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[spwa]

So in my nature of things I love doing diy, so I have decided that I will Attempt to make a controller, mainly to cover power control, temperature, ATO and I guess from there see where it leads. Has anyone else done one? Any input would be gladly received.

 

[MTG]

I havent but im keen to see what you come up with. Ive always looked at the PI's but never had a reason to learn one (Im in IT for work so you would think that i would have played with one already)

 

[Dynamic]

You may want to check out this thread. It is old, but I believe it should have some decent information.

https://www.thereefuge.com/threads/raspberry-pi-tank-monitor-project.3475/

 

[spwa]

There's heaps of info on building a pi aquarium controller, I'll have a look at that thanks.

 

[MTG]

Let us know how you go I’m interested in seeing what you can come up with

 

[Shornski]

I've been playing around with reefpi on a Pi3 B+. I had a couple lying around from the days when running a media centre on them was a thing. When I started my tank I wanted upgrade my lights but didn't have the funds to by a decent light so when I found a 4ft illumagic blaze whose controller was dead I bought it and have been trying to control it with the pi.

 

[spwa]

Have you tried robotank script?

 

[Shornski]

No I'll have to check it out.

 

[MTG]

From memory you can buy replacement controller panels for the blaze

 

[Shornski]

Where's the fun in that! Been watching robotank you tube videos. Very interesting. Got me thinking about ato and awc. My ato at the moment is a 20l drum gravity feeding into the sump via a float valve.

 

[mcclown]

I've been using Home Assistant, on a Raspberry Pi, to control my tanks (including google home integration for voice control)

One high level (tongue in cheek) write-up I did here: https://medium.com/@mcclown_38611/m...al-time-feedback-and-a-fish-tank-5a3a891cc0c1

Or there's the bigger thread that has been running for a long time. I've contributed support for Seneye and some of the AquaIllumination lights: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/going-to-next-level-of-aquarium-automation-whos-with-me/184