I have been using Neptune trident for over a year now. I do like the idea of no more testing manually. However, it's not perfect. It's running perfectly for the first two months but suddenly the calcium level is out the wack. Constantly showing 500+ (my reagent is not near 20% and I did use hanna checker to verify that but it's 430 on the Hanna.) I was running this on my nano for 6 months. Then I upgrade to a 175g tank with sump. The calcium level is constantly higher on the trident about 60ppm. I wast so many calibration fluid trying to understand what's going on with it. I tried manually test one brand new calibration fluid using trident. The number is showing perfectly fine compared to the label. I also use the hanna checker to verify both. It's about the same. The weird thing is, once I put the sample line in my sump and do a test. The calcium level jumps up. I did talk to neptune customs service but they didn't give me any useful advice. They are just saying just follow the trend.
I use tropic marine Pro mix at 1.026. I also used the red sea blue bucket.
1. Even with a fresh mix of salt. The calcium on the trident is 60 ppm higher.
2. I also try to use a coffee filter to filter out all the particles in my tank water and did a test with that. No luck.
3. I also bought the 3D printed reagent guide. No luck.
What's the possible cause of this? It's bothering me so much. Thanks in advance.
I use tropic marine Pro mix at 1.026. I also used the red sea blue bucket.
1. Even with a fresh mix of salt. The calcium on the trident is 60 ppm higher.
2. I also try to use a coffee filter to filter out all the particles in my tank water and did a test with that. No luck.
3. I also bought the 3D printed reagent guide. No luck.
What's the possible cause of this? It's bothering me so much. Thanks in advance.