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!
Ok 4 hours into this project today I have the 5 canisters mounted with 4 steel brackets. Using fiber reinforced hose I made the input connection to the pump. The pump must be lower than the water source it is pulling from so gravity pulls the water down into the impeller.
Preparing to move the tank onto the new cabinet I remove about 30 gallons of the 55. Even then it still weights 200 pounds or better so it was some serious grunting to get it moved. Then when I sat my end down dan had not moved his fingers and got them seriously squished.It took hours to get this working! We had problems getting all the air bubble out of the lines and canisters because they are reverse osmosis. That kind of canister forces the water through an outer wall and then an inner tube holding filter media. Anyways its been a long night and im just so happy the filter system I designed is running and being tested. We only found one leak that was so small it only dripped every couple of minutes. I put a dot of super glue on it and sealed it right up!
I have not measured the flow on gallons per hour yet but just taking a guess I would say between 250 to 300 gallons per hour. Most specialists in marine industry claim water should be circulated through filtration 4 times per hour and a couple experts we talked to said 6 times per hour is best which would be the 300 gph range. So as long as the filter media doesn't cause too much resistance to flow I will be dead on where I need to be.
The light on top is a temporary solution. Im getting custom acrylic covers made and the dual bulb light is on its way. Also I will have 4 wave generators to install and thats where we start to test EZB. Ezb first tasks are turning light on and off at a designated time and turn on night lighting and chato lighting at night. Also I plan on a 30 second on 30 second off alternating cycle between the four wave generators to simulate ocean currents in the wild. My roomate even came up with an awesome idea to get a few white , blue and yellow leds and get ezb to flash them quickly like lighting from a storm. How cool would that be? Oh this is a cool project.
We tinted the glass with 2 percent to help hide plumbing and when algea lights are on it will not be very bright at night. I hate the latex paint. Its garbage so I eventually will repaint it.