Hi all.
I have recently decided to upgrade my small nano (200l) to a new "cube" that I got at a phenomenal price Tank size is 800mm(W) x 800mm(L) by 1000mm (D). Water level at about 900mm deep. (31 x 31 x 39 inches)
Yes, yes, I know all about the challenges around deep tanks, but I've always liked them and lusted after one for the past 25 years that I've been keeping marines.
This thread is less about the tank setup as much as it's about the Reef-Pi installation. I had a pretty full Reef-Pi set up on the old nano (ATO, 8 channels of equipment, temperature control and lights).
On the new tank, I plan to run everything on Reef-Pi. There will be no physical buttons / switches.
I also have a 15" touch screen that I will be running as a dedicated display mounted next to the tank to control everything off. I know you can use a phone / laptop or whatever, but I often found when fiddling at the tank, I would quickly want to turn something off or on, and my phone was in the next room, so I plan to eliminate that. I have tested the screen on a Raspberry Pi3B+ and it ran OK. Slight lag sometimes. So I plan to get a Pi4 4GB to reduce that.
I have bought a Hat from @Michael Lane which I will be asking a few questions about to confirm a few things.
So setup will be the following :-
The idea behind this thread is for me to tap into guys that have been through a similar setup before me. Please feel free to chip in and criticise my decisions and ideas. I'm always open to realising it could be done a different way. That said, I do often choose to go along by unconventional means, but I'm always prepared to listen to reason.
Pictures to follow.
Dewd
(Des)
I have recently decided to upgrade my small nano (200l) to a new "cube" that I got at a phenomenal price Tank size is 800mm(W) x 800mm(L) by 1000mm (D). Water level at about 900mm deep. (31 x 31 x 39 inches)
Yes, yes, I know all about the challenges around deep tanks, but I've always liked them and lusted after one for the past 25 years that I've been keeping marines.
This thread is less about the tank setup as much as it's about the Reef-Pi installation. I had a pretty full Reef-Pi set up on the old nano (ATO, 8 channels of equipment, temperature control and lights).
On the new tank, I plan to run everything on Reef-Pi. There will be no physical buttons / switches.
I also have a 15" touch screen that I will be running as a dedicated display mounted next to the tank to control everything off. I know you can use a phone / laptop or whatever, but I often found when fiddling at the tank, I would quickly want to turn something off or on, and my phone was in the next room, so I plan to eliminate that. I have tested the screen on a Raspberry Pi3B+ and it ran OK. Slight lag sometimes. So I plan to get a Pi4 4GB to reduce that.
I have bought a Hat from @Michael Lane which I will be asking a few questions about to confirm a few things.
So setup will be the following :-
- Temp sensors and control (3 x sensors - tank water, room temp and electronics enclosure )
- ATO including auto water change system using macros and level sensors.
- As many equipment channels as I can manage - at least 8
- 2 x doser pumps
- PH monitoring
- Lighting long term plan to build a DIY "Radion Clone" type light. Going to be using a Zetlight QMaven 6800 that I have in the meantime.
The idea behind this thread is for me to tap into guys that have been through a similar setup before me. Please feel free to chip in and criticise my decisions and ideas. I'm always open to realising it could be done a different way. That said, I do often choose to go along by unconventional means, but I'm always prepared to listen to reason.
Pictures to follow.
Dewd
(Des)