Why isn't there more buzz about Reef Bot?

petestewardson · Oct 2, 2018

I love the idea of the reefbot. Will watch closly as I doubt it will be stocked in the UK, so probably no way to get any experience other than by reading the forums elsewhere.

Cabinetman · Oct 2, 2018

This is the first I’ve heard of this rig. I’m definetly interested.

TheHarold · Oct 2, 2018

There’s little excitement becuse in 2014 it was also going to be released “late this year” lol.

reefwiser · Oct 2, 2018

All testing equipment takes time to go from prototype to something you can actually buy. It is very important to get testing right.

dantimdad · Oct 2, 2018

As my dad would say "It may be too much sugar for a dime" In other words, will it really deliver long term?

I dunno but, it would be great if it could. I hate testing.

As far as price is concerned, I would argue that, if this works long term, it's more worth it to ongoing health than the price of controllers are.

scott11106 · Jan 17, 2019

ok, i just saw this post but is this product out yet? i see it is a sponsor on this forum...
and still why is it not blowing up the reefing community if it is out and working?

Daniel@R2R · Jan 17, 2019

scott11106 said:
ok, i just saw this post but is this product out yet? i see it is a sponsor on this forum...
and still why is it not blowing up the reefing community if it is out and working?

Hasn't been released yet, but I'm excited about it!

Thingsibuild · Jan 17, 2019

It would need a great return policy.

Zaireguy · Feb 14, 2019

Arons aquarium has a pic of one under his tank on reefkentics fb page

CuseReefer · Feb 26, 2019

I just ordered one. I’ll post my review and exp as I play with it. I’m an engineer so this will be fun

Zaireguy · Feb 26, 2019

Cant wait for the reviews

cmw · Feb 26, 2019

I also bought one. I too am what you would call an engineer

I will post my feedback on how it goes with my ~800g reef

Zaireguy · Feb 26, 2019

Where did you get them from are you in the us?

rushbattle · Feb 26, 2019

Zaireguy said:
Where did you get them from are you in the us?

reefkinetics.com

Mine shows up Thursday.

Zaireguy · Feb 27, 2019

Thank you

JAMSOURY · Mar 1, 2019

For nitrate, I like api, I like it. I haven’t tried phosphate, anyone like phosphate tests with api?

rushbattle · Mar 1, 2019

sillygoat said:
For nitrate, I like api, I like it. I haven’t tried phosphate, anyone like phosphate tests with api?

API NO3 is fine if you run 5-10-20ppm NO3. Any lower than 5ppm and it reads 0ppm. There is a big difference between 4ppm and absolute zero NO3!

Phosphate is the same. If you run above 0.25ppm then it's fine. I don't, and it reads 0. Worthless for less than 0.25ppm PO4. I am right around 0.18ppm PO4 per Hanna ULR, which again is a far cry from 0ppm!

SR Reefing · Mar 1, 2019

I got one too, didn't have time to try it yet. Well, didn't even unpack yet..maybe I will update you guys in a week or so.

cmw · Mar 3, 2019

So I got my reefbot all setup and ran a few tests then it stopped working. Their support wiki isn’t great but it does mention you can get a corrupted SD card. So I opened up the back to reflash the SD and as soon as the back comes off I can smell it (burned electrical components). It looks like one of the tantalum capacitor exploded. They are basically fuel + an oxidizer in one package! I never use them for that exact reason. I’m lucky this didn’t start a fire honestly. You can see the charring on the bottom connector. I know this is supposed to be for early adopters but this is pretty scary. It was only running for a few days

And yes the main processor is a raspberry pi

SR Reefing · Mar 3, 2019

cmw said:
So I got my reefbot all setup and ran a few tests then it stopped working. Their support wiki isn’t great but it does mention you can get a corrupted SD card. So I opened up the back to reflash the SD and as soon as the back comes off I can smell it (burned electrical components). It looks like one of the tantalum capacitor exploded. They are basically fuel + an oxidizer in one package! I never use them for that exact reason. I’m lucky this didn’t start a fire honestly. You can see the charring on the bottom connector. I know this is supposed to be for early adopters but this is pretty scary. It was only running for a few days

And yes the main processor is a raspberry pi

Thanks for posing. So, do you think this might happen to everyone because of the material choice , or it's just a bad product that you received? Kind of dangerous.