When Anura reached out to us about their new line of portable probes and ‘pH pens’, we were intrigued by their unique devices. Most notably, the three models of Anura probes have replaceable probes so you don’t have to replace the entire unit when the electrodes wear out.
But it really got us thinking, what is the usefulness of a portable pH Pen or salinity probe for the modern reef aquarium keeper? We calibrated theAnura EP70 for pHand salinity and kept it around the fishroom for a couple weeks to see where it might come in handy, and it turns out there’s actually quite a number of everyday aquarium applications.
The Anura EP70 can test for both pH, Salinity and temperature, the three most critical parameters for any saltwater aquarium. Despite having a plethora of tools to measure these values, the Anura is the only device in our toolbox which can do all three, and do it on the fly in a portable package.
我们发现自己使用Anura EP70少进行直接测试,而在各种水域进行比较。上周我收到一盒鱼时,我使用EP70迅速测量了袋子中的三大价值,并在适应两个艳丽的绑住的过程中对其进行了监视。
几天后,EP70再次派上用场了,当时是给这些大!我将水从一个酸性和一个碱性淡水罐中结合在一起,将接近精确的pH混合为隔离液液的隔离水箱,从而导致此过程中的压力大大减轻。
自从我们校准密尔沃基仪器DL125监视器的pH探针以来,已经大约十个月了,我们一直很好奇阅读是否仍然相当准确。我们没有将探针拔出探针并将其粘在缓冲溶液中或重新校准,而是在早晨读数下降到7.8的早晨,并且在傍晚时分高达8.1时,我们都测量了礁石水族馆水的pH值。
On the low end I could see the Milwaukee had a discrepancy of pH 0.03 but at the higher pH it was spot on, reassuring me that that readings are accurate enough, and good to go for a few more months. Lastly, the Anura EP70 has been useful for simultaneously testing the pH and salinity of freshly mixed natural seawater. The reason to wait ’24 hours’ after mixing new saltwater is less to ensure complete dissolution of the salt and more to allow the pH to equilibrate.
I love my Hanna Seawater Refractometer but it only measure salinity, so the Anura EP70 was great for determining when the pH of the new seawater was in line with my reef tank, preventing water changes with greatly different values.
售价200美元,Anura EP70便携式测试仪is not a must-have device for the average reef hobbyist, but it can come really handy for aquarium professionals. Whether you’re a maintenance tech, work at an aquarium store or simply have a lot of tanks to work on, you’ll be as pleasantly surprised at the usefulness of having the big three aquarium values digitally measured on one portable device. It even comes with a belt holster in case you want to wear it like a water testing gun!