Your Neptune Apex can do what?! Mistakes you never knew you were making!

BRStv - Saltwater Aquariums & Reef Tanks

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Neptune Apex tips and tricks galore! Today is all about the Apex aquarium controller and what we've learned over the years of having an Apex Connected to our reef tanks. There are some Neptune Apex nuggets in this one you don't want to miss!
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@BRStv 4 года назад

Quick! What is your TOP or FAVORITE Apex trick that no one else might be using? brs.li/R2R_ApexMistakes_HELP

@tombo101678 4 года назад

BRS team, I must say you guys are a wealth of knowledge. I've learned so much from just listening to your videos starting from early days in reefing. I love the setup of your videos with the time stamps for the topics as I refer back to your videos to the exact place i'm working on. You've made a loyal customer out of me. Thank you for your content.

@thereefaholic 4 года назад

Another great video. I agree with all of them. I am a huge “control freak”. But you missed the number 1 mistake you see on the Apex Forum. Maybe not in how many people make this mistake, but that is is so over looked and can negate all monitoring and disaster prevention ..... Not putting a UPS on BOTH your apex AND your internet connection. If it can’t communicate when you need it most, it’s useless. You did point out a few Neptune issues and not really user issues and I agree. They got rid of the display unit and I had told Terrance years ago, “you need a damn light switch on the display unit” and way back then he was talking about getting rid of the display. This goes hand in hand with the breakout box issue you mentioned. Although I would put a big ground port on the breakout box. All of those switches come with two wires. But as far as the heater goes the old EB8 relays never burn out from a simple 300 watt (dual 150) heater. Telling customers to put a controller on their controller is foolish. Too many non Apex ready products. Now I need a heater controller? No. Build the product for control of common equipment. It’s getting to be like a home theater with 16 remotes.

@sntslilhlpr6601 4 года назад

Good advice with the UPS. I'm still in freshwater and just salt-curious at this point, but if you're gonna spend thousands on a reef tank a halfway-decent UPS is a drop in the bucket. I have a mid-size one in my study, mostly for my server but also for my workstation and network equipment, and I will definitely be adding a new one to the list for my eventual saltwater build. Most power outages are brief. You won't get through the bad ones without a generator but for 99% of them you will do well to have a battery to let you know what happened, what's going on, and whether anything didn't take kindly to the sudden power cut.

@seanradliff5710 4 года назад

This is great! I just bought my first apex last week (from BRS of course!) can’t wait to watch!

@AlinEkisde 4 года назад

5 weeks with Apex and I use all this functions, I guess its just about read and be interested in what you buy, like keeping a reef tank ;) Great device!

@_mal7887 4 года назад

Great video with great tips. I've used the Apex for many years now and am very pleased. I think a lot of people tend to overthink it in the beginning and can get very overwhelmed quickly. The setup can be as easy or as complicated as you make it. I see people trying to reinvent the wheel with advanced coding sometimes when really it's not necessary and sometimes is as simple as following the task setup.

@ezraz5197 4 года назад

I learned so much here - thank you for doing the video!

@Slide-Loc 4 года назад

Just yesterday got a notice that my pH was crashing and it would have been hours before I caught it otherwise. Was a simple fix as a result. I WISH THEY WOULD SIMPLY EXPAND THE ALERT SYSTEM TO A LOW/MED/HIGH PRIORITY SO I CAN SIMPLY AND EASILY DECIDE WHAT'S AN URGENT ALARM. CURRENTLY IT'S ALL URGENT UNLESS I DO EXCESSIVE PROGRAMMING WITH VIRTUALLY SWITCHES THAT ARE HARD TO MONITOR AND TEST AND OPENS IT UP TO ERRORS. Pretty please 😊

@RWAquariumPages 3 года назад

Love this video. Doing my dream tank build and first time using an apex arriving in 5 hours

@reefandchill4466 4 года назад

This is an underrated video. I feel like apex fusion is pretty user friendly. I can’t imagine the old school apex programming. The normal person could probably never figure it out

@matthewowen1360 Год назад

Great Video

@ronderfulaquariums2978 4 года назад

Great video loads of information about the apex that I never considered nyyyyyyyyce fellas

@ateshhastam 3 года назад

Fantastic tips. Thanks for your work on this. :)

@koaleighhomestead2606 3 года назад

Thank God I watched this as I have my heaters plugged directly into my Apex and they don't have their own temperature controllers, lucky I have only had my Apex for 4 months so the heaters have only turned on about 8 times since I got the Apex. I was using a Bayite temperature controller prior to getting the Apex, so I'll just set that up again with the heaters plugged into it then have the Bayite plugged into the Apex and have the Apex as a backup like you recommended should the heaters or the Bayite fail. Thanks guys, you saved me from potentially messing up my Apex EB8 energy bar.

