I figured I would do a bit of an update on my tank as well as some other stuff. This one won't be about my corals which are all doing great. Instead it will be about other stuff which some might find interesting. As most of you know, I am a long time Apex user and have used Neptune equipment for over 20 years. Obviously I love their products and with good reason. You also know I work with Royal Exclusiv and support people from all over the globe with the skimmers, pumps and in some cases, 0-10 controlled pumps which presents controller related issues. With that kind of trouble shooting, it helps to be familiar with the different controllers and their programming logic.
What many of you aren't aware of is that I am now also moonlighting for GHL USA.. GHL has now moved it's east coast warehouse to the Royal Exclusiv facility my Ft. Myers along with Fauna Marin. Marco and I along with Marco's wife have taken up a role as part of the support and logistics team. With that comes learning another great controller. A couple months ago I added a fully packaged latest and greatest Profilux 3 to my system which runs in parallel to my Apex. While the Profilux uses a completely different approach for programming logic and is more menu driven and not code based at all, It's an extremely capable controller and absolutely rock solid. Given the extensive nature of my control over my system and the number of outlets and modules required to run my system, I don't see myself switching from the Apex anytime soon but I really do like the Profilux just as I do my Apex.
With this new partnership between Royal Exclusiv, GHL and Fauna Marin, at MACNA this year, we will be partnering/sharing a 10'x50' booth though they are now trying to change that to a 20'x20' booth which would make much more sense since we plan on having a reef setup and demo'ing the full system/solution including Dreambox, Bubble King Skimmer, RD3 return pump, RE dosing containers along with the GHL Profilux, Mitra LED's, GHL doser and Fauna supplements.
On my display refugium, I ran a Maxspect Razor for the last few years. It was a decent light for that purpose but not great. I recently replaced that light with a GHL Mitra 6200HV and wow.. That light is truly amazing. Having run the Kessils for the last couple years and the Reeftech's before that, I was absolutely amazed with the control the Mitra's give you over the spectrum and their 8 channels of LED's which are all individually controllable from the Profilux interface as well as the Mitra Interface. If I had the money, I would serious consider replacing all my Kessils with these Mitra's but at the same time, I don't want to go broke and the Kessils are working great. It just would be great to gain the extra color channels to bring out colors in my corals that are otherwise not seen. That said, I am considering adding several GHL Mitra Sumo strips to my light rack so I gain the extra colors and have that individual control over them. The Sumo's like their big brothers are controllable through the Profilux interface and will allow me full control over the individual channels and as such would work great as supplemental lighting to gain that additional pop I am after. We will see where that goes in the not so distant future.
Given my thirst for technology and the fact that I support people with a wide range of controllers, I decided to buy a Cerebra since the cost was negligible and inevitably I would be helping somebody some day who has one. It arrived yesterday and I wasted no time setting it up as a standalone controller on my system. While I won't get into all the details and concerns, I will say that this controller has a LONG way to go before its even remotely close to the competition. While their approach is a neat idea, it's not without its problems and I will just leave it at that as I don't want to disparage anybody let alone another product that is new to market.
Anyhow, here are some pictures. I will try to do an update on the rest of the tank and most particularly the corals sometime this weekend.
Cerebra and Proflilux touch display on my display refugium.
Profilux 3.1T ex ultimate.
And my trusty Apex display that will soon be replaced with the 7 Fire Tablet once my flush mount bezel is done after which the display will be relocated to my life support shed to and used to monitor stuff in there.
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