Who is using the Hanna Marine Monitor?

[Peace River]

The @Hanna Instruments Marine Monitor has now been out for a little while and I'm curious to know who has one. If you do, do you have it on your tank, your water mixing station, or in another way? Yes, I know it doesn't have WIFI and I think that would make it better. I know that several people have comment on the price which they think is too high. With eyes wide open, I still want to add it to my saltwater mixing station.

One question that I am curious about -- for anyone that has added the Hanna Marine Monitor to your water mixing station, how did you mount it?

 

[Derrick0580]

My lfs has one set up on a display tank and they hate it. Strays out of wack all the time.

 

[Peace River]

Interesting. What is out of whack? Salinity, pH, temperature, or all of the above?

 

[Doogs]

Too tired to read properly….

 

[vetteguy53081]

The @Hanna Instruments Marine Monitor has now been out for a little while and I'm curious to know who has one. If you do, do you have it on your tank, your water mixing station, or in another way? Yes, I know it doesn't have WIFI and I think that would make it better. I know that several people have comment on the price which they think is too high. With eyes wide open, I still want to add it to my saltwater mixing station.

One question that I am curious about -- for anyone that has added the Hanna Marine Monitor to your water mixing station, how did you mount it?

I looked at this and was told the numbers change as to non-consistent and I ended up getting the marine master kit instead mainly with PH

 

[razorskiss]

I do and Love it. So much more organized, quick to do tests and the unit tells you each step opposed to using cards and logs all results digitally up to ten tanks. Much nicer vials also for tests

I think they're talking about a different product:

Marine Monitor pH, Marine Salinity, and Temperature continuous monitor for saltwater aquariums - HI981520-01

HI981520 Marine Monitor continuously monitors pH, Marine Salinity, and Temperature in saltwater aquariums and displays results on a large LCD.

www.hannainst.com

This one seems to do continuous temp / pH / salinity monitoring

 

[vetteguy53081]

I think they're talking about a different product:

Marine Monitor pH, Marine Salinity, and Temperature continuous monitor for saltwater aquariums - HI981520-01

HI981520 Marine Monitor continuously monitors pH, Marine Salinity, and Temperature in saltwater aquariums and displays results on a large LCD.

www.hannainst.com

This one seems to do continuous temp / pH / salinity monitoring

Yes and im going back and modify reply

 

[Peace River]

I think they're talking about a different product:

Marine Monitor pH, Marine Salinity, and Temperature continuous monitor for saltwater aquariums - HI981520-01

HI981520 Marine Monitor continuously monitors pH, Marine Salinity, and Temperature in saltwater aquariums and displays results on a large LCD.

www.hannainst.com

This one seems to do continuous temp / pH / salinity monitoring

Yes, it is the continuous salinity monitoring for my water mixing station that I am focused on. From all of the research that I have done and all of the experts that I have talked to throughout the industry, my current perception is that the Hanna salinity monitor is the best continuous salinity monitor available at this time.

 

[Derrick0580]

Interesting. What is out of whack? Salinity, pH, temperature, or all of the above?

Honestly I don’t remember. Just happened to see it mounted on the wall and asked and the manager said it was junk. Said within a week of calibrating all the readings were off.

 

[Rubymoon286]

I have one on my 100g system and it's been pretty accurate for me against other tests, but I do calibrate it monthly as recommended. The temp sensor on it is usually about half a degree to a full degree lower than my Helios. It can be a little tricky to learn to calibrate initially - I had to follow a video the first time and felt a little dumb after since it isn't actually difficult. You just have to know which buttons to progress the calibration.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

I would imagine you would have to use the @Vivid Creative Aquatics salinity kit to stabilize the salinity probe just like you would in an APEX

 

[Peace River]

Bumping this thread to see if anyone has used this with their saltwater mixing station (especially a polyethylene container) and how they mounted it? TIA

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Bumping this thread to see if anyone has used this with their saltwater mixing station (especially a polyethylene container) and how they mounted it? TIA

Are you curious on mounting the probes or the whole unit?
For the probes I think this would work

Universal Probe & Water Line Holder (2 Probes, 2 AWC Lines)

A universal, versatile & stylish solution for securely organizing controller probes and water lines Accommodates probes (including temp) from Apex, Hydros, GHL, Milwaukee, Pinpoint, BRS, & Inkbird Also ideal for Auto Top Off (ATO) and Auto Water Change (AWC) lines Double layered &...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

 

[Peace River]

Are you curious on mounting the probes or the whole unit?
For the probes I think this would work

Universal Probe & Water Line Holder (2 Probes, 2 AWC Lines)

A universal, versatile & stylish solution for securely organizing controller probes and water lines Accommodates probes (including temp) from Apex, Hydros, GHL, Milwaukee, Pinpoint, BRS, & Inkbird Also ideal for Auto Top Off (ATO) and Auto Water Change (AWC) lines Double layered &...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

The unit will mount to the wall. My main question is about how to mount the probes inside a 65 g round polyethylene tank. I’m assuming I don’t want to let them just dangle in the water.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

The unit will mount to the wall. My main question is about how to mount the probes inside a 65 g round polyethylene tank. I’m assuming I don’t want to let them just dangle in the water.

I have that probe holder, it is pretty strong. The specs say up to a 1/2 inch glass

 

[Peace River]

Thanks for the tip. I ordered the slide-loc probe holder so we'll see how it goes!

 

[JCas06]

Salinity drifts constantly and seems to be getting worse. You can sometimes swish the probe around and it will go back to normal but what I’m seeing is that is no longer working and I am calibrating constantly. Just calibrated last night and again this morning. And I don’t think you can replace the salinity probe I could be wrong though.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Salinity drifts constantly and seems to be getting worse. You can sometimes swish the probe around and it will go back to normal but what I’m seeing is that is no longer working and I am calibrating constantly. Just calibrated last night and again this morning. And I don’t think you can replace the salinity probe I could be wrong though.

If your probe is not in a high flow area you might need to create one. I use the @Vivid Creative Aquatics Salinity probe kit for my Apex and it my hair is now growing back after pulling it all out. The probes for the Hannah look about the same size and others so I am sure it will work.

Salinity Probe Stability Kit (SPS)

Monitoring salinity in an aquarium can be a challenge-- small bubbles and debris can interfere with your conductivity probe, leading to inconsistent and unreliable results.Vivid Creative Aquatics has tackled this problem head on with their Salinity Probe Stability Kit. The "SPS" Kit is carefully...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

Can anyone provide the outer diameter of the probe being used on the Hanna kit? if so I can tell you if it will work the our Salinity Probe Stability Kit (SPS-Kit)

It need to have a snug fit over the probe, so it needs to be around +/-12mm O.D.

 

[Peace River]

Can anyone provide the outer diameter of the probe being used on the Hanna kit? if so I can tell you if it will work the our Salinity Probe Stability Kit (SPS-Kit)

It need to have a snug fit over the probe, so it needs to be around +/-12mm O.D.

The product manual lists the salinity/temp probe OD at 12.5 mm.