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bassman 12-11-2006 03:32 PM
No I am not sure why but the mic on that camera is mega sensitive, it's not loud at all. The fish don't even notice it's moving.

danny zubot 12-12-2006 05:59 PM
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Thats great, now invent an automatic water changing thingy.:biggrin:

bassman 12-12-2006 06:07 PM
Oh that's easy. Timers, float switches and pumps LOL

One pump to pump out the old water, another one activated by a float switch inside your tank to pump water in from a makeup bucket. For your makeup water you would need a bucket, a motorized unit to dump salt in once the bucket is empty and another float switch to add water to the bucket after the salt was dumped in. Finally a timer to turn on the powerhead and heater.


Easy as pie LOL

RobbAdams 01-04-2007 02:40 PM
Where do I order one of these:mrgreen:

can you stop it at any height? If so It would be cool for breaking in new bulbs!

andsoitgoes 01-04-2007 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by bassman (Post 224588)
Oh that's easy. Timers, float switches and pumps LOL

One pump to pump out the old water, another one activated by a float switch inside your tank to pump water in from a makeup bucket. For your makeup water you would need a bucket, a motorized unit to dump salt in once the bucket is empty and another float switch to add water to the bucket after the salt was dumped in. Finally a timer to turn on the powerhead and heater.


Easy as pie LOL

hahaha - brilliant. Who needs humans??? Yay robots!!

Now, let's add on a way to do automatic water testing and adjustments based on the results that come back!

bassman 01-04-2007 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by RobbAdams (Post 228135)
Where do I order one of these:mrgreen:

can you stop it at any height? If so It would be cool for breaking in new bulbs!
Yup it stops at any height, perfect for bulb acclimation :-)

bassman 01-04-2007 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by andsoitgoes (Post 228144)
hahaha - brilliant. Who needs humans??? Yay robots!!

Now, let's add on a way to do automatic water testing and adjustments based on the results that come back!
Not 100% sure but I think there is something made that does that already. Very handy LOL
:biggrin:


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