Bulk Reef Supply and Tropic Marine got together and now sell everything that's needed, along with the recipe, for making our own batches of All For Reef at a much lower cost.

@@acanskywalker5631 Yes! I saw that... in my case it's one of the few things in reefing that is better for me here in the EU - I can get the powder really cheap. When I first started I had the liquid and then could only get the Carbo-Calcium powder - I was using the Brightwell Kalk+2 (which has mag) so I added the Replenish for the trace. There are some really good options to use with the Carbo-Calcium powder ;)

i agree, it is a very neat feature. I first saw this on a focustronic's alkatronic machine while back and was wondering why hasn't all the auto testing unit incorporate this in their systems yet as I saw it as such an important feature. I'm glad that GHL did. Redundancy is the name of the game as well as accuracy and consistency when it comes to these things in my personal opinion.

@@Reefscom i have a trident and once in a while it tests alk...then cal/mag and then alk again....so I wonder if it's also a neptune feature ....I'm only a few months into owning the apex/trident so I really don't know but I have seen it double test alk whether by default or just a failed test I am unsure

@@Sammy31Dee i'm not 100%sure but I think they also built that into the system via fw update. Maybe they had it from the launch and I didn't notice it.

That retest feature needs to come to the KHD

@@kylesreef2989 I'm sure it will. Now that they are going to roll it out with ion director. It should be just simple fw update.

I hear you. They can certainly add up. I was given the impression that it's very conservative number just like how our pH probes are supposed to only last for a year but we keep it for quiet longer then that. We will see once it's released.

Thanks for watching the video! Just a heads up, the minimum life span of the sensor is 6 months. :) Maybe it lasts 6 months, maybe a year, maybe longer. It ultimately comes down to the quality of your water. The higher the organic waste, the more wear it puts on the sensor. Either way, users will have the auto-diagnosis feature telling them when it's time to replace the sensor which takes the guess work out of replacement intervals. In terms of cost, it all comes down to how much you value the convenience of automated testing and automated dosage adjustments. Sure, you can do manual tests at a lower cost, but what if you forget to test? What if you are short on time? What if you forget to log your results and don't know what your last result was or you forget to adjust your own dosages? The IOND takes the weight off your shoulders for 5 parameters. That in itself has a value that only the hobbyist can determine if its worth it to them or not.

Yessir. I have been running them back into my tank for few months without any ill effects.

I have been grilling them for this 😆. They said it's on the road map so hopefully sooner then later it will be here!

@@Reefscom i saw it on the video 😄. Keep drilling!!! Love all your content

@@vascojardim6703 thank you and will do!

Yeah I think PO4 is in such low amounts (compared to Nitrate for example) that it must be hard to get accurate results. But I think NO3:PO4 ratio is now likely the 5th most important parameter>? (Temp, Salinity, pH, Alk...) So that is something cool they should do... show it as a ratio - like NO3 is 10 and a PO4 ratio range like 80 - 110:1 - I think that is the sort of thing that reefers will use... like I'd like to keep NO3 < 20 and the ratio > 100. If GHL gave 3 ranges on the ratio (red >50, orange 50-100 and green >100) I think that would be a game changer for reefers - I am getting these numbers from Mike Paletta who said the best SPS reefers typically have a ratio of over 100 and they had issues under 50.

This is really a message to GHL to not let Perfect delay something that would be good enough. GHL can then educate reefers on the importance of the ratio and then, down the track, improve accuracy ;)