These few months my wallet is not very healthy due to the upgrade/prevention equipments that I bought. I find coming into this hobby of reef keeping is not cheap. We need to definitely spend a lot of proper and reliable equipments to ensure your livestocks are protected. I know some reefers don’t have those high end equipments but their tank looks great too. It’s up to individual preference.
I bought an Apex 2016 controller to ensure that I stay up to date on my tank parameters such as temperature, PH, calcium reactor PH. I replaced the original ORP probe with a PH probe to measure my tank’s PH.
Thank you to ReefmarketSg for providing such a good services in delivering all my items on time. If you guys need any equipments I will recommend RMS.
Firstly, I was quite satisfied with the packaging of the controller.
I went to tear down my whole wires to fit my apex controller. A lot of time required to plan for the set up.
I went to get Avastmarine Breakout box instead of Apex Breakoutbox because I find Avastmarine breakout box is very neat and organised. They will indicate all the wires according to 1-6 for easy reference. It’s also cheaper than apex abit but depends on whether you get the plug and play set or a set that requires solder. I gotten the second option and get my friend to help me solder.
My purpose of the breakout box is
1) Skimmer cup level high = off skimmer
2) Sump water level high = off skimmer
3) Sump water level low = off return pump
All in all, this apex controller is suppose to help me to observe my tank parameters when I’m not home. I don’t want the same thing to happen again like my previous tank.
Prevention measures:
1) webcam to view my tank if my temp on my apex shoot high
2) off my lights using my TP-Link powerhead
3) apex is in place to cut off my skimmer to prevent it from overflowing
4) apex to show my notifications if my gyre, 2 return pump stop working
5) coralbox battery backup to power up my nero 5 if there’s a power trip
6) alkatronic to ensure my DKH don’t go out of place
If there’s any I missed out please kindly advice.
Next up is Quarantine tank!