I'm a long-time lurker of reef-pi and decided to bite the bullet recently. I currently use smart power strips by Kasa and Smartthings to control and automate my equipment and am building a reef-pi system to take over monitoring and automation of my 120 gal (20 gal sump) LPS tank.
Current Situation:
Desired Capabilities with reef-pi:
Parts list:
Current Situation:
- Automation equipment
- Smartthings to manage control and create dashboards through ActionTiles
- Kasa powerstrips to control on/off of all equipment
- Sensors
- Water/flood to detect leaks and shutoff pumps
- Temperature to notify of overheating
- Aquarium equipment that is controlled
- 2 return AC pumps
- 2 UV lights (1 on each return pump)
- 3 AC wavemakers (hydor koralia pumps)
- Protein skimmer
- ATO
- GFO reactor
- Sump light to grow chaeto
- Automations
- When main pump is turned off, turn off all other equipment
- When main pump is turned on, turn on all other equipment
- Turn on protein skimmer at 8 PM for 10 hours
- Turn on sump light at 8 PM for 12 hours
- If water detected behind tank, shut off pump1 (which then shuts off all equipment)
Desired Capabilities with reef-pi:
- Monitoring
- Sump temperature
- pH
- Sump pump return water level
- ATO (will replace a Hydor Smart Level Controller)
- Dosing
- Automation/Controls (remove automation from Smartthings and migrate to reef-pi)
- Heater on/off
- ATO backup shutoff
- Equipment on/off routines
- Feeding time automation
- Water change automation
- Wavemaker controls (will need to update to DC wavemakers)
- Lighting control (convert my black-boxes to be controlled with reef-pi)
Parts list:
- Raspberry Pi 3 model B (using a spare I had on the shelf)
- Generic jumper wires for connecting boards
Amazon Link - Generic DS18B20 Temperature probe and sensor module (I dipped the probe in GE Silicone 1 to prevent water damage and rusting on the probe)
Amazon Link - Generic pH probe
Amazon Link - Atlas Scientific pH circuit and carrier board
https://atlas-scientific.com/carrier-boards/electrically-isolated-ezo-carrier-board/
https://atlas-scientific.com/embedded-solutions/ezo-ph-circuit/ - CQRobot Ocean Optical water level contact sensor
Amazon Link - Gikfun 12V peristaltic dosing pump
Amazon Link - JBtek 4 channel 5V DC relay
Amazon Link - 12V 2A power supply (2 pack)
Amazon Link - 4mm OD silicone tube (for dosing)
Amazon Link
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