Moving Trident to New Tank

Roosterjack · Nov 12, 2020

Hello,

I did a search both here and at the Neptune forums and don't feel as though I have a definitive grasp on the proper way to move my Trident from my old to my new tank. If anyone has any advice or guidance on this I would be most grateful.

DC Reefer · Nov 12, 2020

I would expect you just turn it off and move it to the new tank, hook it back up and go through the start-up process to get it going on new tank. It may be off in the level of reagents if you dont replace with fresh but not sure that would be an issue. Also probably would have to calibrate after a few days like a new one.

Roosterjack · Nov 12, 2020

DC Reefer said:
Are you moving it a long distance or just a different tank in the same dwelling?

Literally 30 feet. Connecting it to new Apex unit.

DC Reefer · Nov 12, 2020

Roosterjack said:
Literally 30 feet. Connecting it to new Apex unit.

I would just go through the “new” setup process on the new apex for the trident. If low on regrants I would swap them out at the same time.

User1 · Nov 13, 2020

Send Neptune Support a ticket and they should provide a easy solution. Should be as easy as shutting it down via the task and restarting once connected all back up. Reagents and all will be the same so it is only moving between A and B. Make sure to do it in-between tests.

Edit: just saw the "new" apex comment. Send in a ticket - that is what I would do.

SuncrestReef · Nov 14, 2020

1. Disconnect the Trident from your current Apex.
2. Move the Trident to the new tank.
3. On the new Apex, launch the Trident Setup task and follow the instructions. Be sure the Apex firmware is up to date, and don't plug in the Trident cable until instructed.
4. You can skip the steps of installing the reagents if they are not yet empty. However, the Trident will not know the actual reagent levels, so you'll need to wait until it reports a test failure to know it's time to swap reagents.
5. On the old Apex, go into the list of Modules to delete the Trident.

Reefer1978 · Nov 14, 2020

When I moved my trident from one tank to another (clearly I may have done this completely incorrectly) I just plugged it in, and it just worked. I figured just like other modules, trident has an internal memory chip and it remembered it's own settings / calibration.