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[reeffish]

Need some advice to keep this I from happening again. During recent storms several quick power failures seem to have zapped my ASM module to where the temp probe is now inop. Unfortunately, this was the probe that controls my 2 - titanium heaters. The EB8 outlet read my tank temp as 0degrees and caused my heaters to stay on all night long raising my tank temp to over 95degrees! Because of the power surges, my internet modem failed to connect properly, thereby keeping my APEX from sending me an alert (I was at work all night and had no idea what was going on).

I have now put a UPS on the router and modem to hopefully prevent the internet from disconnecting again. I do have a whole house generator but because the power didn’t remain off for long enough (the power kept toggling on/off/on/off quickly) it didn’t start.

My question is how to I keep the heaters from frying my tank in the event this happens again? Would putting an ink bird controller in-between the heater and the EB8 with the temp set just below and above my desired tank temps work? Or is is there a better solution?

I’m fighting to keep thousands of $ of corals and fish from dieing (shrimp and snails are lost)! Large water changes and aeration seem to be helping but the corals are very bad off, they likely will not make it. Any suggestions on saving the corals?

 

[Bob Escher]

Need some advice to keep this I from happening again. During recent storms several quick power failures seem to have zapped my ASM module to where the temp probe is now inop. Unfortunately, this was the probe that controls my 2 - titanium heaters. The EB8 outlet read my tank temp as 0degrees and caused my heaters to stay on all night long raising my tank temp to over 95degrees! Because of the power surges, my internet modem failed to connect properly, thereby keeping my APEX from sending me an alert (I was at work all night and had no idea what was going on).

I have now put a UPS on the router and modem to hopefully prevent the internet from disconnecting again. I do have a whole house generator but because the power didn’t remain off for long enough (the power kept toggling on/off/on/off quickly) it didn’t start.

My question is how to I keep the heaters from frying my tank in the event this happens again? Would putting an ink bird controller in-between the heater and the EB8 with the temp set just below and above my desired tank temps work? Or is is there a better solution?

I’m fighting to keep thousands of $ of corals and fish from dieing (shrimp and snails are lost)! Large water changes and aeration seem to be helping but the corals are very bad off, they likely will not make it. Any suggestions on saving the corals?

I would look at either the inkbird or the Helios heater controllers between the heater and the Apex. I would also add a second temp probe on a different module or on the base unit.
I bought my titanium heaters with the Helios controllers

 

[n2585722]

Need some advice to keep this I from happening again. During recent storms several quick power failures seem to have zapped my ASM module to where the temp probe is now inop. Unfortunately, this was the probe that controls my 2 - titanium heaters. The EB8 outlet read my tank temp as 0degrees and caused my heaters to stay on all night long raising my tank temp to over 95degrees! Because of the power surges, my internet modem failed to connect properly, thereby keeping my APEX from sending me an alert (I was at work all night and had no idea what was going on).

I have now put a UPS on the router and modem to hopefully prevent the internet from disconnecting again. I do have a whole house generator but because the power didn’t remain off for long enough (the power kept toggling on/off/on/off quickly) it didn’t start.

My question is how to I keep the heaters from frying my tank in the event this happens again? Would putting an ink bird controller in-between the heater and the EB8 with the temp set just below and above my desired tank temps work? Or is is there a better solution?

I’m fighting to keep thousands of $ of corals and fish from dieing (shrimp and snails are lost)! Large water changes and aeration seem to be helping but the corals are very bad off, they likely will not make it. Any suggestions on saving the corals?

I don't use the Apex but I do have a backup off. My Hydros does control my 2 heaters but each of the heaters have a built in thermostat that is set about 3 degress higher than the turn off set point in the Hydros. So if for some reason the Hydros output does not turn off the thermostat in the heater will turn it off. Also I have power monitoring for the AC outputs used in the Hydros so if the heater thermostat turns off then I will get an alert. I also have two temp sensors setup on the heater outputs and if they differ too much from each other I will get an alert. Also not sure on the Apex but all the alerts go through the Hydros cloud server and if the controllers do not check in to the cloud it will also send an alert for that. I think the other things I have setup you can do with Apex also.