Much appreciated!!

i know I am kinda randomly asking but do anyone know of a good site to watch new series online?

@Leandro Gatlin Try flixzone. You can find it by googling =)

@Cade Tate definitely, have been using Flixzone for since april myself :)

@Cade Tate Thank you, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D I really appreciate it !!

Thank you!

Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

Yes you’re right - dosing based off auto testing is a game changer. Hopefully the price point will drop sooner rather than later! Appreciate the call on the no sponsored video, it’s a tough game this KZfaq review business - but my integrity means everything to me :)

Should be possible, they have APIs I believe. I’ve managed to do that with KHG, “hey Siri, test alk”

Thank you 🙏🏻

@@ParkersReef I started my 20 gallon Nano about a week and a half ago. All the parameters with my salt were spot on. Added fritz 900 turbo start and the specified ammonia from fritz fishless fuel. After a week my parameters are crazy. PH= 7.36 Nh3= 0.001 ppm Nh4= 82.28 it was in the 90’s, contacted Fritz and they advised to do a water change. It went down to high 60’s. Someone else advised me to add fish food to feed the bacteria and wait. O2=8.3 Don’t know what I did wrong or how to fix it. Any advice?

Afraid I’ve not had experience with that product, but I would be churning through some water changes for sure

Totally agree mate, if they halved that price I reckon most would add this to their tank

Thanks for watching!

Yeah I hear you, I’m in about the same boat 😅

I believe it is available now (or very soon at least)

Still.think I'd rather a second trident just programmed for those parameters....seems like it'd be an easier adaption for apex....not sure those tests are worth the automation though long term since it's a rare test for me to do nitrate or phosphates tests etc

@@Sammy31Dee I don't think trident is capable of anything other than alk, cal and mag?

@@ParkersReef that is true as I have two of them, one for my main display and one for my frag tank.

@@ParkersReef no not yet but seems like it could very easily adapt to it....Lil update and bam...

Yeah I’m confident the software issues will be resolved - the price tag is the hard part right now 😅

It is certainly still being refined no doubt about that, thankfully the issues I experienced I think are mostly fixable

Ok - because I thought it was a rebadged Reefbot when I saw this - good to know. If I can get my hands on one I am going to get the Xepta otherwise I will get the KH Director - I really only need to Alk as I only test other things once a month or if I think something is a miss. Also I dose a mix of Kalk and All For Reef so I only need one dosing head so it makes the KHDirector good value for me - although the Xepta is much cheaper - with some issues but comes with 3 free dosing heads.

Totally understandable!

This unit itself is 30x25x26, you’d want to allow an extra 4-5cm+ on each side for the hoses to be safe

You bet would love to!

@@ParkersReef how do I reach out to you?

I think you’ve got me on Facebook now, was just tagged on your page :)

Ah no good. I ended up buying one a while later and it’s still running strong

I haven’t tried the alk test actually, but I’d run it past the Focustronic support group on Facebook

Appreciate the quick response mate! I'll have a look into that

No trouble!! I find the group to be incredibly helpful, they’ll sort any issues you’re having out asap

Thanks for watching!

Not sure what these lads are talking about, sounds like a scam 😅😂 But Jestronix - that’s a fair call mate, see how they are received by the public for a few months first 👍🏻

Спасибо за просмотр

Totally different use cases in my option. One is portable and quick and easy to test any water supply. One is huge, plumbed into your tank, takes a full day to get 8 tests - but it can log them, can connect to an additional doser to control them. Different use cases, but you wouldn’t buy both.

Yes great question! I should have clarified this but totally forgot. Yes, I did, this device was spot on. Actually highlighted to me that my mag was low despite my normal kit saying it was good. Cross checked another kit and it matched what the mastertronic was saying :)

@@ParkersReef thanks for the reply . I thought you would have :) will have one of these on my shopping list for my dream tank build .

I’m keen to compare with the ion director when it comes out, but will see what is possible when the time comes :)

@@ParkersReef it is out since months??

