Good Powerstrip Timer for Equipment

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  1. dustin0479

    dustin0479 Peppermint Shrimp

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    Anyone know of a good timer to use for your Reef Tank? I am looking for a powerstrip timer with at least 2 programs.
    Thanks
     
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  3. M-Ocean Man

    M-Ocean Man Flame Angel

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    Coralife has one such powerstrip with a timer for the actinic lights/daylights/moonlights

    It has 6-8 outlets I believe.

    For anything more capable you are probably looking at something along the lines of a Reef controller/computer
     
  4. dustin0479

    dustin0479 Peppermint Shrimp

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    any experience with the Coralife powerstrip?
     
  5. Jay Reef

    Jay Reef Feather Duster

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    Used it for years. It has two timers and one of the timers has on/off plugs for day/moonlights so it can replace three timers technically if you use timers for moonlights.
     
  6. Jay Reef

    Jay Reef Feather Duster

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    This is the one I used to use.
     
  7. M-Ocean Man

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    Jay Reef - that model looks quite similar to the Coralife one - I am sure they operate in a similar matter.

    We use one of the coralife ones here for our 430 gallon tank in our office and we have actually had to replace it once in about 2 1/2 years already. Timer went bad on one side - would not give power to the outlet.

    The new one has been functioning with no issues for over a year now so I think the other malfunction may have been an isolated indecent.
     
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  9. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    I have a single-timer one of those, M-Ocean, and had only been using it since October. It went bad already LOL.