'Oxygen' can be one of the first things to go wonky when things go wrong in your tank
I agree, if you see oxygen depleting it might indicate a return pump is offline
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'Oxygen' can be one of the first things to go wonky when things go wrong in your tank
Gotta say I was pretty set on the trident, as I already have lots of apex stuff. What turns me off towards the trident is more wires, and the device itself is pretty bulky along with need for recalibrating or whatever they say it needs down the road, we need to send it back to Neptune.
The mindstream seems simpler, no waste collecting reservoir, attach it in the sump, done. Get the subscription, nothing else needed.
Oxygen, co2, NH4 are useless to me. Ph, K and the big three are awesome for sps fanatics.
If they added NO3 and PO4 like previously mentioned, this would become the best reef gadget to get.
I am less impulsive with reef products after I got my Apex as soon as it launched in 2016 with tons of defects(I love the apex). I will observe and probably get the mindstream when more is known about it ,possible bugs AND how the company FIXES them.
Also want to know how accurate results are among different units out there.
Gotta say I was pretty set on the trident, as I already have lots of apex stuff. What turns me off towards the trident is more wires, and the device itself is pretty bulky along with need for recalibrating or whatever they say it needs down the road, we need to send it back to Neptune.
The mindstream seems simpler, no waste collecting reservoir, attach it in the sump, done. Get the subscription, nothing else needed.
Oxygen, co2, NH4 are useless to me. Ph, K and the big three are awesome for sps fanatics.
If they added NO3 and PO4 like previously mentioned, this would become the best reef gadget to get.
I am less impulsive with reef products after I got my Apex as soon as it launched in 2016 with tons of defects(I love the apex). I will observe and probably get the mindstream when more is known about it ,possible bugs AND how the company FIXES them.
Also want to know how accurate results are among different units out there.
I'm thinking it would be more stable in the main display. With all the dosing going on the sump I think it would tend to go up an down on the measurements.Is there a benefit in having it in the main display? I was planning on putting mine there, but if I can put it in my sump, that’s even better!
If your return pump fails, for example, the sump will still look fine to the monitor, but if it’s on the display it will potentially show decreasing O2, temp, alk, etc.Is there a benefit in having it in the main display? I was planning on putting mine there, but if I can put it in my sump, that’s even better!
If your return pump fails, for example, the sump will still look fine to the monitor, but if it’s on the display it will potentially show decreasing O2, temp, alk, etc.
I'm thinking it would be more stable in the main display. With all the dosing going on the sump I think it would tend to go up an down on the measurements.
It looks pretty big, my sump is almost exactly the measurements of the inside of my stand, so I dont have room to place it except on the front panel.Is there a benefit in having it in the main display? I was planning on putting mine there, but if I can put it in my sump, that’s even better!
I wasn't very clear, I am sorry. What I mean is that if the return pump fails, then the display water will be stagnant, potentially decreasing O2, and increasing CO2, losing temperature, etc. If it is in the sump, the monitor readings would probably not detect it, at least for a while.Would it look okay? Wouldn’t the water still be sitting still and being stagnant if the return pump failed?
It looks pretty big, my sump is almost exactly the measurements of the inside of my stand, so I dont have room to place it except on the front panel.
I read some people place it in the overflow box, which could work for me.
If that didnt work, I would have to place it inside the tank, which isnt t9o bad as it looks pretty cool
As @rushbattle suggests - it might be best to put in the display either way - in case the return pump fails.
I wasn't very clear, I am sorry. What I mean is that if the return pump fails, then the display water will be stagnant, potentially decreasing O2, and increasing CO2, losing temperature, etc. If it is in the sump, the monitor readings would probably not detect it, at least for a while.
Technically, if the return pump fails, O2 would get depleted much faster in the sump especially if it happened during the day with the lights on.
Temp IME is a mixed bag indicator, my tank is rarely too far off from room temp...
Oh. I guess the animals in the dt would take up the oxygen quicker than it would dissipate from the sump. But if I’m thinking correctly, if the dt water isn’t moving, neither is the sump. Am I forgetting about something?
Technically, if the return pump fails, O2 would get depleted much faster in the sump especially if it happened during the day with the lights on.
Temp IME is a mixed bag indicator, my tank is rarely too far off from room temp...
Oh. I guess the animals in the dt would take up the oxygen quicker than it would dissipate from the sump. But if I’m thinking correctly, if the dt water isn’t moving, neither is the sump. Am I forgetting about something?
The skimmer will keep most sump setups near equilibrium if there is not flow to and from the aquarium. Assuming temperature control is down there as well, it will be regulated as well.
For sure the temperature in some houses will keep the temperature of the display near it's set point, and if you have a thriving coral/algae population the O2 will stay up through photosynthesis if the lights are on. In that case the alkalinity will likely be going down pretty quickly so the MM will see that.