fishmanmike01

Always better with more volume IMO. Before purchasing my home I had a setup with 4 tanks all sharing a common sump. As Clark stated just be sure the sump can handle the loss from all tanks. Otherwise.... Rock it!

Holy cow man! Can you say invasive........

Holy crap! That's insane. Gross at the same time.

Thanks so much again. It was truly a pleasure meeting you both, and your tank is pretty awesome. I'll send you some pics soon of its new home. It's looking happy already.

Are you available today?

Where are you located?

I'd like to see some photos as well please.

Holy cow! Has it really been that long?!? Where does the time go? That's awesome.

Haha. Mine is just as it sounds. I love to fish, (bass mostly). And I love to reef. Fingers gotta smell like fish one way or another. lol. Great thread. Powderblue. I'm with ya. Prob my most fave fish.

Put me down for 5 please. Where do we pick up?

I know it's the last day to post up, however mine are still at the same place as my last update so seeing how Smann is killing it there's pretty much no point. It was definitely fun though. Looking foreword to the next one. Who knows, maybe someday I'll win one.

Freakin awesome man!

 

A partial fix would be to put either your Apex or chiller on a different circuit. I put my chiller on a different circuit than the rest of the tank stuff to avoid this kind of problem.[/quote

 

I plan on running a separate circuit for the chiller eventually , but how would the apex send an alarm if the power to it was down anyway.

Mike,

Why the chiller? Monster pump?

It's an iwaki MD100. I thought I was golden but as soon as the heat hit the tank continued to climb.

Reeftronics is free and will text you if apex loses power [emoji106]

Tell me more.....

Mike, did the whole house lose power? oR Just the Apex down?

Just the circuit the tank is on. I suspect the chiller

I don't know how this happened but I get a power off email/text sent my way whenever there is a problem.

 

Not sure how.

As do I, but only when power is restored.

Let me know if you need any help Mike I'm no expert at Apex, but there is a number of ways to set the mobile alarm to let you know when things are out of wack.

Thanks Isaac. I have it set to send all kinds of alarms/texts/emails. My issue is that if power goes out it then can't send those alarms. Especially a power failure alarm.

I'm not sure if there is a circuit breaker that will reset itself after a certain period of time or not. However this seems like it's the only solution to me.

I always have to hit it twice.

Why is it ?,That when we have tank issues, it's always when you leave town, sleep, work, or any situation that ensures you are not around to quickly resolve the situation.

My system has been up for just over 6 months now with no issues. And the one weekend I plan a camping trip, the circuit breaker trips. What's worse, is even joking with my brother that the only time stuff like this happens is when you leave town just prior to leaving. Well as I said.... Go figure. I come home after an awesome weekend of camping, to a dark tank, no flow, and and a what the heck moment.

Apex log shows the tank was down for nearly 24 hours. Luckly looking at things, everything looks like it hasn't suffered too much. Nem was on a walkabout, all fish were still alive and temp was surprisingly still stable. Fingers crossed.

Those of you with apex, how do you handle such an event? Obviously I get no alarm until power is restored. What's the trick around this? Also lets hear some other stories of not so great tank problem timing so we all may learn how to avoid some of these issues

Do you have to plug it into a computer?

To this day I still turn on the valve to my ATO reservoir and forget it constantly. Luckily I do have a float valve as a safety but still rely on it a bit too much.

This looks great! Nice job. I personally love scorpion fish and anglers. I've always wanted a species tank just for one of those guys!

Haha. I see a fowlr in the future. Lol

Nice. Watch it like a hawk. I've had a flame as well as a potters for quite some time until........