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title: "Guides to Water Tank Monitoring | Trivertix"
description: "Guides from the Trivertix founders: watching a stock tank from the house, the kinds of tank level indicator, reading a gauge, and how the monitors compare."
url: https://trivertix.com/guides/
updated: 2026-10-10
---

# Guides to watching the water in a tank

Each guide answers one question a tank owner asks, in plain words, and says who wrote it and when it was last checked. They are grouped by the kind of place the tank is on.

## On a ranch

Tanks that sit out of sight of the house, and the drive it takes to check them.

### [The stock tank water level monitor](https://trivertix.com/stock-tank-monitor/)

What the monitor does on an open stock tank, what it needs there, what it catches, and where it does not fit.

By Luke Patterson. Last checked October 10, 2026.

### [Trivertix and Ranchbot, side by side](https://trivertix.com/compare/ranchbot/)

How each one gets a reading to you, what the connection costs, and which fits the tank near the house or the far pasture.

Last checked October 7, 2026.

## Choosing a monitor

Three ways a reading reaches you, and what each one costs.

### [Satellite, cellular or radio: three monitors compared](https://trivertix.com/compare/)

Ranchbot, Meterra and Trivertix side by side: how each sends a reading, what the connection costs over five years, and where each fits.

Last checked October 10, 2026.

## On a home that runs on a tank

Rainwater, hauled water, or a well that fills a storage tank.

### [The four kinds of tank level indicator](https://trivertix.com/water-tank-level-indicator/)

Float and marker, sight tube, pressure gauge and electronic sensor: how each shows the level, and where you read it.

By Luke Patterson. Last checked October 7, 2026.

### [How to read a water level gauge](https://trivertix.com/water-level-gauge/)

Reading the three gauges found on tanks, turning a reading into gallons, and when a monitor is the better tool.

By Luke Patterson. Last checked October 7, 2026.

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The waitlist hears the price and the launch date before anyone else.

[Join the waitlist](https://trivertix.com/waitlist/)