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!
Its only noticable with flash but looks like I have a tiny bit of overspray of primer. No problem i must repaint this thing with a good indoor paint because this stuff was horrible. So I will get a oil or water based paint instead of latex . Also inside the cabinet I am getting a couple baking pans to use a drip pans when I replace filter media and the inside of the cabinet will be sprayed with liquid rubber.
In this system I have a chato algae canister , gfo canister , carbon canister. One is empty at the moment. Once I added the material I got lots of air in the system and now its pushing lots of bubbles.Ok fixed the bubbles till all the air is out if the system...
The chato needs light to live and grow and it will be a few days till equipment gets here so im using a house hold energy saving bulb at the moment. Because the cabinet is tinted even with lights on inside the cabinet it blocks most the light.
This is a pic showing the regular lamp lighting the chato algae
This is the door closed , there are a couple tiny cracks I will cover but mostly it looks good..More updates will come tommorow with plans for mounting ezb in a dry safe place as well as the relays that will be used to allow ezb to control everything.
After just one night with new filter media . Wow this will be crystal clear.
Ok equipment is on the way so progress will stand still till then.
Blue submarine (to encase ez cam) arrival usps Nov 9
T5 Marine parts light UPS Nov 8
4 powerhead 350 gph pumps (to make waves) Nov 9
125 snails (aid the automatic system as natural cleaners)
Tip220 switching transistors to control ac power relays as interface between ezb and relays) nov 7
Good news switching transistors are here and the submarine... sub seems smaller than pictured.
Its big enough for a cam inside but I would need to gut the electronics to make room. Go figure lol.