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To be honest I only read about half of that guys post. Just another person complaining cuz they probably wrote their code wrong or something. When i was doing all of my research on the apex before I bought it I talked to a lot of people and trusted their opinion. I did this because most of the time people only post bad things about the apex online. If you ask everyone on the forum if they use there apex to dose or monitor their calcium reactor, just about all of them will say yes. And then if you ask how many have had their dosing pumps get stuck on, the number will be pretty close to zero. If you do it right and your programming is good, the apex will work just fine. It's simply a computer that does what you tell it to do. There are guys on here that trust their super high end systems to the apex and haven't been let down. The reason I say this is because this hobby is about trial and error. There are so many people that have tried the apex and never had a problem. There is a possibility that something could go wrong, but that possibility also applies to all our other equipment. It is such a small possibility also. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This skimmer is awesome! I have the same one and I love it:) the replacement pumps are only $50 of it goes bad also! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Beautiful tank Holly! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You need two dosing pumps for water change. One to take water out and one to put it back. The two more for alk and calcium. But yes you could do it that way. It's all about how you program it. If you go with multi head pumps, that changes it a little and I'm not to familiar with that route. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welcome to the forum Nick! That's awesome to hear that you do this with your son. My father and I do this hobby together also! sorry to hear about your tank loss :( I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of your tank though! I would help with the picture problem but I only know how to do it on the app and I imagine youre using the computer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Finally going to get an RODI unit for this tank, still deciding on which one though. Suggestions? The anemone cuts from last week are doing well and all healed up:) I only cut half to make sure I knew what I was doing and that the nems could handle it. So this weekend I'll be cutting more. Hopefully in a few months I'll have enough stock to start selling them:) And of course....here are some pics Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I really like the flipper magnet I have it has a soft pad for light algae and a plastic scraper on the other side to get ride of the purple algae(spacing name right now haha) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is going to be an awesome tank! I love the sump! Could you give us a front shot of the sump? I want to see the size and different chambers if possible:) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Depending on how many people we get/cost, I would be interested in going in on this also Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, you can run anything trough your apex. You don't need to use Neptune gear. You simply just plug the doser into one of the outlets and set it on a timer through the apex. Like mine is set to (turn on) or dose every half hour for a minuet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What salt do you use? It may just be super high in calcium and doing consistent water changes will keep it high. Not a bad thing as long as you stay consistent with water changes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

how do you make a custom white balance? I've had the same problem and people told me the same thing but I had no idea how to fix it haha. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

i use the old drews doser. They were a super cheap buy from a friend so I got them:) when they die on me I will probably upgrade the the BRS 1.1 mL dozers. Been thinking of even using there 50mL doser for auto water changes. Having high calcium is not a bad thing in my opinion. The one to worry about is alk. If that gets to high bad things happen. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The tank is coming together, Lookin good! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

ORP is a super fancy thing ha. It's way over my head in the world of reefing but I believe that it measures dissolved organics in the water. Like if a fish died, your ORP would start to go up as fish decomposes. It's just another thing to monitor haha. The DOS unit is a little spend for dosing in my opinion. If you have the time to hand dose then that would be he best route because you know exactly what's going on in the tank. I use these super cheep dosing pumps I bought off a fellow reefer on here. I run them through the apex with zero fear. The apex doses every half hour so it's nice and steady for my SPS all day long. I don't worry about over doing because if my calcium going up to much not to much happens, it just goes high and can irritate coral. For example the calcium in my dads tank naturally sits at 600 ppm(been established 10 years) and everything is super happy and healthy. I also don't worry to much about my alk because I dose soda ash which causes the pH to increase. So if for some reason it got stuck on, my pH would climb up and my back up safety feature would cut power off at 8.45 pH. Ive got safety feature on top of safety feature. Along with the apex texting me when the pH increases. Anyways long story short, dosing is super easy with the apex. I would recommend the middle unit because if you get the jr you will be wanting to upgrade soon and for example, the 8 bars are $150. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is my entry [emoji23] gets me every time [emoji23][emoji23] http://youtu.be/BEjwxz1OZsg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's very generous of your friend! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have the middle one. I have a 120 gallon total water volume frag tank that I keep it on and it's plenty. The difference with Gold is that you get the Ph probe, Temp prob, and the stuff for monitoring Salinity and ORP. The middle one just comes with ph and Temp. The apex jr comes with the salinity and pH but only has four plug ins(the other two have 8). Those are the only real differences. The rest of the stuff is all standard and you'll get it with any of the apex set ups. It's fancy words for the basic stuff to run an apex. you can run DOS on any of them. hope that helps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welcome to the forum! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pm sent on cube Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Awesome, even more of a reason to come buy some zoas! I've been wanting to see one of these nems in person Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

no problem, I got them from him and just used the app to upload them. Much easier lol. If you buy this from him, will it be going in your shop tank or a home tank?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here are the photos I got from the seller. It's an absolutely stunning anemone and I wish I had the cash to drop on one! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk