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10:30am - all "found" again. (but R01/R02 are still not Gen4) Seems I shouldn't get too hung up on Missing vs Ok. before the lights come on.

Thanks for the Update and Reset - Glad I didn't press either of them out of frustration. Last night, all the lights were found - but R01 and R02 were not recognized as Gen4's. This morning (7am), same situation - and the WXM Gear screen showed them all as recognized (with Firmware rev 255.255.255). And looked again just now - R01 missing, R05 missing... What the heck is going on. I may try your Delete and Re-connect/Attach the original two tonight.

Feb 2021 update - 1st reactor refill since the original Oct 2020 post. Summary, I can't tell if the remag is dissolving or not. Emptied the reactor, and picked most of the remag nuggets back out. (Shiny rocks in pictures) Poured out fresh remag from the original bag used in Oct 2020. (Dry/chalky rocks in pictures) "maybe" a touch more polished. I'm not sure my Mg levels are being helped. But, I put the nuggets back on the top of my reactor refill. I run my reactor pH setpoint at 6.5 - but in fairness I don't calibrate it. So its 6.5 +/- System parameters: Alk 9-9.5 (9.5 max control setpoint), Ca ~430, Mg ~1350 This is likely the last cycle I will use my old/original K2R reactor. I've got a larger GEO reactor ready to go. Waiting until current round of Coral Re-stocking to take off. (Display tank was swapped last fall, settled in now and starting to restock.) Left side - media from the reactor. Right Side - fresh media from the bag media from the reactor (shiny) fresh media from the bag (dry) Freshly Refilled Reactor

super strange. Radion 01 and 02 are found again, kind of sort of. 1. WXM Status still has them MISSING. (but they're not) 2. But main ApexFusion menu shows them as Found. (not "Missing") 3. BUT... Really weird (and hard to show in a clear screen capture) - Apex things R01 and R02 are Gen3's, not Gen4's. So R01/R02 (Shown on Apex as Gen3's, but in reality they're Gen 4's - and could program them that way before) For comparison, R03..R06 show correctly as Gen4's Strangeness... Will wait some time and see what happens.

Today, my apex WXM just decided to lose connection to my first two Radion's. I've power cycled them, power cycled my apex system, and power cycled just their WXM box alone. Questions @SuncrestReef ? Remind me what "Update" and "Reset" do to a WXM? I don't want to re-attach each radion from scratch. (Yes, attaching all 10 was a slow/painful process) Other ideas?

Is this the work of One crab, or multiples. How many? Great before and after photo.

Dibs. PM Sent

Thanks @Manny Tavan for this thread. Well done! This was a fun.

Another try for the Golden Ticket!

Echotech solution is an 18Ah 12v battery, which quoted run times (out of their manual) are pasted below. In my case, I'm a MP40 user for this backup.. So that's 36hrs/MP40 --> 0.5Ah/HOUR/MP40. I'm eyeing a 100Ah 12V battery and intend to drive 2 MP40's from it. So that's ~100hours... aka ~4days. [BTW, I'm thinking TWO battery setups. One 100Ah on 2 MP 40's on frag tanks. 2nd 100Ah on 2MP 40's on display tank.] I'll write up the piece parts list/etc, when I do it.

I'm trying to keep my replies interesting, or in this case, appropriate. I've been thinking of this... But decided against it. Instead I'm going to do this...

If this was my tank and I found Tons of anemones in the overflow... My approach would be to see if I could temporarily shut down flow to the tank, replumb the overflow into a 5 gallon bucket, and see if I could (very carefully) run bleach water through the overflow and plumbing to just Kill Them All in one shot. But that's how my mind works. Just don't do THIS. (found on the internet)

This thread has gone cold overnight. How about two new topics. 1. Picture of two headed Gold Rainbow Hammer frag from @J-Dog. (thank you) Braved a LOT of downed trees and limbs, plus downed power lines all over the place to get to J-Dog. Amazing how bad Oregon City area is. To his credit, J-Dog delivered the corals during a power outage. 2. Cold Water + Warm Moist Air == Condensation! I made RO water last night, and closed the door to my garage equipment room. Fish room is humid, guess incoming water is Cold.

Next chance for me, Check.

SnowMagedon has been good for some basic tank maintenance. Yesterday I installed two diffusers I picked up from @Bicyclebill in mid January. The middle pair of Radions were missing diffusers, and just got around to installing them. Thanks Bill!

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Here was my fun at 10:30am this morning. Lost power from 1:30-3am today. No visible fish tank problems, all was running fine when I got up. Later, went to do some maint and the dedicated EB832 for my mixing station setup is offline. What!? Unplugged, replugged - would power up the outlets, and shut back off. Never showing any color on the neptune symbol. Unplugged, replugged - same result. Took a picture of where all the outlets plug in. Unplugged everything. Unplugged the three USB/Communication cables from it, unplugged the 1link connection. Pulled off the wall - pressed the Circuit Breaker button on the back. (with no noticeable effect) Plugged BARE EB832 back in. Booted just fine. Flashing Orange symbol - Its looking to find the mother Apex controller. Plugged the USB's back in, communicating just fine. Plugged all the outlets back in, everything working fine. Unplugged, replugged fully loaded EB832 - Everything is working fine. Oh how I hate an electronic mystery like this. Imagine if I was on a 2week business trip... Oh wait, that's not likely in the next 10 months. I can just keep monitoring it. Anyone else have occasional EB832 "lock ups?"

Glad to see you've got backup power. I read your post to my wife and her reply was, "Let's Go - I'll bet he's having a Great Sale!" Jeff, you help the community so often - please know if you get in a jam, just reach out. Spare propane, Hot coffee, Space heaters... If you need Apex programming help, I'll send @SuncrestReef.

Went for a drive yesterday, to swap a frag for a shrimp with @sharambil. Crunchy, but mostly mushy. But that underlayer of ice in dark spots. Number of trees down around us and what surprised me is now many had really shallow roots. Seemed like <1' under the surface. Took a more scenic route home and got stopped on the the one narrow/hill section. Someone picked yesterday to move, and had a big uhaul truck. luckily we were following for a distance and saw them get stuck within few hundred yards of top of the hill. We could still turn around and go back.

We rarely loose power too. Lost it for 90 minutes, starting at 1:30am today. Whole house went silent, which woke me up. very strange feeling. What'd I do about it... Slept. Came back on around 3am. nothing harmed.

Sorry to hear you're in a tight spot. If I was closer, I'd come help - but driving down today just doesn't seem the safe thing to do. Good luck.

Thanks everyone. Looking forward to a drive to Hillsboro and shopping!

I'll take one (or both if Zoolander falls through). I'm located close to you. PM sent.

Did you have a Jumper? Sorry for your loss.

BTW - for my install, I'm going to size where the brackets can go - and then bias final install with what size plastic cutting board I can find on Amazon - and hopefully with a drip/juice groove. When shelf is folded up, I'll get less drips on the floor. An easy wipe with a towel before folding down, clean up inevitable splashes, then fold the shelf down. https://smile.amazon.com/Extra-Plastic-Carving-Groove-Certified/dp/B083F9WB86/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=plastic+cutting+board+black+groove&qid=1613066468&sr=8-14