SuncrestReef

I keep thinking my tank is too crowded for new frags, but then you go and have another $10 frag sale! Looking forward to it!! 😁

@danlu_gt...Just curious, have you contacted any other popular reviewers? This seems like a pretty sleazy way to do reviews.

This was just brought up today in another thread here on PNWMAS: Daniel's ReeFi lights are an excellent product in my opinion after using them for 3 months now, and I prefer them to the Radion XR30 Pro g4's I replaced. But a "reviewer" is requesting a high fee to publish a video review. Doesn't seem like an unbiased review process to me.

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Yes, if the Trident tests outside the range you specify, it will send you a notification.

Yes, I saw that too. The percentage is absolute, so if your DOS is programmed with a baseline of 100ml per day, and you set the limit to 20%, it will never dose more than 120ml per day. If that guy let his alk get up to 13 dKH without realizing it, he either let it go unchecked for a very long time, or he made some other mistake that he's not divulging. That's why I still check manually every couple weeks, but I've never had any problem. Even though the Trident is still in short supply, there are currently thousands of them in use, so if there was a major design flaw you would see more than one or two people on Facebook ranting about it.

The one thing that's nice about Neptune's approach to Trident Controlled Dosing is that it's up to you to decide the baseline dosing amount, then choose a percentage above or below that amount that the Trident is allow to adjust. Prior to owning the Trident, I had my DOS programmed based on my daily manual test results. Now the Trident is testing for me, but I don't allow it to increase or decrease by more than 20% of my manual dosing amounts. If the Trident makes an incorrect measurement, it can't adjust the dosing enough to kill anything. If a test result is way out of line, the Trident will revert back to my manual baseline dosing amounts. Even though it's automated, I still do occasional QA checks to be safe. After 6 months of use, it's still producing accurate measurements. Obviously anything can fail, but so far the Trident has a pretty good track record.

I'm also curious and optimistic about Hydros, but I wish they would provide more information about the UI and programming features. I've reached out to them but it sounds like we all just need to wait to see what the final product will offer. I doubt Neptune will interface with the Hydros rope leak detectors, but hopefully they will come out with their own version of it eventually. It does seem like Neptune is at least going to be forced to innovate at a quicker pace with the newcomers in the market encroaching on their market dominance.

I sometimes wish I was more of a DIY-type. I've looked into Reef-Pi for a long time and I think it's really cool. But while I have over 30 years of IT experience, I just don't have the time or patience to devote to troubleshooting and relying on peer-to-peer support for something that's going to keep my reef alive. Same reason I buy only name-brand components with dedicated support departments. But wow, just think of how much money you can save if you do have the passion and patience to do it yourself!

I've been using the Trident for testing and controlling my 2-part dosing for about 6 months now. It's been running flawlessly and keeps my alk within about 0.10 dKH of my target. If you haven't seen it, I maintained a detailed write up about my Trident experience here: I'm pretty in tune with Neptune and keep up with all their product announcements and rumors, but haven't heard anything about any upcoming new product releases. I doubt there will be a new model any time soon. Let me know if you have any questions about the Trident, DOS, or Apex in general.

I agree with Bill. Many reefers are very sensitive to pricing, so I'd worry you might limit any potential new sales by needing to raise the price to pay for a "review". I keep plugging your lights whenever I can, and I'm sure you have other customers who are spreading the word.

My wife went shopping at some little boutique store in NW Portland and came home with this nice hand towel embroidered with an acropora colony. That was very nice of her. 😊

Do you use an Apex? If so, it can be programmed to selectively turn off high-powered devices during a power failure to preserve battery life.

Sorry, I didn’t see your comment that it’s not your house, so my Generac recommendation probably isn’t appropriate.

I replied in my other thread, but for those who missed it, I can’t say enough good things about my whole-house Generac 22kW generator fueled by natural gas, installed by Bryant Power Services. https://bryantpowerservices.com/

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To be fair to other vendors, I moved this to the CNC vendor forum. For future reference, please don't post vendor ads in the General forum.

My ReeFi’s don’t spill light at all. Perfect illumination for my Reefer XL 425.

Thanks for finding that! Yes, I updated a bunch of settings under my account too.

After enabling the "Notify me of replies" option, I'm getting messages in my personal email account about the reply, but the bell icon at the top of the PNWMAS site is not triggered.

Yes, I just got notified when you quoted me. Not 100% sure there's any problem. Perhaps it has to do with the "Notify me of replies" option below: I've never used that before, so I'm turning it on now to see what happens when others post, but without quoting me.

Ha! I already tagged them 2 posts above yours. The big question is whether they'll be notified we tagged them since we suspect notifications aren't working?

I saw Holly say she didn’t get notifications in her Free Palys thread as well. Maybe @TheClark or @Chief should take a look?

Darn, too late...I already planned to give you some GSP and pulsing xenia for Xmas! 🤣