Equipment Bye Bye trident !!

[Aggi]

I had enough with this trident BS. I had to deal with years of calibrations for what so a week or 2 later have to do it again .. I always supported innovated aquarium products specially the Apex brand and not to make myself look special but people that know me personally know I have EVERY product from Apex Neptune . I had to deal with the EB832 power bar issues (which I have 5 barely working and 4 sitting on my shelf broken ) and also had the Trident to deal with .. I bought updated kits or whatever you call it to service it and I followed every instruction by the book (video) and still had either “no water” or water but no reagent going into the cuvette for testing.. I can only have so much patients and trust me I do have patients … today I trashed the Trident because I am fed up with opening and closing it to check what is wrong with it … sorry for the inconvenience to others . I know this is not the case for everyone .. please keep enjoying your reefing .. let’s see what happens down the line with my Apex products … all please stay well and safe …


Note : this is only my personal opinion and it does not reflect any Apex product out there or the company view ..

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[Timfish]

Well, you've certainly demonstrated far more patience than I would have! I really like the idea of monitoring equipment and believe "in principle" the various controllers can help aquarists keep thier system running and protect against the vagarities of everyday life. As I see these systems typically used though, they only add more levels of complexity and increased risk of catastrophic failure if not monitored closely themselves. I have systems decades old not because I have fancy controllers but because of redundancy in the design so there can be multiple failures with the equipment and the system will still be ok.

 

[Geraud]

The build quality isn't that great, and they should have protected the electronics better from splashes (back-pressure in the lines due to them getting clogged = woops).

But I am sure someone would have gladly taken it off your hands for parts (for the solenoids for instance: I replaced one of mine)