Apex trident vs hanna checkers?

[Notsolostfish]

Im new to the hobby, and i have an apex system for my marine x60.2. 36 gallons. Im getting my tank wet by next week. Should i get the hanna checkers? Or waste of money if im going apex trident?

 

[jdpiii3]

I was never big on water testing, had all different test kits over the years very seldom did I do any type of water testing.

Then purchased a few of the Hannah testers did it for a while but they ended up just sitting on the shelf.

I now have the Trident system and really love the simplicity of the water testing.

I even manually test the water more frequently to compare numbers to the automation.

 

[Notsolostfish]

I was never big on water testing, had all different test kits over the years very seldom did I do any type of water testing.

Then purchased a few of the Hannah testers did it for a while but they ended up just sitting on the shelf.

I now have the Trident system and really love the simplicity of the water testing.

I even manually test the water more frequently to compare numbers to the automation.

So the trident only test calcium, alk, and what else? Im new im not the salt game. Haha

 

[ZombieEngineer]

I would just get a salifert alkalinity to occasionally sanity check the trident and make sure the two are in the same ballpark.

 

[Gatorpa]

So the trident only test calcium, alk, and what else? Im new im not the salt game. Haha

Nitrate and Phosphate are a must.

Hannah seem pretty well loved

 

[Notsolostfish]

Nitrate and Phosphate are a must.

Hannah seem pretty well loved

I dont wanna waste my money oj test kits. So i get hanna for nitrate, and phosphate and thats it? Everything else is trident?

 

[jdpiii3]

So the trident only test calcium, alk, and what else? Im new im not the salt game. Haha

Mg - Magnesium

 

[ZombieEngineer]

I dont wanna waste my money oj test kits. So i get hanna for nitrate, and phosphate and thats it? Everything else is trident?

That's what I do. Hanna for HR Nitrate, ULR Phosphate, and copper HR (for QT). Trident for alk, CA, Mg. Old red sea alk to sanity check the trident on occasion.

 

[Gatorpa]

I dont wanna waste my money oj test kits. So i get hanna for nitrate, and phosphate and thats it? Everything else is trident?

That’s what I did.

however some guys will suggest having back ups to verify as some guys have issues with the trident results drifting.

Mind you as I just recently ramped up my game I had a Ca+ and Alk test kit so I decided to verify and they were pretty spot on(as close as I could get with the API test kits

Not something I personally have run into.