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!
GOOD suggestion DAVE, i think it would too,and motors sometimes stop,with power problem and fish get caught it,when power comes on again ,it will kill the fish Fish wont get sucked into it ,because it pushers water out.
there is a way to protect it,screen in front of it may not work to well,but current sense on power wire or power monitor,but if the motor sticks and then starts again wont help much.
So best fix is fan blade monitor,using IR or magnetic switch ,like magnet on the blade with hall effect or reed switch,,like used in alarms ,like a magnetic encoder,both easy to make.
Also JOSH you said the natural rivers and oceans have water flowing and if not too strong it wont hurt the plants or coral,that not really correct.
Reason is the plants and coral are way at the bottom and the flowing stream is near the top of the water.
When I was running a reef tank I had pumps for current flow and was afraid of this. I kept the pump towards the top of the tank and built a cage around it to keep the little critters away from the suction action of the pump. Never had a problem.
that good idea too,DAVE and seems like it will work fairly well,current flowing will depend on the cage is made,what size screen is used,you dont want it too small, or too big of holes
If making it too small of screen holes it will cut down on water current flowing ,if too big of holes small fish will get in to it.
Also that type doesnt suck water it pushes water,and intake on it does have a plastic screen if you look at the design.
All they are is a fan pushing air,where in water it pushes water instead of air
on the model JOSH got amazon has it for $18.18 including shipping
Ok today I get to move my main computer back to my room snd start working on the wierd case intruded bios error. I traded a few video games for a Acer One Aspire Netbook in great condition with win 7. This will be the new host pc for ARC software and I already had purchased extra Bluetooth adapters in my last order so once I have it charged and ARC installed I should be ready to go! I will post pics later. On a second note im starting another thread for my Nano Tank , a ten gallon saltwater aquarium which is known to be very difficult. This will be a reef / coral frag tank. Here is the ten gallon on my table I painted black.
The EZ board for this one is on the way so im going to start its setup , im considering making a custom setup for this one too but with many surprises involved
i heard they said that a 10 gallon not great for a reef or coral tank,should of got a 20 gallon would be better less crammed up and will look better,they dont cost tha t much more.
my brother about 6 months ago,went in to his horse stable room to clear it out for horses he was getting and found the last owner had 9 10 gallons in there some with lights ,he gave them all to me ,pretty cool HUH
OK me and my roomate wired the third light which is the uv/purple color that will be on early morning and late night before completely going dark, I have installed framework 4.5 and fresh install of win7 before downloading ARC to this netbook. I wrote the script like i did before but added in the additional light schedule however i noticed i recieved and error when trying to run it. Its weird it didnt do this before. Also i noticed the ezb is connecting throught Com port 4 but i can manually toggle the digital ports on and off through ARC. the error indicated "string was not in a corrrect format Done". Any ideas why im getting this. Sorry id this post was not written well as its 2am and a hour ago I took two Sleeping pills from Unisom so Im seriously Drowsy. Anyways see anything I missed? Syntax error check did not find any format issue.
:Start WaitUntilTime(06:00)Set(D4,on) WaitUntilTime(08:00)Set(D1,on) WaitUntilTime(08:01)Set(D4,off) WaitUntilTime(10:00)Set(D2,on) WaitUntilTime(18:00)Set(D2,off) WaitUntilTime(20:00)Set(D1,off) WaitUntilTime(20:00)Set(D4,on) WaitUntilTime(22:00)Set(D4,off) WaitUntilTime(22:01)Set(D3,on) WaitUntilTime(05:59)Set(D3,off) Goto(Start)
looks easy,might use it for mine,will work for my 4 fish tanks ,plus my 3 gecko cages
JOSH you going to make a temperature monitor and PH monitor for your tanks
And what about a auto fish feeder