Automated Aquarium Hood

[bassman]

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]

Thats great, now invent an automatic water changing thingy.

[bassman]

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]

Where do I order one of these

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

[andsoitgoes]

Originally Posted by bassman

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]

Originally Posted by RobbAdams

Where do I order one of these

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]

Originally Posted by andsoitgoes

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