Extremeengineer
Active Member
I have a new in the box APEX Lite, I purchased it 10 years ago when I was putting together a second larger marine tank, after learning on a cichlid and then smaller FOWLR tank. But then life happened, and I stepped away from the hobby until, well now. So I am again putting together a marine tank, I intend to have a few corals eventually, so am planning for that in some way initially. From what I can see the Lite will be a pain to set up for use with my iPhone, as the build will be no where near a LAN access point in my house.
Tank is a 75g, I have 2 (also brand new in box) Vortech MP10wqd, so my plan there is to set them up as master/slave, and I think then I would not need them connected to APEX? For heaters I have 2 BRS Ti elements, with the Innovative Marine Helio controller, so again I don't need the APEX for that. Lights I have 2 inbound Radion G6 Pros, so again no controller I believe. I will do some kind of leak detection, at least that's my thought, and the APEX ones I find speak to requiring the newest version of OS, so with the LITE being disco right after I bought it 10 years ago it seems, not sure if that would work.
So what would the APEX Lite gain me if anything? I mean I own it, so maybe it's just a really expensive power strip with a redundant temp sensor, but it seems like maybe I should consider something newer that gives me good wireless iphone integration, and see if I can sell this through the tack board at a local aquarium shop. I actually like having the separate apps for light, heater, etc. as then I am using the optimized app for each device instead of trying to go through a third party controller for those functions. Or am I way off base and the Lite will actually be a good fit for whatever reason(s).
Thanks for any insight!
Tank is a 75g, I have 2 (also brand new in box) Vortech MP10wqd, so my plan there is to set them up as master/slave, and I think then I would not need them connected to APEX? For heaters I have 2 BRS Ti elements, with the Innovative Marine Helio controller, so again I don't need the APEX for that. Lights I have 2 inbound Radion G6 Pros, so again no controller I believe. I will do some kind of leak detection, at least that's my thought, and the APEX ones I find speak to requiring the newest version of OS, so with the LITE being disco right after I bought it 10 years ago it seems, not sure if that would work.
So what would the APEX Lite gain me if anything? I mean I own it, so maybe it's just a really expensive power strip with a redundant temp sensor, but it seems like maybe I should consider something newer that gives me good wireless iphone integration, and see if I can sell this through the tack board at a local aquarium shop. I actually like having the separate apps for light, heater, etc. as then I am using the optimized app for each device instead of trying to go through a third party controller for those functions. Or am I way off base and the Lite will actually be a good fit for whatever reason(s).
Thanks for any insight!