Still waiting here in australia, not far off though I believe

Yeah I can review the unit again soon :)

I totally agree! That being said, I didn’t explore if this has an API that you can utilise to do just that

I beg to differ on the phosphate and nitrate testing. It is super interesting to see these parameters consumed after feeding the tank, really helps us learn more than what was possible before. People used to say the same about alkalinity before these automated testers gave us some insight. I feel like you may be justifying the trident there more than anything :p With this device, if you only wanted to test them each once a day - you can. Or if you only want to test one value at midday each day, you can! But in all honesty, the trident is amazing, the mastertronic is amazing and they both have limitations to work with :)

@@ParkersReef I’m not justifying the Trident Sam as I’m waiting for my master tropic to be delivered - what I’m on about is it’s a bit anal and also potentially disastrous reacting to multiple daily swings in a reef tank as like you said you see the changes after feeding etc but it is totally unnecessary information as it happens all the time and is nothing to worry about - in my opinion all you need to do is monitor the big five trends at the same time of day and as Alk and calc consumption are linked you monitor them daily Mag does not swing so bi-weekly or monthly is enough and I think if you monitor phosphate and nitrate more than weekly you will cause yourself more problems than you will solve by overreacting trying to fix a problem that is not there. 🤔

I can't agree phosphate can change very quick daily,all 4 time a day why? If you dosing a good two or one part it barley move ,one times per week is more than enough

It certainly does let you know your reagent volume and even sends push notifications when they should be refilled!

A fair bit more than that, the vial will hold a full bottle of reagent and it gets 80-90% of it out. So I’d say about 35-40 tests?

@@ParkersReef Got the Mastertronic today. Did some tests and the results seem okay, except alkalinity. More than 2 points lower than Hanna (doublechecked with a manual Salifert test, the Hanna is right). Do you have an idea what's causing this?

Oh, magnesium also wáy off. Phosphates/nitrates/calcium looks okay , alk and mag wáy off.

@@ParkersReef Nevermind, did a re-calibration and it's fine now! 🙂

@@Harolddespui ah glad to hear mate!

unfortunately you need a pretty large continuous water change system to keep up.

perhaps give it a restart?

@@ParkersReef I did that, apparently there is something wrong with the sd card. I looked up and a guy on R2R had the same problem, something about the software on it is out of date or something. He went to the focustronic facebook page and Eric walked him though how to flash new software onto the sd card. Right now I have turned the device on and off, repeatedly entered my ssid and password but no matter what I do I still cannot find it under the "Device List" tab. Everytime I click on the "Device List" tab it gives me a blank page. I watched your video and I did not see that you ran into this problem. Hopefully someone at focustronic will be able to get back to me.

Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and comment :)

I think this is the best review so far also. Surly has to be worth Parker keeping the unit for a longer term review 😏

@@joshbrown370 haha wouldn't say no! Unfortunately it was collected today to head back to it's original owner :)

I think they should post you a new one 😎👍

It makes a little noise, nothing over the top. You don’t hear it in a cabinet

I haven’t played with the trident, from memory that needs the apex to work which is a huge turn off for me

@@ParkersReef I hear that. "Ecosystem" approaches are certainly not my cup of tea either. I've heard more consistently positive feedback about the quality and reliability of the Focustronic range in comparison to the Trident anyhow.

Yeah they both have their haters and fan boys! If the trident was stand alone (which I’m fairly sure it is not?) that would be an interesting option. But the reagent supply has me very very cautious...

@@ParkersReef It is not - it requires an Apex. It also is very restrictive in its programming - minimum testing schedule is 4x/day kH, 2x/day Calc & Mag. I, for one, don't need 14 mag tests a week... waste of reagent in my opinion.

I haven't had access to a unit since the video, but which issues in particular? My experience with the Mastertronic was really very good?

@@ParkersReef I am thinking of completely automating the tank. It's very hard to keep up with all the water testing and other stuff with family, kids, dogs, etc. I want to get it to the point where all I have to do is cleaning the glass and I reckon it is doable. I was referring to the issues that you mentioned towards the end of the video. This unit is not cheap so I would not buy it unless they have all the little bugs ironed out. I got a neptune apex and a trident on the way so between that and the mastertronic I reckon all water testing would be well covered. At least I hope so

I’m keen to try one too 😅

I believe it is now :)

Glad you are happy with your Trident :)

The trident is better for sure

@@truereefkeeping6022 Trident is ok, I wouldn't say it is a perfect solution just yet though

@@ParkersReef I completely agree it can definitely be improved upon in many ways like adding a RO line to rinse the vial inside and also being able to test more parameters like the mastertronic can.

