Well hello Mr Murphy, haven't seen you in a while.

[reefkeeper2]

Yesterday evening both of my heaters failed. The main one and the backup. The apex saved me again, sounding the alarm when the temp hit 77.5. I pulled out two old glass ebo jagers and all is well until I get replacements. If I didn't have the spare ones I would have really been up the creek since it was very late.
The apex was the best reef money I ever spent. It also always pays to have spare/emergency equipment on hand. You never know when Mr Murphy is going to pay you a visit.

 

[ingersoll]

Wow good save! What is an apex?

 

[PasstheTorch]

An apex is a controller that can run various things in our tanks like auto top offs, heaters,lights, and can read parameters in our tanks.

 

[danzig]

What type of heaters were you using?

 

[ingersoll]

Sounds like an awsome piece of equipment! Where can you get them?

 

[danzig]

Sounds like an awsome piece of equipment! Where can you get them?

Many online reef sites carry them, the first that comes to mind is bulkreefsupply.com

 

[ingersoll]

Thanks

 

[reefkeeper2]

What type of heaters were you using?

I can't complain about the heater performance because they were both seven years old. I got my moneys worth out of them. One was a finex and the other a Won Brothers model.

 

[danzig]

I can't complain about the heater performance because they were both seven years old. I got my moneys worth out of them. One was a finex and the other a Won Brothers model.

ok good because i have 2x finex heaters. Glad to hear yours lasted 7 years

 

[willray]

That's awesome.Kinda odd they crapped out at once ,especially being 2 different brands.

 

[JayM]

The backup may have failed a while ago, but with the primary working, you wouldn't know....

 

[jamesdong009]

Sounds like the Apex has been a pretty good investment for you Paul. It's also great to have extra equipment lying around, at least that's what I keep telling myself.

 

[delta]

A heat controller is a solid investment whether it be a full scale aqua controller or just a simple temp controller. Heater are by far the weakest link in our tanks

fail- no heat
fail- stuck on too much heat
fail- leak electricity
fail- melt and poison your tank

So yes if you can afford an Apex or the like it is a solid investment if not get something in between your heaters and a constant electrical source

Glad to hear your Situation ended in a decent Note Paul, I really need to get over and see the tank again.

 

[reefkeeper2]

Hi Greg, nice to see your still around! Your welcome anytime.