PerplexyHexy
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A fragging swiss army knife!!!
What does this hobby need?
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Bryson.bobby
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Don’t hit a fish with that thing, it would knock it out cold...[emoji1787]
Bryson.bobby
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There is actually a glass cleaning robot called a MOAI[emoji17]
Here’s a link to their website
www.moaidevices.com
Here’s a link to their website
MOAI | Advanced Aquarium Cleaning Robot
Discover MOAI, the cutting-edge robot for effective aquarium cleaning and monitoring. Enhance your tank with its precision cleaning and innovative features.
www.moaidevices.com
NPRW
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Once I had a disco mushroom detach itself from the rock it came in on and I couldn't find it for the life of me..
Then it dawned on me I had the tools to hunt it down!
Out came my trusty bore scope! (Snake cam)
I couldn't help thinking a higher resolution, filtered lens would make this perfect for the hobby!
GoPro in your tank? Pffft! Let's go right into that tiny cave and find that Mantis Shrimp. Let's dig into the sand bed like a worm.
Genius... I know.
Then it dawned on me I had the tools to hunt it down!
Out came my trusty bore scope! (Snake cam)
I couldn't help thinking a higher resolution, filtered lens would make this perfect for the hobby!
GoPro in your tank? Pffft! Let's go right into that tiny cave and find that Mantis Shrimp. Let's dig into the sand bed like a worm.
Genius... I know.
Tastee
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How about a low profile multi camera set that can be mounted on the tank and provide multiple video feeds. Wide angle lenses so you don’t need to mount them away from the tank. Wizards to port forward though your router and integration with Neptune Apex.
My son built me a Reef Pi based camera I use which is simple, cheap and I love it. This sits on a dresser just next to the tank and gives me a side view which I port forward. Getting other views however is problematic as there is nowhere convenient to mount a standard lens. Something unobtrusive clipped on the tank, or perhaps mounted next to the lights would be great.
My son built me a Reef Pi based camera I use which is simple, cheap and I love it. This sits on a dresser just next to the tank and gives me a side view which I port forward. Getting other views however is problematic as there is nowhere convenient to mount a standard lens. Something unobtrusive clipped on the tank, or perhaps mounted next to the lights would be great.
NPRW
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Currently thinking of doing this with a WiFi security camera. I work out of town a lot so I would like to see if my clowns are behaving. Wonder how long until I use it to check if the house has been cleaned lol
It’s called ‘white balance’.
Most photography software have this. Commonly it’s an eye dropper that you place onto an object you know is white (technically 18% grey is best) then it adjusts whatever colour profile the object is until it’s white again, then applies that globally.
Very common adjustment used by underwater photographers, which I used to be.
Not aware of any apps that do it, since I don’t use photo apps.
The main reason that cell phone pics of tanks are crap though is that the sensors can’t properly deal with the UV end of the light spectrum. The cmos pixels saturate at a lower energy, which blows out highlights while under exposing the rest of the pic. It’s a hardware issue, not a software one.
ZoWhat
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Agreed.... someone needs to invent an ALL-IN-ONE box where water gets pumped in and goes thru automated sequential stages and produces clean, nitrate free, Phosphate free, bacteria free, parasite free SW coming out to be pumped back into the water column.
Of course, there's a drain line for all the crappy water to be discarded.
It's also need to be fully automated SELF CLEANING.... maybe have to open the box 4 times a year.
My whole house water softener runs maintenance free ....it goes thru self cleaning maintenance all the time. No filters to change out.
why cant we have a machine do the same job as a sump that has gadgets galore in the sump.
I dont care if the thing is half the size of a refrigerator. Smthg that helps the Reefer produce excellent water.
I'd pay $2k for a complete self cleaning system that produces excellent SW out the backend
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Of course, there's a drain line for all the crappy water to be discarded.
It's also need to be fully automated SELF CLEANING.... maybe have to open the box 4 times a year.
My whole house water softener runs maintenance free ....it goes thru self cleaning maintenance all the time. No filters to change out.
why cant we have a machine do the same job as a sump that has gadgets galore in the sump.
I dont care if the thing is half the size of a refrigerator. Smthg that helps the Reefer produce excellent water.
I'd pay $2k for a complete self cleaning system that produces excellent SW out the backend
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Thales
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The built in thermostats don't work very well, and they are disasters waiting to happen and when they break in tank, really bad things happen. I use titanium heaters, which seem less likely to horribly fail than glass heaters, on external thermostats. We have changed lighting, filtration, water motion, return pumps, but are still using essentially 80 year old technology to heat our tanks. There's got to be a better way!
Ah yes, I gave that up a very long time ago. Now I use PT100 probes either titanium or stainless, then I epoxy them. Never had one fail or deviate.The built in thermostats don't work very well, and they are disasters waiting to happen and when they break in tank, really bad things happen. I use titanium heaters, which seem less likely to horribly fail than glass heaters, on external thermostats. We have changed lighting, filtration, water motion, return pumps, but are still using essentially 80 year old technology to heat our tanks. There's got to be a better way!
I backed that, will be nice if it shows up but they're currently 14 months past their original estimated ship date. I've had projects I backed fulfilled 2 years late before so I still have hope.
The built in thermostats don't work very well, and they are disasters waiting to happen and when they break in tank, really bad things happen. I use titanium heaters, which seem less likely to horribly fail than glass heaters, on external thermostats. We have changed lighting, filtration, water motion, return pumps, but are still using essentially 80 year old technology to heat our tanks. There's got to be a better way!
If you have an older style 40 gallon gas fired hot water heater - you have a constant, inexpensive (compared to BTUs produced per unit electricity) heat supply right there. Heat exchanger, some pex tube abd a temp controlled solenoid gives you a heater that runs for pennies.
I helped someone think this through a while ago and they changed out their regular heaters for this. 300 gallon total system volume was using around 800 w of heater. Cost wise it dropped down to pennies per month- from something like $30-40 in electric costs. literally, once one of my eheim 300w heaters craps out, I’ll convert to this system instead and amortize the cost over 14 months. After that, I’m saving money compared to running electric heaters.
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I’m not sure a lot of time should be spent on this idea. This was on Reefbuilders a couple of days ago.
InD Creations Automatic Frozen Fish Food Feeder | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
The Automatic Frozen Fish Food Feeder as a concept is something that we’ve seen before in home DIY incarnations, but never in a professionally developed, commercial version. InD Creations aims to…
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I’m not sure a lot of time should be spent on this idea. This was on Reefbuilders a couple of days ago.
InD Creations Automatic Frozen Fish Food Feeder | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
The Automatic Frozen Fish Food Feeder as a concept is something that we’ve seen before in home DIY incarnations, but never in a professionally developed, commercial version. InD Creations aims to…reefbuilders.com
Well, dang.
I’ve been working on a one week frozen feeder using a peltier element too, but a different style of release mechanism. Was planning to be 8x3x3” and could dispense portions as small as a quarter cube.
Guess I should have just vaporwared the prototype and got Kickstarter to fund my initial trial builds.
