Lee- I have always used the sm122 by milwaukee (never could spell) for my reactors. Its dependable and aforedable, two things i look for when using equipment. Calibrate the probe every 3 months, replace the probe when applicable. Its straight forward.

Jack, not sure what calcium your using or your ca demand but 6.5 may be too high of a p.H. I run my p.H. around 6.2 and am using aquamedic media (essentially, ARM media). If your monitoring your parameters, than disregard the aformentioned.

Hope this info helps.

cheers,

kurt