Genesis Renew (automatic water change) - any experience?

[blurry]

Any chance there are some folks out there who are using the Genesis Renew (automatic water change system)?

Any experience feedback would be greatly appreciated.

reliability
effectiveness
ease of use

More technical - anyone have a diagram with the order of events? it sounds like the waste and new water fill at the same time which will be a 1 gallon reduction in water of the system. Then re-released. (1) how quickly does this cycle happen? How does the Genesis storm (top off system) know this is happening? If the cycle is quick it seems that the impact on a regular ATO would be minimal.

I've been looking at options and it appears to be between the genesis renew and using a litermeter III. I'm partial to the Genesis as the LiterMeter relies heavily on pump calibration.

For those who are interested in a good read on the effect of frequent water changes, take a look here: Water Changes in Reef Aquaria by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

genesis renew system: Genesis Reef Systems

thanks for the help!

 

[Reef-Maker]

Any chance there are some folks out there who are using the Genesis Renew (automatic water change system)?

Any experience feedback would be greatly appreciated.

reliability
effectiveness
ease of use

More technical - anyone have a diagram with the order of events? it sounds like the waste and new water fill at the same time which will be a 1 gallon reduction in water of the system. Then re-released. (1) how quickly does this cycle happen? How does the Genesis storm (top off system) know this is happening? If the cycle is quick it seems that the impact on a regular ATO would be minimal.

I've been looking at options and it appears to be between the genesis renew and using a litermeter III. I'm partial to the Genesis as the LiterMeter relies heavily on pump calibration.

For those who are interested in a good read on the effect of frequent water changes, take a look here: Water Changes in Reef Aquaria by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

genesis renew system: Genesis Reef Systems

thanks for the help!

repost...thanks

 

[Bricky]

Any chance there are some folks out there who are using the Genesis Renew (automatic water change system)?

Any experience feedback would be greatly appreciated.

reliability
effectiveness
ease of use

More technical - anyone have a diagram with the order of events? it sounds like the waste and new water fill at the same time which will be a 1 gallon reduction in water of the system. Then re-released. (1) how quickly does this cycle happen? How does the Genesis storm (top off system) know this is happening? If the cycle is quick it seems that the impact on a regular ATO would be minimal.

I've been looking at options and it appears to be between the genesis renew and using a litermeter III. I'm partial to the Genesis as the LiterMeter relies heavily on pump calibration.

For those who are interested in a good read on the effect of frequent water changes, take a look here: Water Changes in Reef Aquaria by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

genesis renew system: Genesis Reef Systems

thanks for the help!

After 7 months of use I would give the RENEW a 10 / 10. It's been reliable from day one. As far as being effective, it is. More water changes means more nutrient export and more trace elements in my system. This systems doesn't get any easier to use. Set how many gallons you want to change, and then decide if you want it to be done over the week, day, or all at once. From there, you just hit the start button. Way to easy.

As far as the order of events go:

Waste bucket and replenishment bucket fills with one gallon of water. Once each bucket is full then they empty. One to the drain the other to your sump. This whole event takes just over a minute to complete (Around 80 seconds). Not to sure about the STORM as I'm using a Tunze Osmolator. The Osmolator does kick in while the RENEW is filling the sump/waste water, but it's not on but a few seconds.

Definitely some of the best money I spent. Don't mess around and just go with the Pro system too. The one downfall is that I'm going through more salt because I'm doing more water changes.

 

[mobatic]

I've also considered it too, I'm sure it would be useful for large scale systems.
I haven't seen anyone buy these used yet, but eventually I'm sure we will see some.
Unless they're so great, they're snatched quickly off the shelves like all apex units.

 

[blurry]

I have the genesis renew running and setup a renew and storm at a friends house. Both are FANTASTIC units. I owe a writeup - unfortunately work and family life has taken the forefront.

The cycle is about a minute or two, though i have never timed it. depending on how your ATO is configured you might or might not have an issue. I run a non-storm ATO via a reefkeeper where the ATO runs for 30 seconds when triggered and is forced off for 9:30. The short is that it can only run once every 10 minutes. so when a water change happens it is triggered once. evap makes up the slight additional top-off with no impact to the system.

The storm knows because the units are hooked together and the ATO pauses while the water change happens. Genesis is putting out an update that will ensure the ATO keeps going in the event that a water change does not complete (such as the replacement water running low during the change)

can't say enough about the product. Highly recomend, and quite frankly I don't think my tank would look as good as it does with my habit of constantly working :)

 

[deboy69]

Pmd

 

[Angelgirl]

After 7 months of use I would give the RENEW a 10 / 10. It's been reliable from day one. As far as being effective, it is. More water changes means more nutrient export and more trace elements in my system. This systems doesn't get any easier to use. Set how many gallons you want to change, and then decide if you want it to be done over the week, day, or all at once. From there, you just hit the start button. Way to easy.

As far as the order of events go:

Waste bucket and replenishment bucket fills with one gallon of water. Once each bucket is full then they empty. One to the drain the other to your sump. This whole event takes just over a minute to complete (Around 80 seconds). Not to sure about the STORM as I'm using a Tunze Osmolator. The Osmolator does kick in while the RENEW is filling the sump/waste water, but it's not on but a few seconds.

Definitely some of the best money I spent. Don't mess around and just go with the Pro system too. The one downfall is that I'm going through more salt because I'm doing more water changes.

I just installed a genesis renew and storm. I am having an issue with the wiring. We bought the storm pro. I am not sure if I should be using the S1 , S2 or S3 sensor placement with the Pro. What one did you use?Thanking you in advance. I haven't been able to get Genesis to respond to a support request hopefully because of Covid.
Curt

 

[blurry]

Take a look at the manual here:

diagrams near end have advanced and pro written on the addition wires- pro has all of them. Also the mode needs to be set to PS or PA (usually PS)