That would have definitely not worked with classic brain unit.
First off I love ur tank man just something about it really enjoy I think is the rockscape and the lighting just really enjoy looking at ur photos
You asked about needing the fmm.
So I will give u the rundown after having it for well over a month or two and not try to sell u it like u need it but more of tell u what I have done with it and let u make the choice if you need it or not.
Back in I wanna say the late 90's there was this doll u prolly heard of it the tickle me Elmo doll. "Hahaha that tickles" it used to say. Well it came out right before Christmas and everyone had to have it. It was sold out everywhere because they didn't make enough for the demand. People then were buying them on eBay for crazy amounts of money. Everyone just wanted that Elmo doll. The thing is that doll only said four or five things and after six months it then just became a toy that sat in the closet. Sure some people still play with the doll but for the most part after you learned what it could do the fun and thrill were gone and it has been forgotten about.
That's the fmm. If you do not care about what ur actual flow is there is no need for it. Me I have two return pumps so I got it as I wanted to match the gph on both returns. As I was told that's why my ghost overflow was so loud. Once I did that well the tile just sits in my fusion app. I have a reeflink so it will send me a notification if the pump isn't running efficiently or using more power then it should so I don't really need to get an alert that my gallons an hour dropped by 50-100. I do have it set up to send me an alert if the gph is under 100 and also shut down the power to my return pump when it is under 50gph. But other then that kinda useless. O wait I also know each percent you jump up on a vectra m1 is roughly 10 gallons an hour so at 80 percent let's just say it's 500 gph at 81 percent it's 510 gph.
But then u might say well how about for reactors. Well once you have it set up for ur gph u want its useless as well. I switch my carbon and Gfo every 30 days I have yet to see it jump any higher in gph from the first day till the day I switch it out which was a selling point I beleive. I can only say that to be true with gfo tho as for some reason my carbon sensor does not work.I filled out a ticket and never heard anything bAck. I prolly did it wrong as I think it's silly I can't just call Neptune and talk to a human. No I have to email back and forth set up a meeting thru the computer and blah blah blah. Just not how I like to do business but I can live without knowing what my carbon is. Or for that matter gfo and both returns.
So if I were to do it all over again I would wait till the fmm is on sale i.e. Black Friday. And pick it up then. It is neat to see that data and to understand a little more about your tank but not really a necessity and more of a pick it up on sale kind of thing. Unless u are running a calcium reactor or zeovit reactor then I think that would be a good thing to use it for.
I just picked up the atk as well. I think that is worth it and it also leaves two ports open for flow sensors or water sensors. so if you just wanted to see ur return pump flow I would do the atk and a 1 inch flow sensor.
So I'm a tech geek and after the initial rush of finally getting the fmk !!! setting it up and seeing the same thing everyday if I were to do it all over again I would pick it up on sale.
Just my feelings on it hope they help u make a decision. Also u should prolly know I had a tickle me Elmo and it's still in my closet.
Keep up the great work I really do enjoy ur tank
Justin
I think if the COR pump ever comes to life the fmm would be able to do that. Or maby with some of the 0-10v pumps out there this could work as well
Looks great! Hopefully the corals finish adjusting to the lighting and start growing like weeds soon.
I too run an Apex with a GHL doser 2.1. Love the doser. Have no experience with the profilux, though I do prefer the GHL colour scheme. Haha. If I upgrade my Apex to the new one, I'd wanna paint it.
Apex programming is quite easy, I agree, especially when making outlets and switches and other conditions interact.
You're welcome! Both are great controllers and with like almost everything else some people will prefer the ProfiLux over the Apex and vice versa. I just tried to give my honest opinion on why I like Apex over the ProfiLux.
Good luck on your decision and let me know what you decided. #teamapex
Great points on how a FMK becomes useful practically...some of those are ways I wouldn't have thought of.
How do u get a goodie bag like that?Well its only been a few weeks since I came back to Neptune and EXTREMELY happy I did.
In my previous post where I gave some reasons as to why I switched back, I mentioned that the P4 still had no way of sending text alerts or any other type of alert if I was away from the tank. Well this past weekend I took a short trip with the family up to Siesta Key in Sarasota which is only about 90 minutes from my house (thank god we didn't go too far). I normally check up on my tank once a day and also on my AC via the NEST app. Everything checked out fine Friday and Saturday (I normally check on the evening). Sunday we spent most of the day at the beach and headed back to the hotel around 5pm. I obviously didn't have my phone on me all this time so we got to the hotel, showered and ordered some food. After I finished my meal I grabbed my phone and I see two alerts from Fusion. One came in at 4:55pm and the second one at 5:48. It was 6:20 when I grabbed my phone. Long story short there had been a really bad storm back home and somehow the AC condenser tripped the breaker and my AC was not running. The tank had reach 83.4 Degrees. First alert was when it got to 82 which is what I have it set to notify me and second alert was almost an hour later. My tank does not get above 79.5 even with the MH on so I immediately knew something was wrong with the AC. I opened the nest app and the house temp is at 88 and the AC is running but only blowing hot/room temp air as the condenser is not running. I turned the A/C off, packed my stuff and headed back home.
When I got home I reset it the breaker and the temp inside the house started to come down. I had 10 shipping ice packs that I put inside a ziplock bag and floated that in the tank to help bring down the temp. All lights were off so I grabbed my royal blue flash light and inspected the corals. They all seemed fine and the fish were ok too. Corals still look fine today which the exception of my WD which is a bit greener but Im sure the color will come back. One of my tangs have a few white spots which he didn't have before I left. He is still eating so hopefully it doesn't get too bad.
As of now I think everything will make it as there are no signs of stress other than the WD turning a bit greener and the white spots on the tang. If it had not been for those two text Alerts I probably would have lost my entire tank as I was not planning on heading back till 8 or 9pm plus 90 minute drive time.
Moral of the story: Make sure you check your phone more often when you're away and make sure your controller can send you text alerts
I will also be lowering the alarm temp from 82 to 80.5 so that I have more time next time something like this happens.
Lastly, this arrived in the mail today. I couldn't be happier with my decision to come back to Neptune!!
Thank you @Terence
