I’ve been following along with regards to the Trident. My concern there is the lack of flexibility in testing. Isn’t it a predetermined testing interval that you can’t alter? How do you like the unit thus far?
Good approach. More than anything, I want to be made aware of something pukes and my livestock is at risk. I have a ton of coral that wasn’t cheap. An Apex seems like a proven notification system. I’d also like to automate some things like water changes with the DOS.
It does have predetermined testing, the least amount of testing is 4 Alk and 2 Cal and Mag daily. At first I was also wondering do I really need that many. Now I have mine up to 6 test daily and having several test daily has opened my eyes greatly. I thought I knew how my tank used supplements throughout the day, man was I wrong. If you plan on adding a Dos and use the controlled dosing then the more test you do the tighter the parameters will be as it can adjust the dosage quicker. I figured with 6 test daily it doesn’t drain the reagents over night and I can still get tight enough parameters. So far I absolutely love the trident, I can start to see patterns in usage, now I can see the relationship in lighting, par, and how it’s effects on parameters. A friend of mine also just hooked up a trident and he is geeking out over it also, lol!
