This is how I use the apex WiFi to control 4 tanks, a mixing station, and automate the ro/di
Here the apex on its control board in the 187g stand.
The brain and the eb832’s control everything on the main tank.
The WXM controller the radions and the 0-10v port control the LED panel to mimic the radions. Then everything else is pretty much on and off switches of the 16 outlets or the four 24v ports on the side of the eb832s.
I then have three pm1’s and two eb8’s mounted under the frag tank. Each pm1 module gives me a temp of each tank. One on the frag tank, another on the fish quarantine, and last is the berghia pro tank (this was my old coral quarantine tank). I use a 10’ aquabus cable to link the pm1’s and eb8’s to the apex brain.
Then I made a 20’ aquabus cable and ran this to a storage shed that is located outside behind the wall the tank sits against. In the shed I have an eb8, a 100g water barrel, 300w heater, and a mixing pump.
I use float switch’s and a BOB to tell apex when the water is below a certain point. Then the apex will turn off the heater and mixing pump.
I then made a 70’ aquabus cable from a cat8 cable but here’s the tricky part. So when making an aquabus the plug only needs 4 wires. That leaves 4 open wires. I utilized these 4 wires on the 70’ cable. I’m running the 3 float switches from the mixing barrel to the BOB in the laundry room,
The laundry room is located on the second story. I’m using a pm2, a break out box (BOB), and an eb4 to automate the 9 stage RO/DI system.
(This second pic is old but it shows the pm, the BOB, and the 55g barrel)
In the 55g barrel there’s 2 float switches. One in the bottom, the switch tells apex when to start making water. When the water has fallen low enough to open the switch it triggers on the RO buddy and starts making water. Then when the switch at the top closes it tells the apex that the barrel is full and turns off the RO buddy. Then as a fail safe I have a float valve in the very top. The float valve will turn off the water it the switches fail or if my dumbass triggers the ro unit on.
The 55g barrel is also my ato. I have a 1/4” ro line that runs through the walls to the tank and feeds all 3 systems via float valves. I never worry about auto topoff apex has that covered.
Here the apex on its control board in the 187g stand.
The brain and the eb832’s control everything on the main tank.
The WXM controller the radions and the 0-10v port control the LED panel to mimic the radions. Then everything else is pretty much on and off switches of the 16 outlets or the four 24v ports on the side of the eb832s.
I then have three pm1’s and two eb8’s mounted under the frag tank. Each pm1 module gives me a temp of each tank. One on the frag tank, another on the fish quarantine, and last is the berghia pro tank (this was my old coral quarantine tank). I use a 10’ aquabus cable to link the pm1’s and eb8’s to the apex brain.
Then I made a 20’ aquabus cable and ran this to a storage shed that is located outside behind the wall the tank sits against. In the shed I have an eb8, a 100g water barrel, 300w heater, and a mixing pump.
I use float switch’s and a BOB to tell apex when the water is below a certain point. Then the apex will turn off the heater and mixing pump.
I then made a 70’ aquabus cable from a cat8 cable but here’s the tricky part. So when making an aquabus the plug only needs 4 wires. That leaves 4 open wires. I utilized these 4 wires on the 70’ cable. I’m running the 3 float switches from the mixing barrel to the BOB in the laundry room,
The laundry room is located on the second story. I’m using a pm2, a break out box (BOB), and an eb4 to automate the 9 stage RO/DI system.
(This second pic is old but it shows the pm, the BOB, and the 55g barrel)
In the 55g barrel there’s 2 float switches. One in the bottom, the switch tells apex when to start making water. When the water has fallen low enough to open the switch it triggers on the RO buddy and starts making water. Then when the switch at the top closes it tells the apex that the barrel is full and turns off the RO buddy. Then as a fail safe I have a float valve in the very top. The float valve will turn off the water it the switches fail or if my dumbass triggers the ro unit on.
The 55g barrel is also my ato. I have a 1/4” ro line that runs through the walls to the tank and feeds all 3 systems via float valves. I never worry about auto topoff apex has that covered.