How many people us their APEX Maintenance Scheduling?

Salty1962 · Aug 10, 2017

I know there are many people here that use an APEX. I'm curious about how many people use the scheduling function for your maintenance/historical? I find myself using it heavily to maintain records of past changes, i.e.- Nutrient levels, system changes upgrades,Dosing and scheduling for future maintenance requirements.
How do you use it?

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Waters · Aug 10, 2017

I use it strictly to set up reminders for upcoming tasks (such as changing GFO and carbon).

Sleepydoc · Aug 11, 2017

I just got an Apex a couple of weeks ago, but I'm planning on using it for things like changing bulbs, cleaning pumps and other less frequent maintenance items. I find that it always seems like I've 'just done' these and when I actually look back to check I'm long overdue. It doesn't help that it's easy to procrastinate on something like changing your bulbs and you don't necessarily notice a difference right away.

JALIASC · Aug 11, 2017

I have reminders for maintenance, use notes for anything thats going on in the tank (new addition, dosing, etc), and input test results to see the trends of the elements im testing

Salty1962 · Aug 11, 2017

How about some folks who have major systems using the APEX database?

lariat8099 · Aug 11, 2017

I use Apex religiously. To track all of my parameters. My maintenance schedule. Sock swap schedule. MP40 cover cleaning. It's an awesome system one you dig deep into all it can do.

fishyguy7 · Aug 19, 2017

I have 450g system and I use the apex to log parameters as well as schedule maintenance.

Salty1962 · Aug 26, 2017

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Salty1962 · Sep 2, 2017

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flowflezy · Oct 10, 2017

I use it for maintenance. Saltwater changes as a reminder. Also all notes I record new corals, new fish, when I check all my perimeters everything is recorded there. I really like this tool I can see when a problem starts and hopefully see the cause of why it did. It is an up to date log book.

glb · Oct 11, 2017

I plan on scheduling all my maintenance on it soon. I enter testing parameters now. My Apex is brand new and I’m still learning too.

emvanburen · Oct 30, 2017

Great for keeping you on task. I’ve loved this feature.

glb · Oct 30, 2017

Now I’ve been using it for maintenance and I love it!

jboone82590 · Oct 30, 2017

After this thread started i have been using the apex reminder and param charts.
Im so ticked that i have not been using it since i set up the apex.

spiraling · Oct 30, 2017

I use it to record most events in the tank. major cleaning, new additions, all measurements. Not for the daily cleaning like socks and PH cover cleaning.
I didn't even know there was scheduling - I guess I'll look at that now. I do think overall they have pretty good software. There are minor things I would change like I would like to hide some of the things I measured for in the past (nitrite and ammonia while cycling) and getting date range charting I want for some things seems tedious.

AdamNC · Oct 31, 2017

Haven’t used it since it first came out, seemed lacking. Has it been updated with more options or still the same? Currently I use Aquaticlog which I find a fantastic tool to use.

iemsparticus · Oct 31, 2017

I use it heavily. For every maintenance task, whether daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly. I love it.

Example of mine:

Salty1962 · Oct 31, 2017

AdamNC said:
Haven’t used it since it first came out, seemed lacking. Has it been updated with more options or still the same? Currently I use Aquaticlog which I find a fantastic tool to use.

There have been a few changes. Allot of capabilities.

pdisner · Nov 5, 2017

Yep, I use it a lot, especially when it comes to comparing test results with what you’ve dosed to see the effect. I think it’s the best.

rkpetersen · Nov 6, 2017

I don't use any of it. I keep all my records in a large hardbacked lined notebook. If it's weekly maintenance, there's a large W with multiple circles around it. If monthly, a large M, and so forth up to yearly. It works for me. I also keep copious records of testing and events, and can record them far faster into a table or a new line in a book than into software. I can review numbers faster there too. (Although software admittedly has it beat by a mile when searching for specific words.) This is actually the same book I used to record data for my first reef around 30 years ago; I happened to pull it off the shelf before setting this new tank up and found it had tons of pages just going to waste.