My New Apex Mounting (1 Viewer)

[Fish Keeper82]

After waiting almost a month since I pre ordered it, my New Apex arrived last Thursday. I finally had some time Sunday to build this mounting/cable management box, seal it, paint it, and mount the Apex. It's going to go under my stand. I sealed it since I've had a tank leak in the past and don't want to loose the Apex if it ever happened to this tank.
Now to learn the programming and start transferring everything over and securing the cables down. Waiting on my probe holder get the probes wet.
I ordered the Kindle Fire as a permanent 7" display as I first saw on the BRS 160 video. I can't wait to finish it and have it operational.

 

[flipside]

You've done a great job at mounting that thing FK82!

Personally, I'm having a hard time with the aesthetics of the new Apex, but I've yet to hear too many people share in my opinion of it. There must be a whole lot of "good" that outweighs the "bad," I suppose.

Either way, your's is looking great! Congrats!

 

[Fish Keeper82]

I hear ya. There was a lot of discontent after the announcement of the new Apex with the new look on national forums. I never owned a controller and was looking for one by chance when the new one was released. I didn't really care what it looked like just that it was the latest controller. The look grew on me since I was not accustomed to anything else and now coupled with the DOS and DDR I picked up used at a good price from a fellow Marshian it all fits the same color scheme.
These are my first doing pumps and I was a bit concerned how the tubing would look since the pumps are angled kind of funny but I liked the outcome in the end.
I also incorporated my old wether resistant power receptacles for powerheads and lighting that power draw did not need to be on separate outlets on the Apex itself.

A few more cable ties and velcro straps to tidy it up and I'll be happy with it.