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you may or may not know this, but it may help someone who does not.
history--Prior threads I posted about swing causes resulted in people telling me to-- add this, decrease that, stop doing W & X an start using Y & Z instead. manual test only, its trash throws it away I don’t like the trident, by a new one, my dog drinks tank water and so on and so on. HAHAHAHAHA. No one ever mention to me --- have you cleaned your trident..
my issue-- was an increased up and down roller coaster when trident tests came in. it concerned me, because I did not view these swings as stable. since I use trident-controlled dosing with a tight range, my confusion was increased when seeing these up and down swings.
so, one day I got the sample error, test a failed and the test b failed. never in that order or all at once. so, I removed the trident to do some line cleaning. I did notice that the water sample line to the cuvette was dark in color. so, I removed and cleaned the entire water sample line, wastewater line and the sample line to the cuvette by rolling them between my fingers, then rinse them out. They looked new so then I went to look at my cuvette AKA the testing chamber. I was shocked to find out how dirty it was.
There are a few videos out there but not many. these videos clean the cuvette while it’s in place. I went a step further and removed the cuvette. before you remove it ----know this --TAKE NOTICE OF AND DONT LOSE THAT LITTLE / TINY WHITE PILL INSIDE THE CUVETTE. IF YOU LOSE IT. THE TRIDENT IS TRULY NOW DEAD IN THE WATER.
SO my step further was this ---the gray cuvette housing pops out. aka there is no screws. once popped free, disconnect the cuvettes fill tube that I mentioned earlier. gently wiggle and pull the cuvette out. GENTLY.... it’s not glued in place, but its snug and there are wires running behind it. once out, remove its black taped covered lid. then cleaning it is easier. then reinstal in reverse order simple. you can see in the pics below my swings / tesing results fell back inline just like a brand new one. the last pic is a before cleaning and after cleaning graph.. my tank has just about settled back down. to match my controled alk level ......hello stable... hope this helps someone
history--Prior threads I posted about swing causes resulted in people telling me to-- add this, decrease that, stop doing W & X an start using Y & Z instead. manual test only, its trash throws it away I don’t like the trident, by a new one, my dog drinks tank water and so on and so on. HAHAHAHAHA. No one ever mention to me --- have you cleaned your trident..
my issue-- was an increased up and down roller coaster when trident tests came in. it concerned me, because I did not view these swings as stable. since I use trident-controlled dosing with a tight range, my confusion was increased when seeing these up and down swings.
so, one day I got the sample error, test a failed and the test b failed. never in that order or all at once. so, I removed the trident to do some line cleaning. I did notice that the water sample line to the cuvette was dark in color. so, I removed and cleaned the entire water sample line, wastewater line and the sample line to the cuvette by rolling them between my fingers, then rinse them out. They looked new so then I went to look at my cuvette AKA the testing chamber. I was shocked to find out how dirty it was.
There are a few videos out there but not many. these videos clean the cuvette while it’s in place. I went a step further and removed the cuvette. before you remove it ----know this --TAKE NOTICE OF AND DONT LOSE THAT LITTLE / TINY WHITE PILL INSIDE THE CUVETTE. IF YOU LOSE IT. THE TRIDENT IS TRULY NOW DEAD IN THE WATER.
SO my step further was this ---the gray cuvette housing pops out. aka there is no screws. once popped free, disconnect the cuvettes fill tube that I mentioned earlier. gently wiggle and pull the cuvette out. GENTLY.... it’s not glued in place, but its snug and there are wires running behind it. once out, remove its black taped covered lid. then cleaning it is easier. then reinstal in reverse order simple. you can see in the pics below my swings / tesing results fell back inline just like a brand new one. the last pic is a before cleaning and after cleaning graph.. my tank has just about settled back down. to match my controled alk level ......hello stable... hope this helps someone
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