Having 2 heaters saved me today :/
 

So glad i took the advice of many reefers to buy two smaller heaters instead of one large heater today. I got a email while in architecture class from my apex saying its temp was low by the time i got home it was at 74.5f. My second heater had kept it somewhat warm where as if i only had one my cold basement probably would have dropped it to around 65-70 degrees. I hope this helps some other people out. Its always good to be proactive instead of reactive :)

Also bad ass that it emailed you soon time to throw out my trusty reef keeper

lol ya no complaints with the apex

I run three heaters each capable of heating my tank so even if one dies, I will not see a significant drop.

I run 2 heaters; each one is capable of heating the whole tank. They are set for 78 and 77F. Temp is just too important a param...

run 2 heaters as well and each individually would maintain the temperature

Hmm mybe I should rly consider using more than 1 heater as well. I'm just scared they don't turn off n cook everything fast

Another reason to hook them up to an Apex.

Yup, good call. I run 4, lol, all on my apex.

what else is apex good for i dunno if its worth for me to invest in 1 yet. my old system seems to be good for 2yrs without apex anyways.. mybe i will buy 1 for my new system if its worth it

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.

I will echo comments on both 1. the super greatness of having a smart controller and 2. having dual heaters.

Bravo Zulu on both counts. I like many others have had my basement tank saved by my controller.

Now that I am flanging up a new freshwater tank to replace my decade old 'dumb' tank, I also will be deploying an APEX on it as well.