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Do you have a sump? Does your landlord allow tanks over 40 gallons?ive got a 75 gallon mixed reef in my apartment in leeds! sorry my camera sucks but ya get the gist lol
I was thinking of getting a red sea reefer E-260 that has a sump on the back of the tank, what do you think about this arrangement?I do. I just run a 14G cube and am in the process of setting up a 50G low boy frag tank. Any time I've lived in an apartment and not on the ground floor, I've followed a few rules. Nothing larger than 75G (and that's even pushing it), try to place it against a load-bearing wall (if over 50G), and no sumps. While every part of me wants a full sump system, I simply can't run the risk of something going wrong and ruining my apartment, ruining my downstairs neighbor's apartment, or terminating my lease. I'm also huge on redundancy and safeguards, so I have numerous measures in place to prevent bad things from happening and alerting me ASAP.
pm me and il send you pics of the sump if youd likeDo you have a sump? Does your landlord allow tanks over 40 gallons?
I was thinking of getting a red sea reefer E-260 that has a sump on the back of the tank, what do you think about this arrangement?
Nice setup, if you wouldn't mind what insurance company do you use?I've got a 130g set up. Apartment manager says as long as I have insurance they're fine with it.
This site has not given me that option.pm me and il send you pics of the sump if youd like
This site has not given me that option.
What types of redundancy and safeguards do you have? Also what type of alerts?I do. I just run a 14G cube and am in the process of setting up a 50G low boy frag tank. Any time I've lived in an apartment and not on the ground floor, I've followed a few rules. Nothing larger than 75G (and that's even pushing it), try to place it against a load-bearing wall (if over 50G), and no sumps. While every part of me wants a full sump system, I simply can't run the risk of something going wrong and ruining my apartment, ruining my downstairs neighbor's apartment, or terminating my lease. I'm also huge on redundancy and safeguards, so I have numerous measures in place to prevent bad things from happening and alerting me ASAP.
Thanks for the reply.I’ve got a 45 AIO in my apartment. As far as safe guards I’ve got a gfci adapter, and an ATO with plenty of redundancy. Also I’ve got renters insurance, but it only covers aquarium damages if I’m negligent. Statefarm doesn’t have any riders for additional aquarium coverage I’m told.
Hope that helps
Great reply - thank youApologies for the late reply on this one. I must have missed the last post.
For me, most of the redundancy is handled by my Apex. Since I don't run a sump, my biggest flood risk is my ATO getting stuck on. Tunze has a built-in mechanism that automatically stops the unit after running for a certain amount of time continuously, but I also control the power to the outlet it's plugged into. For this particular outlet, it only gets power for 30 seconds every half hour. This way, if by some horrendous luck, both the sensor and the built-in safety mechanism fail, it won't flood. Additionally, I have alerts setup for things like ORP dropping drastically (something dying/dead), salinity outside my typical range (ATO problems), etc. Another example is how temperature is controlled in my tank. Aside from my Apex programmed to kill power to the heater outlet and turn off the light if the temperature gets too high, I also use the built-in temperature sensor on the heater itself. This way, it would take both the sensor and the temp probe on the Apex to fail in order to fry my tank.
So long story short, my controller's primary purpose is slightly different than a lot of folks. While I'm all about the automation and control that it provides (and use this functionality a ton), the single biggest reason I have a controller is to provide failsafes and redundancy to devices that already control themselves. I feel that if you use your controller to act as the single point of control for your entire system, you're right back to a single point of failure in many respects.