Ok, I am going to built a custom little PC to put next to my future SW live rock tank. I want it to monitor everything from ph, salinity, kh, temp, etc etc and report the readings to my pc in real time (or at set intervials). I saw one or two progrmas on line that will do that but im curious if everyone here knows anything? I would also want this to control my lighting if possible. So essentially, this solution would ahve to contain software and probes. Any ideas?
Complete aquarium monitoring/controlling solution?
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I guess you can get everything all in one.
Germanman
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looks god ive heard good things about them some accounts i used to service were going to use them...but i quit before i saw the outcome and when i went back i never found out... but just add the salinity and u should be all up to speed! let us know what u do.
i couldn't find a true all in one monitor that included salinity. Anyone know of one? If not, I guess ill have to get a separate monitor, though I love how this one has a web server built in...
You can measure salinity indirectly by measuring the water's conductivity - this is actually one of the easyest and cheapest electronic tests to do.
I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think you could measure alkalinity electronically.
Hennie
I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think you could measure alkalinity electronically.
Hennie
interesting. a lot of the all in ones test temp, ph, orp, and conductivity. i guess i need to find the conversion of conductivity to salinity or specific gravity.
Check out the following links - the second one has a conductivity/salinity conversion table.
http://www.aquariumfish.com/aquariumfish/detail.aspx?aid=1804
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-06/rhf/index.php
HTH
Hennie