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Before you buy one, think about what you might connect to it down the road. The RKL is limited to 4 modules but the RKE can handle 63 ( I think ).
I have a 75g with 110g total. I bought the RKL @ Christmas, and by mid-Feb I started looking @ the RKE because I wanted more than 4 modules. It started when I wanted to have more than 2 PC4s and thought one Moonlight controller may not be enough if I wanted to have all 3 colors and enough intensity. Then I started thinking about connecting everything to it. My current hardware list is fairly large; Eheim 1262 x 2 Skimmer UV Heaters Chiller Chaeto light Lighting fans Lights x 4 I currently have 3 PC4s, an SL1 and a Moonlight controller ( plus a hub for ease of connections, but it doesn't count as a module ). I have future plans for more modules, but you get the idea. |
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Exactly what I am ending up doing, once the live rock is cured.
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I just ordered an Apex with 2 8 outlet bars and 1 4 outlet bar, all the regular probes, switches, and floats as well for my 200G build.
I try to buy things once, upgrades are expensive, and I know I will want to upgrade sooner or later, I always do. Without even much thought the tally of items adds up pretty quick... 8 outlet #1 Return pump Closed loop pump Refugium feed pump Refugium lights Sump heater 1 Sump heater 2 Protein skimmer Sump/cabinet light 8 outlet #2 Lights 1?? Lights 2?? Lights 3?? Moon lights Only 4 spare to start... What about: ATO?? UV?? Dosers?? Reactors?? Auto-Feeder?? Additional power heads?? Yet to be invented must haves?? 4 outlet (mixing station) Mixing/water change pump Heater RO/DI Only 1 spare to start... Already at 3 15A circuits as well... |
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i see your points but my way of thinking is
module 1 heaters module 2 return and CL pumps module 3 powerheads for wave actions dont run UV, ATO,auto feeds, electronic reactors i see no reason for my dosing pump skimmer, cabinet light to run thru a controller unless it was connected to the internet which in turn to my pho ne..........unless im missing something but that to ne isnt worth the extra few hundred bux i can plug a power bar into an outlet for 2 heaters controlled together powerbar for pumps controlled together my mixing station is nowhere near the tank so they would never get plugged into it i still have an extra module left
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Ya, I hear ya. There are many ways to set up a tank. I'm looking forward to the history log and safe guard alarms that you can do if everything is tied in to the controller.
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thanks for your input Im gonna order it and see how I like it and if I decide id like more options with a controller Im only out $130 on this 1 and I can spend the difference on livestock!
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True enough, that's a good way to look at it
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The Apex units are more advanced I went with DA as the Apex units didn't suit my desires, but I still spent almost as much |
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The RKL has data log which shows min max and avg....... What else for history would u want?
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It doesn't log for as long as the Apex is all I meant
Me thinks you only get an hour with the DA Either way, it wasn't on my list |