How many of you after calibration of the Trident check to make sure the calibration is accurate. You can run a test using the calibration fluid as the water sample to be tested. You have to run a test but my corals are worth it .
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yes there is plenty of calibration fluid to run a full testI'm new to trident and only on my first set of reagents, but is there enough calibration fluid left to run a full test? I used my leftover to check my red sea tests. When I compare my red sea test results to trident they are the same within a reasonable margin or error.
Well, I will do it when I need to change reagents next.yes there is plenty of calibration fluid to run a full test
You also don't need to calibrate after every reagent change. Sometimes the readings don't fluctuate at all. After a year of trident use I have probably 4-5 spare bottles of reagent between my two tanksI'm new to trident and only on my first set of reagents, but is there enough calibration fluid left to run a full test? I used my leftover to check my red sea tests. When I compare my red sea test results to trident they are the same within a reasonable margin or error.
Oh I thought it was supposed to be calibrated after replacing all 3 reagents. My trident out of the box was really far off on cal/mag before calibrating it. When I change reagents I will see if my readings still look correct.You also don't need to calibrate after every reagent change. Sometimes the readings don't fluctuate at all. After a year of trident use I have probably 4-5 spare bottles of reagent between my two tanks
This is happing right now to me my Hanna says 9.3 trident says 7.4 what did you do? I know I’m alittle late to the partyI tested the calibration fluid dkh with my Hannah and got a full 2 points difference .. I have the same difference when I measure my tank. Hanna says 9 - trident says 7. Went ahead and sent off an icp test and got the results back with a dkh of 9.1. All that being said , I think the calibration fluid is garbage ( well at least the couple bottles I got ). Not sure what do now because whenever you notify Neptune of this problem they blame the “3rd party test kits “ anyone else experience this ?
I just live with it - probably going to get an alkatronic next and hope for better resultsThis is happing right now to me my Hanna says 9.3 trident says 7.4 what did you do? I know I’m alittle late to the party
That sucks I’ve had 3 different test all be in a acceptable range of like 9.3-9.5 and trident is in the 7s and there saying that’s prolly what my tank water is? Are you at least able to see consistency?I just live with it - probably going to get an alkatronic next and hope for better results
Yeah it’s consistent - but it’s still wrong , in my opinion. Maybe the icp and multiple hanna tests I did were wrong , but I doubt it. My other readings are also way off - my calcium has always been 100 points higher than the icp tests I send out and my magnesium is all over the place. After using the product for more than a year, I really don’t have any confidence in it. At this point I keep it running in case there is something catastrophic- like 13 dkh or somethingThat sucks I’ve had 3 different test all be in a acceptable range of like 9.3-9.5 and trident is in the 7s and there saying that’s prolly what my tank water is? Are you at least able to see consistency?
I recently replaced all three regains and did the calibration.Oh I thought it was supposed to be calibrated after replacing all 3 reagents. My trident out of the box was really far off on cal/mag before calibrating it. When I change reagents I will see if my readings still look correct.
Now that I’ve had a year to get used to the trident I have started just calibrating with my tank water. After changing out all 3 reagents I will measure my tank water with several manual test kits multiple times each, average out the results and use those to calibrate it.I recently replaced all three regains and did the calibration.
Ca+ dropped from 450 to 400. then i did a test with API (its what i had and it was 400.
DkH as only 0.1 difference after cal but i checked it anyway and it was pretty much right on.
I will check periodically now just to see if it falls off.
Did not think to run a test on the cal solution at the time.
I have read the cal solution from Neptune sucks and there are better ones out there.
I usually cal the pH probe once a month and have a back up pinpoint that runs about 0.2 different despite both being calibrated at the same time with the same solution….
First thing I do with a new package of reagents... throw out the calibration fluid, run my own tests and calibrate the unit and new reagents to that.How many of you after calibration of the Trident check to make sure the calibration is accurate. You can run a test using the calibration fluid as the water sample to be tested. You have to run a test but my corals are worth it .
That’s a good way to do it also. just need to have good test kits.Now that I’ve had a year to get used to the trident I have started just calibrating with my tank water. After changing out all 3 reagents I will measure my tank water with several manual test kits multiple times each, average out the results and use those to calibrate it.
I also pay attention if my 2 part dosing solutions are being used at about the same rate, if they’re not I’ll confirm the tridents reading with manual tests and recalibrate if necessary.
That seems odd that the next text after Cal dropped 2 DkHMy trident is saying 7.3 my Hanna is saying 9.3 my lfs tested with api and got 10.
i calabrated the trident to tank water at 9.3 and next test is back to 7.3.
talked to Neptune and they said trident is better than all! Not sure what to do? Any ideals
ICP does not measure alkalinity.Yeah it’s consistent - but it’s still wrong , in my opinion. Maybe the icp and multiple hanna tests I did were wrong , but I doubt it. My other readings are also way off - my calcium has always been 100 points higher than the icp tests I send out and my magnesium is all over the place. After using the product for more than a year, I really don’t have any confidence in it. At this point I keep it running in case there is something catastrophic- like 13 dkh or something