Aquarium Related

Display Tank

• Full spectrum
• Day/Night timing
• Lunar simulation

Refugium

• General lighting - microalgae light (20W LED specialized light spectrum maximizing photosynthesis (common microalgae is Chaetomorpha)

PAR Monitoring

Additional Components

• valves / solenoid valves

Things to Consider

• Sensors
• Alerts by text/call/email when certain things fall out of range
• Audible Alarm buzzer system for emergency alerts
• Monitoring of Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia, Copper, Iodine, Phosphate
  • Colormetric Titration Research)
  • [website that talks about different options for monitoring Nitrate]
• High/low alerts of each to text/email
• Feeding routine and automation (example below)
  • Turn off skimmer
  • Turn off return pumps
  • Set pumps to desired setting
  • Dim LEDs to 40%
  • Wait 5 minutes
  • AFS feed cycle
  • Wait 10 minutes
  • Turn on return pumps
  • Wait 10 min
  • Turn on skimmer
  • Turn LED lights back to normal
• Flow sensors for return pump
• Water auto top-off system use 2 sensors for monitoring water level (1 as backup) - then physical float stop for final failsafe. If both primary sensor and secondary sensor fail, don't let it add more than double the normal added water amount and then shut self off and send alert.
  1. Controls pump to add water to main tank from reservoir
• Refugium Lighting System
• Display tank Lighting
• Automatic filter roller
• Things that require human interaction - replacing filter media or filter rolls, refilling testing reagents, refilling dosing reservoirs, refilling food containers, mixing new salt water, general cleaning of probes/tubes/glass etc.
• Lunar simulation
• Day/night light automation
• PAR monitoring (light levels)
• in-tank flow monitoring
• wifi/hard wired internet
• Dosing and fluid monitoring system
• In line Return pump flow sensors - also some kind of thing that makes it so the water can only go one way on return system to avoid flooding if a power failure