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mr.bigglesworth

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By SF, Farther Inland, NorCal
Hi I was wondering if anybody knows of a filter with a built in digital test kit for ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates that tests the water once a day through a timer automatically and then emails you the test results?

I KNOW that this is possible, at the very minimum you could get a bunch of industrial robots and have them test the water manually through the regular liquid kits everyone has. It'd cost a few thousand though.
 
Hello

I am not sure this is 100% what you are after but you put these in your sumps and they do the same if you have a smart phone you can view it all on there too up to date to the hour if you want. I have also seen mods done on salt water tanks where they add dosing equip to a monitor of some sort and can control it all off the phone!

http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/catalogue_products.php?prodID=5998&catID=43

So it lacks nitrites and nitrates but if your tank is cycled nitrites would not occur without ammonia so it should not be an issue. nitrates can be safe to a certain level so i believe this is why they left it out.

I believe you can add this, I have never used any of these only looked after seeing a friends. So you may want to look into it a bit more!

http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/catalogue_products.php?prodID=6001&catID=43
 
Unless you have a problem, why would you want to test your water daily? I've kept fish for over 30 years and don't own a test kit. I could possibly see a beginner using a test kit, but after a while, there is no need for one. If you notice a problem in your tank, rather than testing the water, do a major water change.
 
You should invent this Mr Big.
 
Continuous testing of Nitrates is very expensive with current technology. That is why the Seneye linked to above does not test for Nitrates.

Municipal water treatment plants have what amount to automated robots to continuously test their output water... Calibrate the sensor with a known nitrate level, fill the test chamber, test the water in the test chamber, record the Nitrate level, flush the tested sample, repeat. I think you can pick one up for about $5K to $10K.

I would be interested in being able to automatically test and graph Nitrate levels over time from a research stand point. Determining the effectiveness of different filter configurations and plants etc. It is just too expensive to have an automated system to do it and too laborious to do it manually.

Continuously testing ammonia seems pretty useless to me. If a tank is cycled ammonia takes care of itself unless something in the tank drastically changes.
 
I believe the seneye does test nitrates you need to buy that update thing for 30$ if it has to be calibrated my understand/guess is thats why they sell it separate most likely lasts a few months then needs replacing to stay calibrated correctly?

you can also get hanna checkers it wont email to your phone but you just plunk it in the water and bam!

http://www.hannainst.com/usa/prods2.cfm?id=009001&ProdCode=HI 96786

Pretty sure thats it.

I will find this tank thats all auto controlled on a sw forum. I think thats kind of what you guys are chasing? his system checks everything even Par and Lux lol.
 
Squirtle919 said:
Hello

I am not sure this is 100% what you are after but you put these in your sumps and they do the same if you have a smart phone you can view it all on there too up to date to the hour if you want. I have also seen mods done on salt water tanks where they add dosing equip to a monitor of some sort and can control it all off the phone!

http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/catalogue_products.php?prodID=5998&catID=43
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I know this may be considered overkill, but I am now strongly considering this for my future sump. How mostly for the water level and temperature readings. How awesome would it be if your phone would alert you that your sump was overflowing or that your heater had gone out?!?!?

In regards to your original topic Biggles, filters like the Fluval G3/G6 monitor certain parameters, but not the ones you mentioned - NOR do they send you an alert should something fluctuate.

As someone who spends 11+ hours a day at work, I would definitely support anything that allows me to monitor my aquariums parameters via my smart phone. Could this be the start a a MFK Kickstarter adventure? I don't know squat about any of the electronics involved in putting something like this together, but I'll sure as hell help you sell it!
 
This already exists. it's called granny home alone all day. minus the emails
;-)
 
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