Reefkinetics Reefbot

drernesto · Mar 7, 2019

Balz3352 said:
One suggestion is to have a pop up notification (like results) when rodi empty or waste full... Missed some tests and couldn't figure out why till it popes upon the app only.

sure thing :) thanks

Acro maniac · Mar 7, 2019

Just question that comes to mind... Is the sample volume from display tank calibrated to flush the line before acquiring the sample volume, prior to starting the test or is the test conducted with water that has been in the hose? If so is there a manual flush?
Man, I really want of these things I just want to make sure I know what Im getting.

drernesto · Mar 7, 2019

Acro maniac said:
Just question that comes to mind... Is the sample volume from display tank calibrated to flush the line before acquiring the sample volume, prior to starting the test or is the test conducted with water that has been in the hose? If so is there a manual flush?
Man, I really want of these things I just want to make sure I know what Im getting.

Sure, you can ask any question.
There’s a flush with tank water before and after any test.
There’s no manual flush.

Acro maniac · Mar 7, 2019

drernesto said:
Sure, you can ask any question.
There’s a flush with tank water before and after any test.
There’s no manual flush.

Thank You, so close to Pulling the trigger on this

CuseReefer · Mar 7, 2019

Reef Kinetics,

Would you be able to update somewhere on your website or FAQs some additional info about test kits? Would be nice to have the following info:
- How many vials does the test kit require in the Reef Bot.
- How many test kits does it require to fill all vials completely or detail how much of each reagent is included in each test kit.

drernesto · Mar 7, 2019

Sure, we will update it soon. Thanks!

puffy127 · Mar 7, 2019

Acro maniac said:
Thank You, so close to Pulling the trigger on this

Just do it! I'm glad I did!

Pife · Mar 7, 2019

What is the low range of the phosphate test that were able to use?

drernesto · Mar 7, 2019

Pife said:
What is the low range of the phosphate test that were able to use?

Same resolution of the test kit. with GIESEMANN professional PHOSPHATE you get 0.00 - 0.03 - 0.06...

Acro maniac · Mar 7, 2019

puffy127 said:
Just do it! I'm glad I did!

Just waiting on the cost of replacement needles and syringes.

puffy127 · Mar 7, 2019

Acro maniac said:
Just waiting on the cost of replacement needles and syringes.

I can't imagine them costing much. They don't look like they are specialized. Looks like a regular 1ml syringe and needle.

Dj City · Mar 7, 2019

So...
As of today, Best test reagents are

Red Sea for Alk (Better resolution than API)
API for calcium
Red Sea or Giesmann for Mag
API for Nitrate (So far, only API tests Nitrate)
Giesmann for Phosphates

Is this about right?

puffy127 · Mar 7, 2019

Salifert for alk works well too. It matched my Hanna manual testing exactly. The Red Sea alk is ~0.2 dKH lower than my Hanna manual testing. I may stick with RedSea since it is only 1 vial vs. 2 for Salifert.

Red Sea Mg is off from my Salifert Mg manual testing. Redsea Mg gave me 1440 ppm and my Salifert manual Mg gave me 1365 ppm. Not sure which is correct, but RedSea or Geisemann are the only options.

CuseReefer · Mar 7, 2019

puffy127 said:
Salifert for alk works well too. It matched my Hanna manual testing exactly. The Red Sea alk is ~0.2 dKH lower than my Hanna manual testing. I may stick with RedSea since it is only 1 vial vs. 2 for Salifert.

Red Sea Mg is off from my Salifert Mg manual testing. Redsea Mg gave me 1440 ppm and my Salifert manual Mg gave me 1365 ppm. Not sure which is correct, but RedSea or Geisemann are the only options.

I am the seeing the same thing with Red Sea vs manual salifert mag test too. I ordered the geisemann mag this week and will compare that next.

I also see the same diff with Red Sea alk and Hanna. It’s close enough to be good with me. I did compare color between the reef Bot app and manually running Red Sea alk and they match up one to one. So I am very confident in the bots procedure.

CuseReefer · Mar 7, 2019

API calc is pretty good too. It’s only usually 10 ppm off from my salifert manual testing.

KingJason · Mar 7, 2019

puffy127 said:
Salifert for alk works well too. It matched my Hanna manual testing exactly. The Red Sea alk is ~0.2 dKH lower than my Hanna manual testing. I may stick with RedSea since it is only 1 vial vs. 2 for Salifert.

Red Sea Mg is off from my Salifert Mg manual testing. Redsea Mg gave me 1440 ppm and my Salifert manual Mg gave me 1365 ppm. Not sure which is correct, but RedSea or Geisemann are the only options.

My Red Sea Alk also reads a tiny bit lower than Hanna. Mine is ~0.3 lower than Hanna. I'll have to give Salifert a try.

I'm going to send in both Triton tests on Monday and will check it against the tests I have (Red Sea ALK, Red Sea Mag, API CA, API Phosphate). We'll see how close it is to their test.