kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

kien · #1 08-30-2009, 09:05 PM

Got the brains of my Reef operations up and running. Here she is, the Profilux Plus EX II. Apparently I have a Salinity alarm..

And here's what all the electrical looks like. A bit of a mess right now but once I'm happy with the connections I will tie everything up neat and tidy.

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There is also an acrylic panel that separates the sump/water top off section from the electrical section. I took it out to take these photos.

kien · #2 08-30-2009, 09:24 PM

And here's a laundry list of what the Proflilux does for me today..

* It monitors Salinity, pH, Temperature, Water level of my top off reservoir, and ORP (once the probe arrives),

* It controls and times my lights (Actinics and Halides and Refugium light), oh and moon lights (once they arrive). Will have moon lights programmed on a standard moon cycle.

* Keeps my temperature in whatever range I want. Currently it hovers between 78 and 80 degrees F. If it drops below 78, my heaters switch on. Once it hits 79, heaters switch off. No more worry about stuck heaters! If the temp raises to 81, these bad boys kick in..

* The controller is plugged into an old router that I hacked up to turn into a wireless digital bridge. You can actually get a wireless adapter for the profilux but it was too expensive, so I made one from the old router. I have email alerts set up to email me every 4 hours with the current stats of the tank (lights, probe readings, etc..). There is also an automatic email sent whenever a measured value is outside of and acceptable range. Temp too high, I get an email, temp too low, I get an email, water in auto top off too low, I get an email! This fall I plan on working on a native iPhone app to monitor and control the profilux from my iPhone!

* Tunze controll! I have a couple of Tunze 6105s (one I bought new and one I bought used). With a couple of dedicated cables plugged into the profilux I can control both tunze just like the dedicated Tunze controller. Currently I have my two powerheads on an opposing sinus wave. They go from 20% power to 100% in 15 seconds on opposite cycles. At night the powerheads are cut down to half power.

Future: I plan on getting a dosing pump to hook up to the profilux.