What reef tank inventions would you like to see?

[HaZRaTTy]

Originally Posted by subman

I want one but....$300!! I think they priced themselves out of the acceptable range.
http://robosnail.com/index.html

I am starting to get into the Arduino micro controllers I bet you could someone how rig one of those with a transmitter and make one yourself for way cheaper. Have fun writing the C++ coding though that will take hours upon hours!

[MMAX]

Hanna magnesium checker would be nice.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by subman

I want one but....$300!! I think they priced themselves out of the acceptable range.
http://robosnail.com/index.html

Doug told me about them, I did really want one but I don't know if I'd trust it. If it picks up some sand and still goes around cleaning it could scratch the glass badly.

[Oilers]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Doug told me about them, I did really want one but I don't know if I'd trust it. If it picks up some sand and still goes around cleaning it could scratch the glass badly.

http://glassbox-design.com/2010/robo...-tank-cleaner/
I don't like it that much. Too many limitations!

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by subman

I want one but....$300!! I think they priced themselves out of the acceptable range.
http://robosnail.com/index.html

If it could travel around all sides of the tank I would buy one right now. It only does one pane, though. Why pay $300 when only 1/4 of the sides would be cleaned without intervention?

Edit: As far as my skills go . . . I can build you a map to where you need to go to get someone else to build you something useful.

[Oilers]

Originally Posted by Enigma

If it could travel around all sides of the tank I would buy one right now. It only does one pane, though. Why pay $300 when only 1/4 of the sides would be cleaned without intervention?

Edit: As far as my skills go . . . I can build you a map to where you need to go to get someone else to build you something useful.

You can buy 4 of them. They can become a show on their own beside the fishes and corals. Something else to brag about with friends

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by MMAX

Hanna magnesium checker would be nice.

You just gave me an awesome idea.

We can make a spectrometer that plugs into your smart phone which can do all of your tests (like each of Hanna's units combined into one) for about $35. No need to buy each individual checker, just need to get the reagents.

And the phone would have an app that would automatically log all of your measurements and plot them.

[kien]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

... plugs into your smart phone

Plugging in is so 2011. Wireless, please and thank you.

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by kien

Plugging in is so 2011. Wireless, please and thank you.

Ha. If I can, I will. I was planning on using the camera from the smartphone to save cost.

[spit.fire]

I've been contemplating building a micro submarine for my 300g using parts from one of these micro RC helicopters but I'm not yet sure how to work a tiny wireless camera and claw into it tho. I'd build it so it resembles a tang so I could chase all my tangs around with it

I'm a welder /fabricator with a bit of manual machining / cnc plasma background