One controller, multiple tanks?

ziege · 04/01/2010, 09:28 PM

I've been searching around on this for a couple of days but haven't found a huge amount of info.

Is anyone using a single controller (I'm thinking AC Apex but any example is good) to run multiple tanks?

I figure someone must be doing it. Otherwise advertising claims like, "Cable lengths over 200 feet," "Up to 240 modules, hundreds of probes," and "up to 1920 switched outlets," are more misleading than usual. But I can't find anyone talking about doing so.

I'm thinking along the lines of a display tank and frag tank, or maybe different types of display tank.

There is the eggs/basket equation but beyond that what's the prevailing groupthink?

tkeracer619 · 04/01/2010, 09:31 PM

I don't like doing it in case there is a problem with the controller.

unbreakable · 04/01/2010, 09:33 PM

im only doing a biocube 14 and a 75g for now

ziege · 04/01/2010, 10:09 PM

The "problem with controller" issue is what I was referring to with eggs/basket. OTOH... Is a person with, arbitrarily, a single 360G display tank risking less than someone with thirty 10g tanks and a 60g? I bet I could make arguments in either direction.

Unbreakable... how is your setup set up?

tank o tang · 04/01/2010, 10:36 PM

I have run into a problem with my rke and for that reason I run a seperate controller on every tank.

04/01/2010, 09:28 PM	#1
ziege Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: DFW Posts: 78	One controller, multiple tanks? I've been searching around on this for a couple of days but haven't found a huge amount of info. Is anyone using a single controller (I'm thinking AC Apex but any example is good) to run multiple tanks? I figure someone must be doing it. Otherwise advertising claims like, "Cable lengths over 200 feet," "Up to 240 modules, hundreds of probes," and "up to 1920 switched outlets," are more misleading than usual. But I can't find anyone talking about doing so. I'm thinking along the lines of a display tank and frag tank, or maybe different types of display tank. There is the eggs/basket equation but beyond that what's the prevailing groupthink?

04/01/2010, 09:31 PM	#2
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	I don't like doing it in case there is a problem with the controller. __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

04/01/2010, 09:33 PM	#3
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	im only doing a biocube 14 and a 75g for now __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

04/01/2010, 10:36 PM	#5
tank o tang Thread Lurker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: CT Posts: 1,527	I have run into a problem with my rke and for that reason I run a seperate controller on every tank. __________________ A 5 gallon bucket of water dosen't look like much till it's on your living room floor Current Tank Info: 180gal

04/01/2010, 10:09 PM	#4
ziege Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: DFW Posts: 78	The "problem with controller" issue is what I was referring to with eggs/basket. OTOH... Is a person with, arbitrarily, a single 360G display tank risking less than someone with thirty 10g tanks and a 60g? I bet I could make arguments in either direction. Unbreakable... how is your setup set up?