Trident Unboxing, Setup and First Impressions 

No - the minimum you can do is 4 alk tests and 2 ca/mag tests per day.

Thanks Neptune; glad to see the progress on leaky reagents. looking forward to seeing the reagents at LFS in Canada - that would be great. Its been less than a week and I am really enjoying the data pouring out of the trident. its opening up a portal to your tank that you just don't get by testing once weekly

Have been waiting for 2 months for my local store to have the trident in stock, they say they have no price or know when this will be available I am in Spain

Ive found it necessary to calibrate the trident every time I open a new box of reagent. I think you'll be suprised at the difference after you calibrate. This fluctuation has really made me see the necessity in sending it back to Neptune Systems for an "update" after a year or two. Congrats on your Trident. I got mine at midnight on the first release. I was number 86 LOL

Merci, j achèteras pas ça au prix du reagent

hakan ozdemir thanks Hakan

and when the reagents stop being 'leaky' :) .... thanks for the feedback!

thanks KC... will have to read up more on the topic!

thanks Guy

Rob McGrath yep... I wonder ?

very interesting. that is actually not mentioned in the installation video from neptune; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4OOfuXuBt5Y.html they actually place the unit on the floor of the cabinet beside the sump. the do warn here that the sample intake line shouldn't be 2 feet above the trident ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FAIbhaEsGpI.html ; but yes, safer if trident is above sample line. i will look into getting a cabinet or a table that i can place it on.

Thanks for the reply... I read that above the water level thing in one of th3 big Trident threads over on R2R.

@@SuperLQT will have to check it out

It’s nice to have it not essential

Yeah, thought about the US mailbox ... but it would be just so nice if i can pick up the reagents locally like i do everything else... cheers Charols

yep, you can get the reagents in Canada now! yay!!!

will do! will redo the comparisons after i calibrate the machine

thanks Roger

Jason St. John nope

Byron Waite thanks Byron.

Neptune says: Alkalinity: +/- 0.05 dKH Calcium: +/- 15 ppm Magnesium: +/- 15 ppm the margin of error is pretty small on the alk side

That’s very precise if true, because five percent is a lot, sometimes a half dkh.

And I thought you were Dutch!

yep - in theory, better than Hanna Alk if these numbers are true

hahaha, its funny, many people think i am from the EU [i get french a lot]

Mohamed Alnuaimi this machine only tests the water, you still have to add alk, calcium and magnesium depending on your tank’s consumption

Further to the other reply, you can set your doser that is connected to the apex to automatically dose on the figures you define from the trident, so it makes it seemless

If there is a new single unit they would test Alk, ca, nitrates and phosphates, that would be certainly worth the wait. Trident has some pros and cons, but I am still Happy with its performance

@@TheBioReef it is good to know! How about head device, do they planning to update it as well? Thank you!

@@vladimirr7653 not sure. Haven’t heard anything

they mention that this is related to lifespan of their reagents; there may be some truth to that, but it could just be a ploy to sell more reagents. I think testing a couple of times a day is helpful if you want to inform your daily dosing though, so i don't mind the 4 times a day testing - but then again, i do love my data and charts :)

If test just 4 times a week I would just do it by hand and save my money.

Nope has to test at least 4 times Alk per day

@@TheBioReef Thank you for your response I find that pretty stupid I’d rather have it test once a week as I manually test but let the machine do it

@@jacomee27 I see you point although I find the daily testing to be helpful for automatic dosing of 2 part. I think twice a day would be super.

@@TheBioReef Yea I agree 2 a day would ok however I feel like u should be able to set it for as many times as you want and the fact that they make u do a min of 4 seems like they just want to sell reagent faster

@@jacomee27 yeah... there may be some limitations on how long the reagents can stay fresh for accurate testing. The limits of testing is 4 for Alk and 2 for mg and ca. The 2 month reagent kit is meant to last doe 2 month if you do the min 4 Alk and 2 ca/mg tests. I have trident controlled dosing - one of the biggest incentives for me to get the trident. So I don’t mind the extra testing as in theory that helps enhance my Alk stability. I think the alkatronic or GHL khl director may allow you fewer tests per day / give them a look

about 5 to 6" wide at the front

AmroAzul TV Are you. Still liking the unit ?

no

Thanks Rico! Wow, can’t believe you watch my channel :) ps I met you briefly at the Niagara coral show a few month back... asked for a selfie :)

I watch 👀😜👊👍

Rico's Aquariums sweet :)

will def'n post updates .. with an investment this big, you would hope it would preform well for a couple of years!

