Hydros hacks

[StradicCi4]

Just bought a Hydros system and a bunch of sensors - Will be building my own network and letting it run control things as I am away from my tank for 50% of the year.

What cool hacks do you have/use on your collective.

 

[n2585722]

Click on my "My Tank Thread" banner on my post and go to page 6 post #119 to get to my Hydros info in my build thread, There is lots of screenshots in the post on the Hydros. As they came out with new features I discussed them and how I used them. My largest collective now has 15 controllers in it and controls things at the tank and at the mixing station in the garage. I also do alkalinity testing with the iV and X10. Let me know if you have any questions.

 

[afboundguy]

Join the FB group. The wealth of knowledge there is tremendous and even though I probably post 1-3 threads daily everybody hasn't ignored me as I'm new to Hydros as well!

 

[spscrackhead]

Join the FB group. The wealth of knowledge there is tremendous and even though I probably post 1-3 threads daily everybody hasn't ignored me as I'm new to Hydros as well!

What's the group name?

 

[n2585722]

What's the group name?

If I did it right this should be a link. You will need to joint the group to post there.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/hydrosgroup/?ref=share

 

[afboundguy]

What's the group name?

If I did it right this should be a link. You will need to joint the group to post there.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/hydrosgroup/?ref=share

You did it right and that's the group!

 

[i-Tim]

Just bought a Hydros system and a bunch of sensors - Will be building my own network and letting it run control things as I am away from my tank for 50% of the year.

What cool hacks do you have/use on your collective.

Hi mate,

I am in an exact same position.. I am still trying to figure out how viable it is to achieve this! haha

I have been doing it for about the past 6 months, but I haven't been working away as much as I will be in the future (still quite a lot though). Thankfully my father has been able to stop by when I have needed it, but I do not want to keep relying on him as much as I have been

I would be interested to hear some things that you have implemented! I too am trying to automate as much as I possibly can, along with having multiple redundancies built in.. I have only just setup my Hydros though, so I would be happy to stay in touch in the hope that we may be able to share ideas and help each other out!

 

[BryanM]

Away 50%, for how long generally per trip.

Automation can do a ton, and a remote camera so you can view, but if I were to travel that much I'd probably not run a reef tank, or I'd make sure I had "People contingencies" in place if I were to see an emergency happening.