@Gmtail 3 года назад

I can't lie, it's an amazing device.. But when I opened the box the other day and started hooking things up I was kind of shocked that for $800 dollars they didn't include a holder for the probes.. Luckily I had some startboard laying around from the boat and an Xcarve, so I whipped something up......Apex, if you are reading this you're getting some pretty good competition with other companies making some really nice products so you'd better step it up a bit. The only reason I spent the extra money on your product is because I really like BRS as a company and you are what they currently sell..

@Brennen_Nisporic 4 года назад

I think hardwiring your apex to the internet should be the number 1 thing. I’ve seen so many less issues with the apex systems that are running a direct connection instead of a wireless connection. Especially if you have bad WiFi or a lot of interference

@wolfmanjack3451 4 года назад

A leak detection device is far cheaper than repairing dry rot in the sub floor,trust me on this.👍

@rc2300s2r 4 года назад

For the breakout box I used a mercury switch I had laying around to turn on my sump light when my cabinet doors open. 🤪

@MrFrosty888 Год назад

Gday is there an Australian power plug version as we have different power outlets here.

@jeffsreeftank3991 4 года назад

Heart beat needs to come out of the box defaulted ON for every Apex.

@hurricaneaquatics 2 года назад

It actually won't let you until you have it powered on for like 3 days straight.

@bw2191 4 года назад

How do I program my apex/ heater the way you're talking about?

@abyankabir1910 4 года назад

Second comment from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

@hoohaaa0 4 года назад

I would love to see videos on basic programming on the Apex. I have the EL and definitely don’t feel I am utilizing it to the fullest. I would love to get an alert when my return pump wattage drops significantly, but no idea how to add the code for that. Edit: just saw it in your video under the tasks function. How did I miss the task functions??? So now I don’t know where it adds the code for alerting me about the wattage.

@aaronh1785 Год назад

So my heater is connected to my apex. My apex is being used as the thermostat. I’ve observed that it switches from off to on or on to off only 20-26 times per day that’s 7300-9500 times per year. Where does millions of times come from?

@bigbowlowrong4694 4 года назад

If 90% of people are missing 80% of the value, that’s a big indicator something is wrong with the design of the UI.

@PatrickJewellTheGreat 3 года назад

New Apex user here. Actually I think the UI is really polished. However, an Apex is not for the faint of heart when it comes to implementing the automation. They just need a comprehensive setup guide that takes you step-by-step, much like their Tasks function. This would be based more on the tank, “Do you have a skimmer?” Do you have a All-In-One tank? Then it would go through suggested profiles based on your hardware and modules. Or even suggest additional modules for redundancy. Firmware should update automatically when you add a module. I feel the Neptune Apex is 80% there to making it dummy proof. It’s definitely not dummy proof now. It’s not a automatic timer with pins. It take some thought to do this correctly.

@ateshhastam 3 года назад

Not necessarily. I think there plenty of tales (probably on r/rolledintotheshop) of people whose cars broke down and later admitting the check-engine light came on [at some point] and that it remained lit for months ahead of the failure. The check engine light. It means something isn't well. Short of having a light that announces the same in every language, how else could that be improved for UI? My mother has an iPhone. The platform is self renowned for being "easy to use" yet I'm know she hasn't used many of the capabilities made available through it. Is it a UI failure if someone doesn't use a device [for something it is capable of doing] but has no interest in doing it or doesn't understand the value of that use? I have neighbors that bought into smart irrigation controllers (like my Rachio). They have their systems start every day at the same time for the same duration rain, wind, or cold. At least Rachio tries to educate users as part of the setup, but what about people who don't read instructions or features and release notes? Is that a UI failure? Sometimes it is as simple as you don't know what you don't know.

@seanradliff5710 4 года назад

Question for the BRS guys. I have my heater set up as you said, “the right way”. With the BRS heater controller as the primary (77.5-78.5)and the apex backing it up (77-79), but I am having an issue with my alarms and power monitoring. I have it set up so I gat an alarm when the heater is below 550 watts so I know if it dies but when the outlet is being powered and the BRS heater controller isn’t actively turning the heating element on, it sits at 0 watts. So I end up getting 20 alarms a day on my phone because the heater outlet is below the 550 watts while on. Is there a way to fix this so I can still monitor if my heater fails in the off position but I don’t have to have the apex as the primary heater controller with the outlet turning on and off 100 x a day? Thanks!

@PaulFraser4 6 месяцев назад

hey team, the captions are being generated in dutch, can you adjust it to english?

@leo11877 3 года назад

Should I use a GFCI outlet with this? Or does it have one built in?

@BRStv 3 года назад

The Apex does not have a built in GFCI

@reefermadness4891 4 года назад

I've been wondering, can I get a 1/4" flow sensor and connect it to the output of my atk to monitor how much water is being toped off?

