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!
also looking at you ROV design i am working on one with camera and special drive motor design and to motors to raise and lower the ROV,also belong to a yahoo ROV GROUP ,might look at posting the photos of it,was looking for a good microcontroller board and i think EZB is perfect,wouldnt fit inside any tank ,will post a new thread on the design
@robotmaker thats a sediment filter ir removes solids. It doesn't add oxygen though or process nitrates. Does look like it can keep water clear of junk and poo floating around though.
Ok I picked up plexiglass from lowes and began measuring and cutting. In the entry way the tank has a three section bubble trap. The center section is where algae , live rock and the spaghetti (chato algae) the idea is to completly infest this area with bacteria and plant life to pull the nutritional solids like fish poop , decaying food an proteins.
my sister has one like it for over 4 years and no problems at all,thats the reason i am getting it can add another type to add oxygen also adding a lot of air stones release oxygen and adding plants but there is a machine if needed to turn salt into oxygen,my dad has one for his pool but airstones also the best i have the whole back wall line of stones ,like a wall of bubbles
for nitrate removal you need a nitratereductor they are about $100 for 100 gallons another item i am getting is CO2 REACTOR ,ONE FOR MY FRESHWATER PLANTS and one for my saltwater tank ,petco has all theses types and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LQRD5mHN0g&feature=youtube_gdata_playersaw you video JOSH it does look good only its a very big setup on mine i am looking at professional setup it cost more but worth it and its a lot better it moves 900 gallons per hour compare to 360 gph on the electronics i might use the EZB, it is little over rated for this type of project ,but might use it because of the camera idea on adding a camera the EZ camera not ready the best camera the LUX is not great for darkness even with IR lights ,whats needed is .001 lux or so b&w camera to see darkness,i did see a very good ,color and switches to low lux B&W camera that may be better
I tested the small pumps that will individually be pushing water through each canister. Still going very strong. Looks great.
your design look good ,but with all the work on this project i guess you wont be able to finish you omnibot project