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Hello Reefers!

I have been lurking on your site for a couple years. It's been an amazing resource! I finally created an account when I wanted to purchase a @Turbo's Aquatics algae scrubber I saw for sale in the classifieds. Big thank you to @fishybizzness for working with me on that.

It's been a while since I had my last aquarium. I used to work at a LFS during college, and later in grad school had a temperate reef aquarium. In fact, 20 years ago I had an acrylic tank made specifically for a coldwater setup. Basically, just a small cube with 1/2" acrylic. And that tank stood dry...for 20 years. I work at a place that has many aquariums and I just wasn't interested in coming home to another one to maintain. What got me stoked on aquariums again was a colleague that designed a tide pool simulator using an Arduino board to control. That was probably six years ago. Since then I have been very slowly designing my aquarium and aquarium controller based on a Particle Photon, similar to an Arduino. Now that I have my controller and aquarium to a point where I can put life in it, I figured it was time to introduce myself.

Thanks for all the info and support I have already received!
 
Hello Reefers!

I have been lurking on your site for a couple years. It's been an amazing resource! I finally created an account when I wanted to purchase a @Turbo's Aquatics algae scrubber I saw for sale in the classifieds. Big thank you to @fishybizzness for working with me on that.

It's been a while since I had my last aquarium. I used to work at a LFS during college, and later in grad school had a temperate reef aquarium. In fact, 20 years ago I had an acrylic tank made specifically for a coldwater setup. Basically, just a small cube with 1/2" acrylic. And that tank stood dry...for 20 years. I work at a place that has many aquariums and I just wasn't interested in coming home to another one to maintain. What got me stoked on aquariums again was a colleague that designed a tide pool simulator using an Arduino board to control. That was probably six years ago. Since then I have been very slowly designing my aquarium and aquarium controller based on a Particle Photon, similar to an Arduino. Now that I have my controller and aquarium to a point where I can put life in it, I figured it was time to introduce myself.

Thanks for all the info and support I have already received!
Welcome!
 
Welcome to R2R!

Looking forward to seeing some pics of setup!

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Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

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IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 62 57.9%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 5.6%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 3.7%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 21 19.6%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 4 3.7%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 0.9%
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