RE: Aquarium automation

["John Nye" <john@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

Like the look of the IKS computer - unfortunatly doesn't quite (at the
moment - but who knows....) fit the budget -:(

For a tropical tank the key things I'm probably looking to monitor are
ammonia and nitrite. Would the IKS do that? Not sure how I could do that
with HV though?

Any pictures of your setup??

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 30 April 2006 23:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Aquarium automation
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> I have a reef tank - all the gadgets you can think of! My
> main controller is an IKS computer - monitors temp, pH, water
> level etc and controls sump lighting, CO2 calcium reactor,
> Calcium Hydroxide reactor etc. via RS232 I chart these
> values. Fairly expensive controller though and all of it
> could also be done with something like HV etc.
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> James (mi4.biz)also wrote a xAP app to get these values into
> floorplan etc.
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> Paul.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > John Nye
> > Sent: 30 April 2006 20:56
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Aquarium automation
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> > After a gap of a few years we have just bought an aquarium
> for tropical
> > fish
> > as SWMBO had this great idea that we could take out an
> internal window
> > between the hall and kitchen and replace it with a tank!
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> > Have had a look through the archives so I know there are a
> few on the list
> > with aquariums but was wondering what level of automation
> others had now
> > managed to achieve?
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> > At the moment looking at the normal things:
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> > - lights on and off at preset times (probably looking at
> x10 but it can be
> > a
> > bit iffy round my place but seems better when controlled by HV)
> > - auto feeder (have ordered a 'fishmate')
> > - temperature monitoring (no idea how to do this, but will
> have 2 heaters
> > so
> > if one packs up there is still a chance that the fish will
survive)
> > - water quality, I guess this could be a bit ambitious?
> > - water changes: I suppose it will have to be the tube and
bucket.
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