Trident getting high ca and mg

[gms1234]

Hi all,
Have a trident (new to me - diy service kit done) going for past week or so.
I keep getting high Ca and Mg despite calibration on my tanks water (calibration solution was out for alk). I calibrated ca to 430 and mg to 1320 as per my salifert tests.
My latest results on trident come back as 575 and 1542 - my correct results should be 1320/430
Water is sources from main chamber of sump and dosing is done in the return chamber.

Any advice would be good.

 

[55NEVER]

Mine started to do funny readings of alk and calcium, also read no water sample. I contacted neptune customer support and sent mine in for service. They recommend service between 24-36mths on all tridents or you can choose to do it yourself with their at home kit. I also know, if your sample line is in a spot with high micro bubbles it can produce false readings according to the neptune manual.

 

[Reefer Matt]

Hi all,
Have a trident (new to me - diy service kit done) going for past week or so.
I keep getting high Ca and Mg despite calibration on my tanks water (calibration solution was out for alk). I calibrated ca to 430 and mg to 1320 as per my salifert tests.
My latest results on trident come back as 575 and 1542 - my correct results should be 1320/430
Water is sources from main chamber of sump and dosing is done in the return chamber.

Any advice would be good.

I don’t use the task function for calibration, but use this procedure. It does make a difference in how you calibrate, and I advise against setting the Trident to your other test kits.

Calibrating the Neptune Trident Reef Tank Tester the Right Way!

 

[gms1234]

Mine started to do funny readings of alk and calcium, also read no water sample. I contacted neptune customer support and sent mine in for service. They recommend service between 24-36mths on all tridents or you can choose to do it yourself with their at home kit. I also know, if your sample line is in a spot with high micro bubbles it can produce false readings according to the neptune manual.

I think I've found the problem. Pinched my waste line. The calibration solution ca and mg were good. But alk was 9.4 on my hanna and 9 on salifert when bottle lists 8.26

 

[55NEVER]

Yeah, that could do it. Hopefully, that is the cause because it's an easy fix.