Help with trident

AnacapaReefs · Dec 23, 2019

I’m an idiot.
I am leaving for a week and in the haste to get out the door at 3 am I did not think to check the tank. Turns out I have 5% (6 tests) remaining of Reagent A (Alk). I have it doing 4 tests a day. What can I do, if anything, to ensure that my trident does not have anything happen to it/go wrong.

Gareth elliott · Dec 23, 2019

Ok admittedly do not have an apex, but can you switch the trident off remotely and have your dose simply based on tank historic dosing data?
Its a week, unless your tank is exposed to gamma radiation while your away, shouldnt suddenly use gigantic increases in alkalinity then before you left.

SuncrestReef · Dec 23, 2019

If you’ll have access to Fusion while you’re away, you could switch it to manual mode, then just run the recommended minimum of one test per day. This would stretch it out to 6 days.

The key is to not let the lines go dry. Worst case, you could let it run as normal, then after the reagent is empty you could run the Shutdown task so it purges the lines, then start it back up with new reagent when you get back home.

AnacapaReefs · Dec 23, 2019

Gareth elliott said:
Ok admittedly do not have an apex, but can you switch the trident off remotely and have your dose simply based on tank historic dosing data?
Its a week, unless your tank is exposed to gamma radiation while your away, shouldnt suddenly use gigantic increases in alkalinity then before you left.

Not worried about dosing. I have that dialed in. I’m just worried about possible damage to the unit.

AnacapaReefs · Dec 23, 2019

SuncrestReef said:
If you’ll have access to Fusion while you’re away, you could switch it to manual mode, then just run the recommended minimum of one test per day. This would stretch it out to 6 days.

The key is to not let the lines go dry. Worst case, you could let it run as normal, then after the reagent is empty you could run the Shutdown task so it purges the lines, then start it back up with new reagent when you get back home.

I will switch to manual. Do you suggest doing the test at any particular time?

AnacapaReefs · Dec 23, 2019

AnacapaReefs said:
Not worried about dosing. I have that dialed in. I’m just worried about possible damage to the unit.

I assume that this is all I do?

SuncrestReef · Dec 23, 2019

AnacapaReefs said:
I assume that this is all I do?

Yes, set it to Manual there, and kick off the Combined test from that same menu each day. It doesn’t matter what time, but if you run each test with 24 hours you’ll avoid the “No test in 24 hours” alert.

AnacapaReefs · Dec 23, 2019

SuncrestReef said:
Yes, set it to Manual there, and kick off the Combined test from that same menu each day. It doesn’t matter what time, but if you run each test with 24 hours you’ll avoid the “No test in 24 hours” alert.

Got it. Thank you. What sucks is I just got new reagents. They are sitting next to the trident waiting to be loaded.