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!
JOSH here is a few ideas for your project and mine First i made and designed a dirty oil detector for a pump,so i think the design might work for a dirty water filter. Second i saw a low cost fish feeder and looks easy to make it run from EZB and can easy add a circuit for when the feeder is empty too.
So I had a second round of attacks from the algae monster
The tank looked like one big jello shot. All it was missing was the vodka! One of the gizmos at the EZ B disposal is a UV light. Fortunately once activated and two days later i is on the road do clearing up thanks to some electronic stimulation.
@24 hours with uv saturation
48 hours after UV saturation. This is running the max 9 watts I can energize the compressed gas tube to. (Similar to a halogen or xenon)
Because of the obvious dangers of direct UV Radon I had to shield this in a light tight canister. The tube is inside and water passes through a tube right in front of the uv bulb and back into the tank.WOW i never seen that on my sister big saltwater tank ever,thats weird
looks like you are making a bomb
Honestly without googling lots of pictures I never had either. Never had this problem but luckily some electronic technology exists to knock this stuff out quick! All without spending hundreds of dollars on some marine sterilization setups.
my sister has a super simple setup,no problems for about 3 years, i guess your is a strange setup to have water not clear i think she paid only about $90 to $100 ,and had the right balance of fish with plants and coral the expert at the saltwater fish store told me the same thing all that hundereds of dollars is a waste of money others buy for marine sterilization setups
i am getting a PH sensor in soon to build my circuit,first making one for my fresh water tank using EZB
Great Fred! We will be looking forward to updates on your project thread.
I am like JOSH lot of projects to do But there is good news retiring very early from my work,in march so much more time for robots also hope to win the bid on a house too
PH not just for me ,but JOSH may need it ,plus a few other special sensors for freshwater and saltwater tank,one item well needed is when a filter goes bad,another is water level and many more
It keeps me creative to have a few different projects