drock59 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Considering buy myself a controller for christmas but I have no idea where to start. Please feel free to give me suggestion on which brands/models you like or use. THanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 ACIII all the way. Cheap, practical, and has all of the bells and whistles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 K, thanks. What bells and whistles? I would very much like something that I could check through the internet and monitor settings. ACIII do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I agree ACIII or JR. I have both in stock ACIII has a built in webserver,,, email notifications as well as online "tinkering". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I have the ac-jr and love it,can monitor and graph on the internet as well as lighting cycles,alarms and much more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdadof2 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Fishmanmike01, Will the AC JR allow web monitoring then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 i'm not sure if the JR has the web monitoring, check neptune aquarium systems website, it will list all of the Jrs features vs the ACIII or ACIII pro. http://www.neptunesys.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Sorry got ahead of myself...features for the jr are as follows -lighting control -wave maker -simulated moon cycles -seasonal lighting varations -seasonal temp varations -temp monitoring and control -ph monitor and control -flash memory for easy firmwear upgrades -data logging -local alarms -simple yet sophisticated programming language -built in self test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 The junior will allow web access, but only if you run their (crappy) $80 software full-time on your PC. Not worth it. I bought the junior, but ran into some expandability problems (too few program lines mostly). Were I to do it again, I'd go with the III. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Love my Jr, no issues, and been running tank sold with no hickups, but if you want web function go with acIII, if its programmed right you wont need web function, the programming should do emergencies for you, (other than power outages) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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