jstarne1
Ez Robot community I wanted to introduce my latest application of this system. Some members hear already know I keep two salt water aquariums one coral which unfortunately died off and my predator tank. Sea life needs delicate balance maintained in their little ecosystem. Things like light spectrum , temperature, ph balance , current of water , nitrate and ammonia levels and calcium levels. These things take a practiced hand to maintain. I am building a new system and using ez b to monitor salinity, nitrates and ammonia, temp , water current flow and the ph. The ADC ports are useful for these and EZ board can control the current and switching to a backup power supply ( a apc for computers inside the cabinet to keep ezb and pumps powered). Also the ezb can turn on and off night , morning , day , and evening lighting settings. With a custom injection device im designing ezb can provide nutrients , calcium and even medicine if levels are out of wack. I started the build today and I am very excited!
dam,hope he gets well one i am getting for my big tank is a stingray without the stingers,and others too
JOSH with this project of yours gave me a idea going to use my EZB i am getting a LONG TAIL LEMUR in a few months after i build a very large outside cage so the EZB wiill be good for temperature monitor,alarm system, maybe a rain gauge and food monitor plus have the camera keep a eye on him
EZB not for just robots but everything else too, also thought about X10 system ,but would be very very costly,for every outlet,lights control.A/C control and SPA controller and more in my house,would need well over 1000 of EZB
Its my Birthday! Woop woop! The tank appears to have recovered from the hair algea. Yay!
Tiny update. I descided to up the bulb wattage feeding light to the plant life filtration. I went from a 10 watt bulb to a 42 watt 2700k light that closest resembles sunlight in a bulb. The bulb itself is huge incomparison but im thinking the chato needs more light than the 10 watt. My roomate runs two 20 watt bulbs I believe so now I should have just as much light on the biological filtration as him. This should raise oxygen levels a bit. I will be buying a vacuum pump to pull the oxygen the chato is producing and pump it through as airstone. Because I have a sealed system the oxygen produced has no where to go so I must pump it out and put it where I want it.
Original 10 watt by replacement 40 watt 2700k bulb
I picked up this sea urchin to start cleaning proactively the corners and hard to reach areas. You can see he literally sticks he mouth in the corner to grab algae growth. I may get a couple more of these guys. While at my fish supplier Justins Frags , hes sold me on the idea of using a kessel led light. Using two servos I could gradually raise light as if the sun was coming up and even change the amount of blue and simulate sun going down. I cannot dim a flouresent light. So ezb will be connected straigh to the kessel.mostly everyone its using LED for saltwater aquariums best way to go,another great idea i get for each of my aquariums since i go on my trips,but also great to have without going on trips is a automatic feeder I thought ofr making one with servo's ,but since so cheap i bought them
Alright great news , building the new refugium and revamped filtration system. Pictures coming soon!
First I removed the experimental canister system and started measuring for the ten gallon refugium. Theres enough room on the inside of the right half however the opening is a few inches too narrow to slide in the refugium tank. So I made a brace from 1 inch thick plywood and about 30 screws spaced 4 inches apart to insure it could hold the 200 - 300 pounds that it resting on it.
this is the cansister filter system i got its rated at 500 gallons and rated as one of the best to buy it is very costly $500 at rated pump is 900 GPH https://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=13185456&lmdn=Fish+Filtration+%26amp%3B+Circulation&f=PAD%2FpsNotAvailInUS%2FNo my sister help me find the best one made