Who's doing the Triton method? Let's hear about it.

[Flameback Pair]

I like the part about no water changes and then there's the part that no test kits are needed too. Okay then, what's the down side?

 

[trevormass7]

What is it? I've never heard of it

 

[rinckemd]

I run it, and I’ll never go back to the days before ICP testing. I still test alk, nitrate, and phosphate regularly. The downside would be the cost of course. I use 65ml per day of core7. About 2L per month, so $100. Then maybe send off a $50 water test. After that you end up buying their various elements to dose, maybe another $50. I don’t do water changes, so I don’t need to buy salt. I just keep a mixed container around in case of emergencies.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Triton is not needed for no WC and extensive test system.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Triton is not needed for no WC and extensive test system.

Take back my post. My bad after re-read the title. Sorry OP. Happy reefing!

 

[Flameback Pair]

I run it, and I’ll never go back to the days before ICP testing. I still test alk, nitrate, and phosphate regularly. The downside would be the cost of course. I use 65ml per day of core7. About 2L per month, so $100. Then maybe send off a $50 water test. After that you end up buying their various elements to dose, maybe another $50. I don’t do water changes, so I don’t need to buy salt. I just keep a mixed container around in case of emergencies.

So about how much do you spend a month just on Triton stuff? Be honest here because I don't think I can afford it.

 

[TX_Punisher]

I was thinking of trying it. Some of the science makes sense (% of dilution per given water change for example). However, buying salt in bulk and on sale helps bring water change costs down.

Still may try this method out in the future.

 

[Grey Guy]

Sounds like you are just paying someone else to tell you how to care for your tank. I'd have the pros come in every month if I could afford it.

 

[AcanthurusRex]

Sounds like you are just paying someone else to tell you how to care for your tank. I'd have the pros come in every month if I could afford it.

You are paying for a lab test. Otherwise it's simply a balling system using a large refugium.

 

[madweazl]

I run it, and I’ll never go back to the days before ICP testing. I still test alk, nitrate, and phosphate regularly. The downside would be the cost of course. I use 65ml per day of core7. About 2L per month, so $100. Then maybe send off a $50 water test. After that you end up buying their various elements to dose, maybe another $50. I don’t do water changes, so I don’t need to buy salt. I just keep a mixed container around in case of emergencies.

Cost is the single biggest deterring factor prevent me from giving this a shot right now.

 

[Flameback Pair]

You are paying for a lab test. Otherwise it's simply a balling system using a large refugium.

I am in the process of putting together an expensive water change system with large industrial size containers and Apex DOS's. If I went with Triton I would be spending on fuge setup and tests instead. I wonder what the cost analysis would be looking at the all the test kits we accumulate and seldom use (non Triton) versus sending in an expensive water sample with multiple test results that are not all useful (Triton.)