 to 3 weeks, but haven’t been too good on keeping up with testing water levels.

I would like to invest in an auto premiering resting device- but I’m unsure of which one to get. The more testing it does the better. I understand there will be maintenance with the device and probe(s). I’d prefer one that continuously monitors that could feed into an app on the phone or have an external monitor mounted to the tank.

 

[Uncle99]

I spent more time calibrating and playing with automation to the point it just became a neat toy.

Back to weekly testing, takes me 15 minutes per week and 30 minutes on the month.

 

[M0nsterUnderY0urBed]

I spent more time calibrating and playing with automation to the point it just became a neat toy.

Back to weekly testing, takes me 15 minutes per week and 30 minutes on the month.

Can you share what you use for your weekly testing? Thanks so much!

 

[Uncle99]

Can you share what you use for your weekly testing? Thanks so much!

So weekly, I do Alk, Nitrate and Phosphate with Hanna’s. I do all three at the same time.

CA and MG, I only do monthly.
In these cases, the salifert works great as the colour change from pink to blue is easy to see.