Not sure there is room to expand the trident though, would be a separate machine

they're both great and both really scarily similar to each other...

Hahaha absolutely!!

it is yes

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. I will be reviewing a reefbot very soon, so can compare then :)

@@ParkersReef v2 is out now so if you can get that over the v1 would be better for you.

I’ve got a loan of one from a reefer, not sure which version it is yet

Yeah it was too expensive for me, but half of my reefing mates thought it was well priced - so who knows 😅 Usually these things come down in price over time as competitors come out.

Correct. But you’d be surprised what tests can be liquid only

Hahaha yes fair enough 😅

yep I have one now :)

That’s why they have set water line lengths and purge that water out first :)

@@ParkersReef ok so they remove the water in the line for each test then use new water to the vial?

@@ReRe-yl6dq correct. It "purges". Brings water in, rinses the vial, pumps that out, then brings in a new water sample

This holds 12. Does seem very similar to reefbot, but perhaps more refined

@@ParkersReef ah nice, reefbot is like 2 short of what most people would need. Would be nice like you said if it was say in the 1500 price range. As you could buy 2 reefbots and test about 8 different parameters and still be in for less money than one Mastertronic. Most people really would just want the auto testing features as making tweaks to dosing is not hard to do manually.

Yeah this has capability to auto dose or control lights or other things based off it’s results though, but I hear you. I do feel it is overpriced

@@ParkersReef Yeah I think it shouldn't be more than say $1800. The alkatronic and trident are also overpriced. I reckon the KH guardian is a decent buy right now along with the reefbot.

You forgot to mention that you can only test alkalinity 1 time per day which is complete BS from the company. It forces you to buy the alkatronic if you want more than 1 test result each day. You would think that for that price you would have the ability to test more times.

Yeah solid question and one I cannot really answer just yet (for two reasons): We don't know the reagent pricing for the Kamoer yet (or the device pricing really) and the mastertronic essentials is about to drop soon which promises to be a solid improvement

Awesome, see you soon 😅😂

@@ParkersReef I did the flight from Chicago to Sydney once. It’s gonna be a long while before I do that again.

Hahaha yeah that’s a long flight!

there is certainly a lot to like about the reefbot over the Mastertronic, but likewise, a lot to like about the Mastertronic over the reefbot... Tough decision!

Reefbot has only 8 vials, with some tests using 3 of them you can only measure 3 parameters without switching vials. A big pro of the Reefbot however is the vial size. 60ml (optional) vials vs 20ml. Especially for KH measuring 20ml is not much and on top of that the needle goes not fully in, so only 10ml effective...

Oh and the availability of the Reefbot V2 is zero.

This machines claims greater accuracy than what the test kits state as it can be considerably more accurate than we can be by hand. Both by movements and measurements of the syringe and by detecting the colour changes. This is something that varies with human testing greatly. That being said, yes, of course it is limited by the accuracy of the test kits used and at the end of the day - they are a hobby grade test kit that has some variance in manufacturing. The only device that could potentially improve on that at this stage is the GHL ION Director, but we still need to see how that performs in the wild

Yeah I totally understand where you are coming from. I do think it is about double the price it needs to be to sell :/

@@ParkersReef Yeah I think at half the cost I'd be more in love with it, especially when it doesn't use proprietary reagents for testing (at least THEIR proprietary formula). There's another similar one "Reefbot" that also has you use off the shelf reagents, it comes in at $900 US, still really pricey and you are definitely limited by how many slots you can put reagents in, which I think is 8 slots, which won't give you Ca,Alk, Mag, nitrate and phophate.

Yep, I’ll be reviewing one of those soon :)

lots of other, cheaper devices that can do those parameters. This is designed for the parameters you cannot test easily

Yes spot on. As for should we rely on it, no. Should we allow it to assist us, absolutely yes!!!

You can add dosetronic to it though... plus what’s to say you cannot connect to your doser to make adjustments? Gotta think big picture!!