My apex runs my vortech, radions, misc float switches, temperature readings, ph readings, heaters, and emails me whenever something is wrong. And I can control things from anywhere in the world on my phone. Just have to hook up my wireless camera to it again as well.

+1. In this day and age I would consider NOT using an Apex to be reckless! (I'm ready for the backlash!) Lol.

Ya, my tank has been saved once or twice by the email alerts. If nothing else, that's been worth it for me.

Thats why i run 2 slightly less powerful because if one decides it wants to cook the tank it isn't strong enough by itself to cook it :):mrgreen:

again the controller

The only reason initally I got a controller was to control heaters couldn't imagine having them just sitting there 30$ heater can cook a $ 10,000 tank and for 100$ contrôlér or 250$ for the apexs it's a no brainer

2 weeks after my tank was running 2 of my 3 heaters broke at the same time, almost lost all my fish. I was lucky to have a small 150w carry me through the day.

I think the Apex is a lot more than that, once you add it all up. Still, it's well worth the money, considering the many thousands invested, the time and sweat. I only have a ReefKeeper, but I wouldn't even consider running a tank without a controller.

full controller is nice but if just wanting to control temp, there's always the RANCO ETC series or the STC-1000

Very cool! Good catch on the controller part. I haven't run a big system yet, but I had a controller on my 20gal, just so the heater didn't fail on (old controller without emailing capability).

If i do a big one in the future, I'll be getting a nice controller with all of these capabilities.