Thank you. All I ask is for people to give us a chance to help them BEFORE they give us or the product a bad review. Part of the "complete" product experience is also the type of support you get. Sometimes things get shifted during shipment or sometimes the individual product came out of the factory not right (it happens and every company knows that no matter how much QC you do, things slip through) and being able to contact the company and get support right away should also count but is often forgotten.
So I decided to bite the bullet and order a KHG controller from Coralvue. I've decided that I wanted to share my experiences with you, my fellow reefers on Reef2Reef. Let me start out by saying I don't want this thread to turn into an argument about whether it is worth the money or not. Too me it is!!! (I will waste my money how I please, and you are welcome to do the same! ;))
I've never started a build thread on Reef2Reef, It's not my style, so I will do my best to integrate some info about my system to try and make up for that, but also to provide everyone with a guideline of how I choose to operate my reef.
First off, lets get to the goodies... here's the tank... It was started in late Feb 2016, so it's approaching it's one year birthday. We just won a battle with bryopsis (using fluconazole) so I filmed a short, shakey video to show the tank in it's now algae free state.
Now onto the other good stuff!
First off the KHG came today, and I nearly had a heart attack (I know I am not the only one). The box says the "standard edition"... I ordered the pro!!! OH NO!!! (Silent freak out). Called customer service and left a message. Then hopped on here and messaged the friendly folks at Coralvue, who promptly replied back that the manufacturer had put the wrong sleeves on the box and they were 100% sure it was the Pro unit... So I unwrapped it... opened the box... and indeed there was a card stating that the unit was indeed the pro model (WHEW... crisis/heart attack averted). Once again Coralvue, thank you for responding rapidly. Carlos at Coralvue called a short time later to respond to my message, I told him Chris had straightened me out and thanked him for calling me back so quick.
So that's it for now. After receiving it I realized I need to upgrade my router desperately. Tomorrow I will be going to Best Buy and getting a new router and then running all the neccissarry infrastructure to install the KHG. I also need to pick some vessels for the reagent, the bicarbonate solution, and a waste container.
I will do my best to keep everyone updated on progress :)
Happy Reefing!!!
Gorgeous tank! I couldn't keep my alkalinity that low or my pH would plummet. I've tried it I nearly lost about a dozen of my favorite acro's. Mine has to stay in 8.9 - 9.3 range. If the house gets closed up for summer for instance and the AC is running I have to slowly work my alkalinity up to 9.3. I have an airline that goes outside to my skimmer and I also have a CO2 reactor on my skimmer in order to keep a decent pH because my house is so tight.
Yup me too on the chaeto and that is why I was so concerned about my huge ball of it dying from Vibrant! I don't believe mine as as bad as his if that's what's happening to his LPS skeletons, at least I don't think so... but yeah it's bad. People try to open my front door and think it's locked! It's just that the house is so tight there's a lot of suction keeping the door from opening if there isn't a window or door cracked somewhere else [emoji23] I've noticed that my corals also do best during the time of year that I'm able to open the house up. And all my parameters are more stable also
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