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Having 2 heaters saved me today :/
So glad i took the advice of many reefers to buy two smaller heaters instead of one large heater today. I got a email while in architecture class from my apex saying its temp was low by the time i got home it was at 74.5f. My second heater had kept it somewhat warm where as if i only had one my cold basement probably would have dropped it to around 65-70 degrees. I hope this helps some other people out. Its always good to be proactive instead of reactive :)
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Also bad ass that it emailed you soon time to throw out my trusty reef keeper
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lol ya no complaints with the apex
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I run three heaters each capable of heating my tank so even if one dies, I will not see a significant drop.
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I run 2 heaters; each one is capable of heating the whole tank. They are set for 78 and 77F. Temp is just too important a param...
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run 2 heaters as well and each individually would maintain the temperature
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Hmm mybe I should rly consider using more than 1 heater as well. I'm just scared they don't turn off n cook everything fast
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Yup, good call. I run 4, lol, all on my apex.
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what else is apex good for i dunno if its worth for me to invest in 1 yet. my old system seems to be good for 2yrs without apex anyways.. mybe i will buy 1 for my new system if its worth it
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Ya, my tank has been saved once or twice by the email alerts. If nothing else, that's been worth it for me.
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The only reason initally I got a controller was to control heaters couldn't imagine having them just sitting there 30$ heater can cook a $ 10,000 tank and for 100$ contrôlér or 250$ for the apexs it's a no brainer
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2 weeks after my tank was running 2 of my 3 heaters broke at the same time, almost lost all my fish. I was lucky to have a small 150w carry me through the day.
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full controller is nice but if just wanting to control temp, there's always the RANCO ETC series or the STC-1000
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Very cool! Good catch on the controller part. I haven't run a big system yet, but I had a controller on my 20gal, just so the heater didn't fail on (old controller without emailing capability).
If i do a big one in the future, I'll be getting a nice controller with all of these capabilities. |
I will echo comments on both 1. the super greatness of having a smart controller and 2. having dual heaters.
Bravo Zulu on both counts. I like many others have had my basement tank saved by my controller. Now that I am flanging up a new freshwater tank to replace my decade old 'dumb' tank, I also will be deploying an APEX on it as well. |
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