Reefkinetics Reefbot

BrianReefer · Apr 19, 2019

Two Setup Question as I plan to setup my Reefbot over next few days:

1) instructions say it needs to be at same level as tank water. I was going to have it on stand next to tank but at stand height, meaning the intake tube would have to go up 2ft to the main tank water level. Would that work or no?

2) I was hoping to connect drain line to an RO tube I have that goes to basement drain. Instructions say to use the 2m tube only. Would the pump not be able to drain longer even if gravity is helping it along to the basement?

drernesto · Apr 20, 2019

BrianReefer said:
Two Setup Question as I plan to setup my Reefbot over next few days:

1) instructions say it needs to be at same level as tank water. I was going to have it on stand next to tank but at stand height, meaning the intake tube would have to go up 2ft to the main tank water level. Would that work or no?

2) I was hoping to connect drain line to an RO tube I have that goes to basement drain. Instructions say to use the 2m tube only. Would the pump not be able to drain longer even if gravity is helping it along to the basement?

Congratulations on your new ReefBot!

1- you can do it.
2- as long as there’s no need for pressure to push the water. If it’s by gravity you are good.

Cheers

Acro maniac · Apr 20, 2019

Pife said:
They match my manual tests to within the tolerances of the test kits. Yes. I'll post up some graph pictures. I have tested against the same test kit and others. I have several kits of each parameter. You can see my slight adjustment in my calcium reactor too.

Yours is definitely more stable. Mine makes me nervous

I may need to put in a ticket to support.
I also have a hard time getting the graphs on the app to do what I want, zoom, date. It would be good to have an app tutorial of some sort somewhere.

sfin52 · Apr 20, 2019

reefwiser said:
This year is the start of a testing Revolution in the hobby. Here is a device created by a R2R member Drernesto. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/1200-litres-tank.176537/
With this tester you can use what ever liquid test you want to use. Salifert API,Nyos.....

;Drool

drernesto · Apr 20, 2019

Acro maniac said:
Yours is definitely more stable. Mine makes me nervous

I may need to put in a ticket to support.
I also have a hard time getting the graphs on the app to do what I want, zoom, date. It would be good to have an app tutorial of some sort somewhere.

Kindly email us on [email protected]
Your device needs some fine tuning for the test chamber calibration.

Acro maniac · Apr 20, 2019

drernesto said:
Kindly email us on [email protected]
Your device needs some fine tuning for the test chamber calibration.

Email sent thanks

Zaffor · Apr 20, 2019

Brian Drab · Apr 21, 2019

I've been doing a lot of testing one parameter at at time to ensure I find the correct one that I feel is most accurate. I have Alkalinity and Phosphate nailed down and am now working on Calcium. Here are the results if anyone is interested. Listed in the order I did the tests.

Seachem: 395
Hanna: 333 (I don't recommend Hanna for Calcium because of it's large range in accuracy (+-6% of reading). So this could be 313 or 353.
API (Manual): 400
API (ReefBot): 460
Aquaforest Test Pro: 440
NYOS: 400
Red Sea: 400

Any idea when Calcium with Red Sea will be out of Beta? I'm not too happy with the results of API in the bot. Thanks.

High ICP · Apr 21, 2019

That thing is loud

Not buying one until they fix that

Brian Drab · Apr 21, 2019

High ICP said:
That thing is loud

Not buying one until they fix that

It's honestly not that bad. In addition, for many of us the testing is done while we are at work or out and about.

wesman42 · Apr 21, 2019

High ICP said:
That thing is loud

Not buying one until they fix that

I bet you're fun at parties.

puffy127 · Apr 21, 2019

It is pretty loud, that's why I run it after I go to bed.

Zaffor · Apr 22, 2019

High ICP said:
That thing is loud

Not buying one until they fix that

I was also shooting the vid sitting right next to it. The tank water pump is stepper and runs louder than the others.

I run tests at all times and its never really distracting

Brian Drab · Apr 24, 2019

So now I'm focusing on Magnesium. Just thought I would share what my experience has been.

Seachem: 1,250
Giesmann (Bot): 1,395
Giesmann (Manual): 1,245
Red Sea: 1,280
Aquaforest Test Pro: 1,290
NYOS: 1260

Unfortunately the results in the bot are also too high for my liking for this parameter as well. The bot was also calibrated (both test and RO chambers) 3 days ago.

Brian Drab · Apr 24, 2019

How often do you find that you need to recalibrate your bot? I've been checking the calibration weekly and it always appears to be off and I have to recalibrate it.

Just curious if others are seeing the same thing.

rushbattle · Apr 24, 2019

Brian Drab said:
How often do you find that you need to recalibrate your bot? I've been checking the calibration weekly and it always appears to be off and I have to recalibrate it.

Just curious if others are seeing the same thing.

I am seeing numbers bounce more than they should as well. My calibrations have been pretty close but never exactly repeatable. Have you moved/touched/handled your tankwater tubing between calibrations? I wonder if it needs to be exactly fixed without moving at all to be more precise. The RO water calibration is much less important, it just rinses. It won't effect precision of the testing, unless it was inadequately rinsed I guess.

drernesto · Apr 25, 2019

Brian Drab said:
How often do you find that you need to recalibrate your bot? I've been checking the calibration weekly and it always appears to be off and I have to recalibrate it.

Just curious if others are seeing the same thing.

You don’t need to calibrate weekly. Please email Maya on [email protected] to calibrate your bot remotely.
Your device is not well calibrated

Brian Drab · Apr 25, 2019

rushbattle said:
Have you moved/touched/handled your tankwater tubing between calibrations?

Not at all. Even when it comes time to refill my RO and empty the waste containers I use I only disconnect the tube on the waste container and never touch the others.

drernesto said:
You don’t need to calibrate weekly. Please email Maya on [email protected] to calibrate your bot remotely.
Your device is not well calibrated

Will do. But it's odd that it doesn't hold its calibration when we do it manually. Also my Phosphate and Alkalinity are currently dead on so I'm worried when it's calibrated "remotely" that these will then become inaccurate but we'll see. Thanks for the response. And I do understand that support doesn't monitor these forums. I would have eventually reached out to support directly but sometimes the most enlightening information comes from other members that are also using the product.