The Alkatronic Info and Specs

Basic Philosophy

The basic principal of Alkatronic is to act like a safety belt, intervening when your alkalinity falls outside of the reference values you choose. The aquarist ́s primary technique for maintaining alkalinity, such as pH-computers for Ca-reactor or dosing- stations for Balling, will still act as the primary means of alkalinity control. The safety and stability provided by Alkatronic is more reliable when acting in that capacity. It is like the "lane-assist" feature of a car, when you occasionally drift out of the lane, the machine will correct it for you. Alkatronic will dose carbonate-solution from a separate pump when alkalinity falls below your low reference value, and shut off a socket (socket sold separately) when alkalinity rises above your high reference value.

When Alkatronic interacts, you will be able to track these actions through an on screen graph or list, in our app. This contains information when Alkatronic had to interact, and exactly what it did. Based on that, you can then fine-tune your primary equipment.

The main purpose of the Alkatronic is thus to prevent a rapid drop (or increase) in dKH due to some failure, which can cause the death of all of your corals, and the second purpose is to achieve a very stable dKH value by helping you fine-tuning your ordinary equipment.