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    pH and ORP meter

    Good morning.
    Does anyone use a meter for constant monitoring of pH and ORP?
    If so, could you recommend a good and efficient one with replaceable probes?
    Many thanks.

    Hopefully it was meant to be but Derby Koi were reviewing the Kactoily 7 in 1. With the discount offered I’ve gone for it.


    Last edited by Denise Doherty; 06-12-2024 at 04:35 PM. Reason: Bought

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    Rather than constantly observing such things, it would be better to observe the KOI itself more.
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    Hi Denise, I been using the Kactoily 7in1 for a year and it's useful for Temperature, pH, TDS and ORP readings - yes. display thumbnail_IMG_20240626_124920055_MFNR.jpg

    The Salt reading has never returned to 0.0 since I had it at 0.6% a long time ago, but it worked properly when raised. The Specific Gravity is not realy any use as it's forever 1.00 and the us/cm reading not important to me, maybe if using RO?

    I have the probes in the clean water return from the filter so they don't get much dirt but I do clean them occasionally in a Virkon solution, they seem to be working well so far.
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    Surely water quality is important?
    I observe my Koi as often as possible even to the extent where I now have a submerged camera where I can see them even if I’m not home.
    My Koi are pets and I truly care for them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KiOgon View Post
    Hi Denise, I been using the Kactoily 7in1 for a year and it's useful for Temperature, pH, TDS and ORP readings - yes. display thumbnail_IMG_20240626_124920055_MFNR.jpg

    The Salt reading has never returned to 0.0 since I had it at 0.6% a long time ago, but it worked properly when raised. The Specific Gravity is not realy any use as it's forever 1.00 and the us/cm reading not important to me, maybe if using RO?

    I have the probes in the clean water return from the filter so they don't get much dirt but I do clean them occasionally in a Virkon solution, they seem to be working well so far.
    Thank you for this. The only time I will use ORP is if I have to use pp which hopefully won’t be for a while.

 

 

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