Alkatronic or Gh guardian

[Johnic]

That's nothing. Let's say your total volume is 80gals or 302833 ml's.

That's like .06% roughly...check my math haha

Good point, I just need to make sure I keep an eye on my top off container as it will be used more. It's not that large, maybe 7 gal

 

[FullBoreReefer]

Good point, I just need to make sure I keep an eye on my top off container as it will be used more. It's not that large, maybe 7 gal

That's larger than mine! I use a 5gal bucket on my 225gal system....although it automatically refills when empty. Haha

 

[Johnic]

Can you tell me the exact depth of the alkatronic...my location to place it is tight but i cant wait to get it !!!

 

[Johnic]

Bought a Alkatronic and liking it...very accurate

 

[degregoriis]

I'm a huge fan of my Alkatronic.

All I wanted a piece of equipment that reliably tests my alkalinity and reports the data to the Apex. The Alkatronic does this perfectly.

You can tell the machine is incredibly consistent. When I first got it I ran about 7-8 tests in a row and it measured all of them within 0.1 dkh. It has held it calibration perfectly for over a month now and continues to exactly match the output of my Hanna test kit (you are supposed to recalibrate more every 2 weeks but I'm pushing the envelope and thus far the machine is rock solid). The alkalinity is sent to my Apex via a BNC cable and that works great.

Cons:
- The software is not polished at the level of neptune's software, but it is perfectly workable. I almost never log into the machine, I just monitor the value through my apex, but if you were using their system it quite the best (but it's fine and improving all the time)
- It isn't obnoxiously loud when running, but it is louder than all my other equipment when it is running, which for me is 3 times per day for 10 minutes. Not a problem at all where my tank is, but if your tank is in the family room that might be annoying.

And one final thing concerning the reagent availability, I use my own. I wanted to be able to put the waste back into my aquarium and I was uncomfortable putting an unknown substance back in. I fully respect why they make the reagent a trade secret, but that just wasn't workable for me. So I learned about the titration method the Alkatronic uses and found a substitute reagent that I use for my machine. I don't know if it is the same or different than the official reagent, but all I know is my reagent works great. I'm not going to recommend anybody uses anything but the official products, nor am I going to say what I use, but I will say I use my own reagent and the machine works perfectly well. It is actually one of the reasons I like the machine so well is that it does a really simple process, so it is always going to produce very reliable results and it is very easy to debug when something goes wrong.

is it MURYATIC ACID based ?

 

[Frost3839]

Can anyone explain to me the actual difference between the alkatronic and the kh guardian? CoralVue produces both of them correct? I actually own the KH guardian pro. Bought it a long time back when it first came out. Unfortunately paid that top price for it to. Now it’s so much cheaper. But I never got around to using it before I shut down the tank. Now I’m back into it and looking it up and I’m finding all these other systems out. But I can’t figure out the difference between the two.

 

[bearpeidog]

Can anyone explain to me the actual difference between the alkatronic and the kh guardian? CoralVue produces both of them correct? I actually own the KH guardian pro. Bought it a long time back when it first came out. Unfortunately paid that top price for it to. Now it's so much cheaper. But I never got around to using it before I shut down the tank. Now I'm back into it and looking it up and I'm finding all these other systems out. But I can't figure out the difference between the two.

I think Coralview just sells them - they are two competing products made by different manufacturers. Jonas is the creator of the Alkatronic and Dr Bridge makes the other.

 

[unze]

Just got the KH Guardian, awesome piece of equipment , works great.
link it with my Apex. great price also.

 

[adamsfour]

Only place I see KH guardian on sale is eBay. Is it still available

 

[unze]

Go direct to khg.

 

[unze]

Nice to get kh results.only had it for a week, but looking very good.

 

[coralcruze2020]

tagging along. interested.

 

[coralcruze2020]

I have a question... does the alkatronic dose corrective solutions when low?