When I lose power my apex goes into a complete overdrive and explodes internally. Disconnects from the fusion and starts turning outlets on and off. The only solution Is to call Neptune and have them guide me through a complete restore. So yeah you’re not alone.
If you constantly loose power for periods of time, it would be wise to consider attaching a UPS to your aquarium. At the very least you could keep the apex running and a powerhead to keep water circulating. You would still get notifications of power loss, but at least your tank would not be conpletely down. You should assign a static ip to your apex as was previously suggested. That does make things easier. A ups would help to protect your investment.
If you constantly loose power for periods of time, it would be wise to consider attaching a UPS to your aquarium. At the very least you could keep the apex running and a powerhead to keep water circulating. You would still get notifications of power loss, but at least your tank would not be conpletely down. You should assign a static ip to your apex as was previously suggested. That does make things easier. A ups would help to protect your investment.
If you get the ip for your apex (can find that in your router or probably can get it from the apex itself) then you can put that address in your web browser from a computer connected to the same network. From there you can set the network settings of the apex and instead of DHCP you want manual or static (cant remember what it asks for) then in your modem you need to reserve that address so nothing else grabs it. If you have a comcast modem its most likely handing out 10.1.10.x addresses just pick something like 10.1.10.99 or some somewhat high number lower than 254 for the final octet. The problem I've had with this is that the modem will either get reset or I'll change providers or something will happen and then I have to go through all this crap again. I've been leaving it at dhcp but maybe thats why I have the same problem as you...Power is not usually out for more than a second or two, just enough to cycle everything off/on. Can anyone point me to a thread or directions on setting up the static IP for my APEX? I'm not a networking specialist (or anything close).