@BRStv 4 года назад

The flow sensor won't monitor how much water has passed through it, only the current flow rate.

@reefermadness4891 4 года назад

@@BRStv thank you so much!

@lisademayo8589 2 года назад

Hey guys? According to Hydros, I can plug in my Hydros Wave Engine into the Apex? Do you know if that's true? i know you would need a cable adapter but have you heard of this working?

@BRStv 2 года назад

As long as you have available 0-10v ports on your Apex, yes. The link below is to the cable to make that happen and has more information. www.coralvue.com/hydros-waveengine-apx-link

@giovanniguzman7305 4 года назад

You guys should make a top plumbing mistakes video to help 1st timers with reef ready tanks

@BRStv 4 года назад

It's on the to-do list! :)

@truereefkeeping6022 3 года назад

They have one now

@truereefkeeping6022 3 года назад

Can you program this to turn a light on and off at a certain time of the day easily?

@BRStv 3 года назад

Absolutely! Using the Apex as a timer is one of the easiest things to program 🙂

@sombra00 3 года назад

Is the new powerbar compatible with apex jr?

@BRStv 3 года назад

The EB832 is not compatible with the Apex Jr. unfortunately

@erich8756 4 года назад

You could also plug in a couple of things, pumps/skimmers/etc, into a strip and then that into 1 outlet. That way you can still turn a lot of at once without wasting outlets. Just watch out with total power per outlet then.

@BRStv 4 года назад

Plugging an outlet bar into another outlet bar is usually frowned upon by most code, so it's hard for us to recommend.

@erich8756 4 года назад

@@BRStv true. You can do it with caution but it's not best practice that's true!

@pappunet 4 года назад

Great video. I am from INDIA, in our case EB832 doesn't support my region standard, by default, we only receive EB6 with the apex unit, Is there any other way we can utilize Power Usage Alarm?

@BRStv 4 года назад

I don't believe the EB6 has the ability to monitor power consumption.

@pappunet 4 года назад

@@BRStv Thanks Guys. Exactly, I found that too, out of USA none other can utilize that option, So Neptune should look into it.

@jaysreef5721 4 года назад

Ugh I'm cringing right now. Have everything plugged into my apex n honestly, no idea if I'm pushing too much or not. I'm not much of an electrical guy but I'm "mechanically inclined " lol. Any chance on pointing me in the right direction to check if I'm staying safe? Assuming as its been running for many years this way without issues so far, I'm probably ok. But, I'd rather know of course

@cheekeongng4608 4 года назад

Extremely useful video for apex user. Thank you. I would like to ask can we do power monitoring on Neptune WAV ? Can’t seem to find it.

@sojusliimtdflock 2 года назад

I'm curious to know why people who have and have bought the ATK v2 have had extreme failures with the pump not working within a few months of having it, the same for the sensors not working as expected... I've seen a ton of complaints about this product... Are these problems do to manufacturing defects or a mistake by the buyer some how...

@glennrudolph 4 года назад

Who makes those toggle switch boxes??

@BRStv 4 года назад

We got most of those types of parts from McMaster Carr. Tons of potential toys there! www.mcmaster.com/

@waltervt7582 3 года назад

WiFi is a better choice if lightning or surges might happen in your area. Everyone has lightning and surges. Wi-Fi is very reliable.

@christophercrawford8237 3 года назад

2:46 be honest, you guys poured a bucket of water on the floor so you could capture some B roll of Randy mopping it up 😂. Seriously love you guys, just ordered my first Apex plus a bunch of other gear for my 180 build that I simply could not be doing without you. Mad props!

@BRStv 3 года назад

You are 100% correct! LOL

@DrinkhtooO 4 года назад

The Display makes Noise. Use that

@douglasdweck6804 4 года назад

Thanks for the excellent video. There is a contradiction on what is said on this video as compared to what is said on the video that you link to at the end regarding ULM Apex programming. In this video you say that the heater itself should be the main on/off controller and that the Apex is the failsafe. In the other linked video you say the opposite. There, you clearly say that the Apex should control the on/off heater cycle and that the heater control itself should be the failsafe. Can you please clarify which way is correct.

@BRStv 4 года назад

Great catch Douglas! In all honesty we've become much smarter about heaters in this regard since we shot that ULM episode. The proper way to setup the heater with an Apex is absolutely using the heater's own thermostat and controller as the primary temp control and using the Apex outlet as a backup. Like we mention in the video, I would much rather have the $30 heater components fail from constant ON/OFF cycles rather than my $300 Apex Energy Bar.

@douglasdweck6804 4 года назад

@@BRStv agreed! You guys are amazing and I thank you for all these fantastic videos. I don't even bother watching TV anymore! You guys are way better!