reef-pi :: An opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi.

[Cary]

Meanwhile , state of healdsburg

Is that your 3 gallon? Where is the ato tube?

 

[Ranjib]

Is that your 3 gallon? Where is the ato tube?

That’s my 2.7 gallon fluval spec. My pico tanks don’t have ato, they are on 80% water change , every week. Reef pi controls lighting, temperature , return etc

 

[Gareth elliott]

Is lunar cycle simulation and realtime sunset/sunrise a prospect for a feature in the future?

https://www.ledgroupbuy.com/makersled-controller-sunrise-sunset-controller-for-makersdriver/

Was reading up on this item to do a diy build, for when i start using moonlights (when tanks leave the bedroom lol)
But after thinking,with the PWM connection thought i could probably do this much cheaper with current light and adding a simple diy build of 470nm wide angle diodes on a separate unit for moonlight all controlled by software.

 

[Ranjib]

Is lunar cycle simulation and realtime sunset/sunrise a prospect for a feature in the future?

https://www.ledgroupbuy.com/makersled-controller-sunrise-sunset-controller-for-makersdriver/

Was reading up on this item to do a diy build, for when i start using moonlights (when tanks leave the bedroom lol)
But after thinking,with the PWM connection thought i could probably do this much cheaper with current light and adding a simple diy build of 470nm wide angle diodes on a separate unit for moonlight all controlled by software.

daily light cycle is definitely supported in 1.0. I have never used lunar cycle. I use a blue led bar (salvaged from my bicobube29 original hood) and use reef-pi to control it on-demand, as and when I feel like watching corals at night. That can be put under daily cycle as well (like opposite of day cyle). Do you need monthly cycle, if so, that can be a future thing,

 

[Gareth elliott]

daily light cycle is definitely supported in 1.0. I have never used lunar cycle. I use a blue led bar (salvaged from my bicobube29 original hood) and use reef-pi to control it on-demand, as and when I feel like watching corals at night. That can be put under daily cycle as well (like opposite of day cyle). Do you need monthly cycle, if so, that can be a future thing,

Yes was looking at the idea of a monthly lunar calendar. With moonlight intensity 1 lux for full moon and progressing to 0 on new moon with progressive sunrise/sunset.

I might try my hand at my own project in the future using an adruino uno as a lunar clock(adjustable timer circuit) that controls wavemaker intensity on the same schedule to add flood and ebb currents.

 

[Schreiber]

EDIT: Figured this one out right after posting. Just thought I'd leave this here in case anyone else has the same issue. If there is a timer associated with the piece of equipment, it will not let you delete it. You have to delete the timer first.

Got an issue with 0.9.1 (and 0.9 I guess). There's a single equipment it won't let me delete. Is there a way to totally wipe the configuration for reef pi & start from scratch?

 

[Gareth elliott]

Got an issue with 0.9.1 (and 0.9 I guess). There's a single equipment it won't let me delete. Is there a way to totally wipe the configuration for reef pi & start from scratch?

Go to connections and delete the connection that is used by that equipment.

 

[njtiger aquariums]

Yes was looking at the idea of a monthly lunar calendar. With moonlight intensity 1 lux for full moon and progressing to 0 on new moon with progressive sunrise/sunset.

I might try my hand at my own project in the future using an adruino uno as a lunar clock(adjustable timer circuit) that controls wavemaker intensity on the same schedule to add flood and ebb currents.

I read one person's build awhile back where he used an adruino to control his lighting. he tapped his system into a weather station near one of his fav reefs. He uses the data from the weather station to control his lights. he has it mimic cloud cover, wind speed and directions (the lights act like clouds going over his tank) I believe he also did a lunar cycle on there as well.

 

[Ranjib]

Yes was looking at the idea of a monthly lunar calendar. With moonlight intensity 1 lux for full moon and progressing to 0 on new moon with progressive sunrise/sunset.

I might try my hand at my own project in the future using an adruino uno as a lunar clock(adjustable timer circuit) that controls wavemaker intensity on the same schedule to add flood and ebb currents.

