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11-29-2007, 07:08 PM
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 what is everyones feelings on digital monitors The ones that tell you the PH, salinity, etc. Thoughts please?
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11-29-2007, 07:25 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors i actually dont like the digital readouts because 1. there kinda on the expensive side 2. ive already spent thousands on my tank but i will admit that they are very convienant in that they read everything out in an easy to read display...i dunno i guess im kinda 50/50 on it
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11-29-2007, 07:29 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors Well, what if money wasnt an issue.
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11-29-2007, 07:33 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors I was thinking of getting the calcium monitor by am until I read the reviews at marine depot.
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11-29-2007, 07:42 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors money wasnt an issue yea id def get one
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11-29-2007, 08:05 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors i got a ph one and i like it its really easy it take longer to take it out than it does to measure your ph other than that my temp is digi just cause i took it from my friends haha but thats convienent to... if you want to spend the money there nice but i dont think theres an advantage |
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11-29-2007, 08:50 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors Well, lets take the PH for example. Dont you just keep it in the tnak all the time and then when you want to check the PH all you do is read it? I thought thats how it worked....similar to the temp.
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11-29-2007, 10:17 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors no its in a little case and u just pull it out and turn it on and stick it in the water and thats it! |
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11-29-2007, 10:45 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors oh, well thats easy enough!
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11-30-2007, 06:14 AM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors Pinpoint ph monitor as well as aquacontoller and reefkeeper probes stay in the tank and give a constant read out. Just clean the probe weekly and calibrate the monitor monthly.
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11-30-2007, 06:37 AM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors I want one of those wireless temp devices that read 4 or 5 tanks at once and can sit on my desk.Or the reefkeeper device that will readout on my laptop. |
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11-30-2007, 11:25 AM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors Yeah, I was about to get one so I can have one in my frag tank and my reef tank. that would be really neat.
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11-30-2007, 12:00 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors I like my pH meter and ORP meter/controller. They stay accurate without having to dink around with cleaning and recalibrating them all the time. I've heard many people say that calcium probes need constant cleaning and calibrating to remain accurate and that they aren't worth the hassle.
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11-30-2007, 12:07 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors My ph probe is the same way. You are supposed to clean weekly and calbrate monthly but, I clean every other month or so and it hasn't neaded calibration. When I do clean it I stick it in one of the cal. solutions just to check the reading. It's been dead on everytime. I use the RK2.
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11-30-2007, 12:35 PM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors I was thinking how I would like to get a monitor for all the major things you need to check for. PH, SG, CA, etc. This wont be happening for a while because they are pretty expensive.
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12-01-2007, 04:36 AM
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| Re: what is everyones feelings on digital monitors Being late to the game on this discussion, I'm wondering if there's a comparison of all the ones out there for quality, ease of use, price, flexibility, etc? The constant readout, avoidance of test kits in the house, ability to log all this in a database on my pc, etc all make me think this is worth the money (which admittedly is not cheap), but it's one more piece of automation. Especially if there were "alarms" built in to warn if you're trending towards trouble, etc..... Last edited by Mattfish; 12-01-2007 at 04:45 AM. |
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