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anyone used this Calcium Monitor before?

just saw it PA website ... sounds interesting ...

thx,


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I don't have to look at it, but my guess it is an ISE-based gadget?

Well, it won't work well unless you have freshwater....
 
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Give up my eyedroppers and test tubes? Never! I'll die titrating! 8)

Actually that would be cool - is it true 7E they don't work for SW?
 
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ISE do work for SW, just need to remove all the magnesium, strontium, and other ions that messes the electrode and give you a wacky reading....

Whoever come up the the next generation of ISE (currently the "S" stands for selective. Reefer want it to be "Specific") should get a Nobel Prize.
 

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I would definitely get one if it works as I cannot do my own calcium testing because I am colour blind.
 
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wstellwagen":1zauclrr said:
Pinpoint sent Randy H farley one to test he will publish results on line


Walt
yep, that's what i have already read somewhere else :wink:


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Sounds interesting... maybe it is something different this time. I looked over the user guide, and it is NOT an ISE-based monitor. It is a KCl junction type electrode, so it may be more resistant to Mg and other Ca-similar ion issue.

Similar to pH monitor, the probe does not last very long. The user guide say replace it every 18-24 months, and I bet that would be between $50 to $100. Furthermore, there is a fill hole that user need to add KCl solution into, and so if they can come up with a sealed electrode version, that would make it easier for general public to use.

If you do monitor calcium regularly, the initial cost and probe replacement can be a small issue, but for people who only do calcium monitoring seldomly, it may not be that good of a deal. If you do aquarium maintenance, that would work out well too.

For local reef club, it can be a good idea if the club get the monitor, and each of the member get a private probe. that way, they can share the resource, and make it more affordable.

A: The calcium monitor is missing in the Club's cabinet... who used it last time?

B: Jason did, he toke it in the Club meeting two months ago...

Jason: I return it last month already....

Anyway, let see how accurate it is when the report come out...
 
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minime":2j23bf23 said:
Give up my eyedroppers and test tubes? Never! I'll die titrating! 8)

Actually that would be cool - is it true 7E they don't work for SW?

hehehehehehehe
 

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