Digital vs manual

[jer99]

I'm getting back into the hobby after a 6 year break and have decided to go all out. Being with freshwater for 20 years, this is my first attempt at saltwater.
I have a 200G custom tank - all the plumbing is in the basement along with the UV, protein skimmer, drip tank, sump and water holding tank. The installers will be testing the tank this week.

I'm also a gadget/computer freak.

I saw mention the Octopus and Neptune systems. They measure Temp, Ph and salinity.

Are these good units?
Is one better than the other?

Anyone have experience with them they could share to help a semi-newbie out?

Signed,
Extremely Excited.

 

[Anonymous]

The operating system on the neptune aquacontroller is much much better

I own both, an octopus 3000 and an aquacontroller II

I personally use a refractometer for testing salinity, it does not sway very much, no real need to monitor it all the time

 

[jer99]

I was under the assumption that the salinity was very variable because of water changes - probably the most of anything.
The pH would remain stable because of the water source.
Same for trace elements. Since I'm not using ozone, there would be no need for measuing that.

Since I haven't done this before, I could be off - comments?