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Funny, never heard of beta glucan so looked it up. Didn’t realize it’s actually for humans.Good tips, thanks.
I’m in the same camp. While nice to have, not necessary. Plus it’s a single point of failure which worries me the most. I use the Kasa smart strips to do AWC, turn on pumps to mix my salt, control my rodi, etc. Got the InkBird for temp control and alerts. Use Mobius to control my lights and power heads. So I am automated just not single threaded which is a good thing.Selling my apex and I’ve been thinking about what to replace it with. I’m starting to convince myself controllers are a really dumb way to spend money.
I don’t use a controller for heaters, lights, Vortechs, etc. I don’t care about graphing temperature, ORP, etc. I only care about pH on a calcium reactor and there’s cheaper ways to do that (pH controller, reefpi, etc). A $40 smart power strip lets me control outlets and have timers. I don’t use dosers.
Why do I want this?
It’s HI772 which reads dKH but that’s a really good thought. So good I pulled out the manual to see if there’s some magic setting to change to meq/L but I don’t see one. ;BlackeyeAny chance you are reading your Alk in meq/liter? Then 3.3 isn’t bad.
They sell calibration solition. May be worth it. Maybe fell out of calibration through shipping and such?10mL tank water, hit button, remove and add 1mL reagent, invert 5 times, put back in, press button...
REALLY??
I’m sure the AquaForest kit is right.
At the moment I don’t want to spend another dime on this thing.They sell calibration solition. May be worth it. Maybe fell out of calibration through shipping and such?
Sounds like you just had a bad lot. Can happen with any kit honestly.At the moment I don’t want to spend another dime on this thing.
But I did go buy another bottle of reagent and it read 8.5dKH first try. So, definitely bad reagent in the kit, expiration date 02/2022.
Now I’m curious if the 8.5 is accurate or if the AquaForest 7.8 was closer. The AquaForest came with reference solution so I might test that.
Makes me really lose a lot of confidence in these. I might sell them all and switch to something else.
Thanks for the kind words!Great setup. You killed it on the stand and canopy. The plumbing looks great. Nothing like real live rock. Following.
Definitely a bad lot. But it seems like they have a real QA problem and poor manufacturing controls on this reagent. I’ve bought at least 50 Salifert kits over the decades and never had one this far out of whack.Sounds like you just had a bad lot. Can happen with any kit honestly.
I would say the 7.8 vs 8.5 can be attributed to the visual difference you see with other test kits.
I switched to Hanna Alk and have been very happy with it. Results are very consistent and reproduceable.