@@TheBioReef I'm sure it will be fantastic. I know someone will have issues because Murphy's law. I love that you notice small things with your tank like no will be home and the lower co2 will affect things because of the ph.... I don't think about that

thanks Gabes

After I first set up my reef thank, I used to wonder why the pH in my tank would drastically decrease during the evening of my huge Superbowl and holiday parties.

@@Greego it's a real thing, just tell people no breathing in the house

yeah, its not silent for sure. i think this will be a bother if you are testing often.

To be fair, it really isn’t that bad, especially if you have it setup in a room that You don’t spend a lot of time in. It probably would be significantly negligible if kept in a cabinet. I have mine on top of a cabinet next to my tank and it’s really not bothersome.

Greego it’s something that you can learn to ignore

@@TheBioReef I ignored it right away. It took no learning at all. Haha. I just look it as hearing my investment going to work. Doesn't bother me at all.

Plus it at 1:27 it seems that the cables are just duct taped...

Daniel Mancini no haters here. Just an honest review and sharing my opinions on things that were done well and things that could have been improved

how come ?

@@TheBioReef Well, it didn't come with the Orange Energy Bar.. it comes with a Black 6 Bar and I was told that 6 Bars is for UK version... And the orange one that is 8, is only available in US which is 110v. It totally ruined the look of the set. Secondly, I though triton was a controller, turned out to be just a monitor. And its look like I'll be having issue with reagents supply. Thirdly.. this system of mine is old. Everything was tweak. Skimmer has Float switch to control water level. It also has timer that is offset with feeding... Refugium... reactor, everything has been modified. Phyto system is also adding to constantly cultivate Phyto and inject into the system. Since I share all of my reactors with same return pump, water from reactor are directed into sock filter to collect any escape medias. I added a venturi injector chamber, so that all dosing will go straight into the main tank without overlasp with reactor and go back to skimmer. Energy bar don't really give me what I needed. The reason I get it was because I think it can tells me when something not working... BUT... My hope is ruined as well. My tank is 4 meter long, and all electrical wiring is one side of side that is completely full. Not an inch of space left. So Neptune was installed on the other side, of the tank, as cable of engergy is too short, it cannot reach the other side of tank. I try to USB extension.. it keep shutting off as cable was too long. So I do not have anything plug into engergy bar. Just learned that I wasted $4000+ for not much of anything.

@@austinjt4264 sorry to hear that... can you return it, or perhaps resell it and make up for the losses ?

Is this based on personal experience with a trident Lukasz?

No with kh director😊 I'm using profilux to many things but measuring kh didn't convince me. I understand that kh can be very from morning and afternoon but it makes me thinking constantly what is my kh now. I'm measuring now once every two three days. It takes me 5 min and keep tune with the tank if you know what I mean😊 by the way great channel. Greetings

@@kosiarek84 I am wondering if a large refugium with alternating light cycle will keep the tank more stable at "night" ... Being held to the Trident's 4/D schedule with the reagent price/availability is sortof counterproductive to a tank's low maintenance and stability. If the demand suddenly spikes within that short 2-month window, -the reagent prices will become ludicrous on eBay... I'm probably still gonna get one, though :P

goldslinger Totally agree with you. I enjoy his videos, but that comment was not called for. He might want to speak to Justin Trudeau.

That is an odd way of looking at things; It was Apex’s decision to not supply LFS with reagents, to charge $40 for shipping and to limit each customer to 1 kit; they could have simply distributed the reagents directly to stores just like salifert and Redsea kits do... put it another way, I can get every single testing kit out there in Canada, purchased locally, except for Trident. This is an apex decision, not Canada’s.

Brett'sReef That is an odd way of looking at things; It was Apex’s decision to not supply LFS with reagents, to charge $40 for shipping and to limit each customer to 1 kit; they could have simply distributed the reagents directly to stores just like salifert and Redsea kits do... put it another way, I can get every single testing kit out there in Canada, purchased locally, except for Trident. This is an apex decision, not Canada’s.

@@TheBioReef 2nd class Citizen though, really? Give a company chance, hell they just released it. Don't feel like you are entitled.

look Brett - this is just how I feel. they released a product without thinking of the logistics. I am calling them up on it. When you spend that kind of money on a product, you expect more. Imagine you went and purchased a new Benz only to realize that you can't buy the gas for it locally. would you be happy with that ?

:)