Killed my tank.....

[Ifeelsick]

Hi, that's very sad. The fish rely on us to keep them alive and we rely on equipment to help us.

 

[dorkymk3]

Sorry for the loss. I run dual temp sensors on my RKL. 1 in my overflow on display tank and one by my return pump in the sump. Always have alarms and triggers to turn on fan or heater. Also have a regular tank thermometer to make sure my RKL is reading accurately.

 

[Lsufan]

Sorry for your loss NASA, hope it recovers well for u. It's easy for me to say but try not to let it get u down to much. U did as much preparation & research in everything on your build as anyone could have so everything went well once setup. Dont let one thing kinda overlooked discourage u, I know it's hard with all the work u put in on the build.

I would recommend heaters that have a internal thermostat & like they already mentioned, turn it a couple degrees higher then your apex as a extra failsafe. I know that's not what your issues were but I'm sure u will be implementing more failsafes. I don't have a apex so I have my heaters on a inkbird controller & I love it. I went forever with no failsafes on my heaters but I was lucky I never had issues. It does make me feel better having it on the controller with the heater thermostat as a failsafe.

Again, so sorry for your problems but try to have a merry Christmas

 

[Rick's Reef]

On the Ranco temp controller - I had an "industrial strength one" fail and take out a tank when I was out of town for Thanksgiving about 15 years ago. In that case the controller failed in the ON position for the chiller and I came home to a tank that was around 65 degrees. This eventually led to me getting my first Aqua Controller 3. Now I have failsafe alerts for conditions as the other posters have said.

Today I have an Apex (now called the Classic) and I still wonder if I shouldn't go ahead and hook up the AC3 that's sitting in a box somewhere if for no other reason than to have an independent alert system...

My condolences for your loss though .