Finally got my Reef-Pi to a good point and thought I would share to hopefully benefit others.
My Reef-Pi currently includes:
-Temp monitor/ control / mobile alerts
-Ph monitor / mobile alerts
-Equipment control via HS300 smart outlets and one hard wired
First off, huge thanks to Ranjib and the other developers, and also Brandon for the Leviathan development. If you are really a tech junky you may enjoy soldering all of the different breadboard circuits. In my case I have a couple of littles ones and limited tinkering time. After my breadboard ph circuit would never work, I ordered leviathan and had it working within a few minutes. I also think one of the hats like leviathan will save you money when you look at all the extra parts you won’t have to buy / could potentially damage and buy several times during install.
Here’s a pic of the whole setup (ph probe not shown):
I did have some trouble where my HS300 and reef-pi seemed to want to show 2 Mac addresses to my wifi router, making the local IP addresses jump around sometimes. Not a big deal for equipment like the return pump, but a big issue when it causes failure to connect to the heater. To do this I created an $10 relay box to control just the heater. That’s shown below. Please don’t attempt if you do not know how to be safe with electrical work.
Here’s some screen shots of the reefpi measurements. Unfortunately I discovered that I need much better control of my ph.
And here’s the reef. Has been running about 18 months. Had a hard time at first, probably mostly caused by going bare bottom with dry rock. Have had a lot of growth lately. Here’s a full tank shot:
My Reef-Pi currently includes:
-Temp monitor/ control / mobile alerts
-Ph monitor / mobile alerts
-Equipment control via HS300 smart outlets and one hard wired
First off, huge thanks to Ranjib and the other developers, and also Brandon for the Leviathan development. If you are really a tech junky you may enjoy soldering all of the different breadboard circuits. In my case I have a couple of littles ones and limited tinkering time. After my breadboard ph circuit would never work, I ordered leviathan and had it working within a few minutes. I also think one of the hats like leviathan will save you money when you look at all the extra parts you won’t have to buy / could potentially damage and buy several times during install.
Here’s a pic of the whole setup (ph probe not shown):
I did have some trouble where my HS300 and reef-pi seemed to want to show 2 Mac addresses to my wifi router, making the local IP addresses jump around sometimes. Not a big deal for equipment like the return pump, but a big issue when it causes failure to connect to the heater. To do this I created an $10 relay box to control just the heater. That’s shown below. Please don’t attempt if you do not know how to be safe with electrical work.
Here’s some screen shots of the reefpi measurements. Unfortunately I discovered that I need much better control of my ph.
And here’s the reef. Has been running about 18 months. Had a hard time at first, probably mostly caused by going bare bottom with dry rock. Have had a lot of growth lately. Here’s a full tank shot:
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