You can write a small script to poll weather service and set lunar light values using reef-pi api as well,

 

[Ranjib]

EDIT: Figured this one out right after posting. Just thought I'd leave this here in case anyone else has the same issue. If there is a timer associated with the piece of equipment, it will not let you delete it. You have to delete the timer first.

Got an issue with 0.9.1 (and 0.9 I guess). There's a single equipment it won't let me delete. Is there a way to totally wipe the configuration for reef pi & start from scratch?

Check if you are using that equipment in ato or temperature controller or any other place

 

[Gareth elliott]

I read one person's build awhile back where he used an adruino to control his lighting. he tapped his system into a weather station near one of his fav reefs. He uses the data from the weather station to control his lights. he has it mimic cloud cover, wind speed and directions (the lights act like clouds going over his tank) I believe he also did a lunar cycle on there as well.

Interesting project cant say i would ever want the weather function lol.

I have a finnex light on my planted freshwater that has a function that “replicates” a thunder storm. Dims the light then flashes back then dims again. I have never seen fish look so perturbed than with this lol.

But want a similar goal, but only the lunar and solar effects at play for a reef in my timezone.

 

[njtiger aquariums]

Interesting project cant say i would ever want the weather function lol.

I have a finnex light on my planted freshwater that has a function that “replicates” a thunder storm. Dims the light then flashes back then dims again. I have never seen fish look so perturbed than with this lol.

But want a similar goal, but only the lunar and solar effects at play for a reef in my timezone.

I have a light bar that has the thunderstorm as well. its cool but again I don't think it has any effect on our tank. The only way I would do something like that is if I could make my tank mimic the weather outside, low tide, high tide, ruff water clam water, etc....

 

[Gareth elliott]

You can write a small script to poll weather service and set lunar light values using reef-pi api as well,

Thanks for ghe idea, i actually found some that return queries as Json script.

 

[dburg30]

Installed 091 and I personally like the equipment buttons now..

 

[Gareth elliott]

I have a light bar that has the thunderstorm as well. its cool but again I don't think it has any effect on our tank. The only way I would do something like that is if I could make my tank mimic the weather outside, low tide, high tide, ruff water clam water, etc....

I do some seasonal changes manually on freshwater for breeding purposes. Two timers on one outlet to drift the photoperiod. Fewer wc during the dry season.

But for marine i was reading a few studies and wanted to try something more elaborate.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/stor...en&s=b675e3fd06e0c797a50dc0c698445a051b9fd543

https://engineering.stanford.edu/ma...e-dynamics-and-water-flows-affect-coral-reefs

 

[Schreiber]

Go to connections and delete the connection that is used by that equipment.

It was a timer that was preventing me from deleting it.

 

[Schreiber]

Got everything up & running!! Here's a picture of my cord nest. Going to start digging into some code now. @Ranjib , anything in particular that would be good for me to take a look at?

 

[Ranjib]

Got everything up & running!! Here's a picture of my cord nest. Going to start digging into some code now. @Ranjib , anything in particular that would be good for me to take a look at?

Lots of things . Depending upon what's your background. Following are some easy wins:
On the UI side (javascript/react):
- Make dashboard modular. i.e. dont show temperature or ato charts if they are not enabled
- Make notification UI options in temperature and ato module visible only when they are enabled
- Implement UI for browsing images under camera module
- Implement UI for doser module
On the backend side (go):
- Improve test coverage
- Make lighting module work for arbitrary time intervals. Currently it works with fixed 12 point (2 hour interval) values
- Implement backend logic for doser module
On the documentation side:
- Check for typo, and any other grammartical errors
- Complete documentation for ato & temperature controller.

For UI/backend development: https://reef-pi.github.io/additional-documentation/development/
For documentation/ reef-pi website development: https://github.com/reef-pi/website/blob/master/README.md

 

[sector9]

So much development since I last played with reef-pi 4 months ago (it ran for 4 months only tracking the temperature for me). I finally built my power outlets and I can tell this is going to be awesome

 

[Ranjib]

So much development since I last played with reef-pi 4 months ago (it ran for 4 months only tracking the temperature for me). I finally built my power outlets and I can tell this is going to be awesome

This is awesome :0) .
Did you encounter any bug or other stability in the past 4 months ? Let me know if you have any suggestions. Love to hear your feedback