My Internet Controlled 29 Gallon Tank With Live Webcam.

[WaveJam]

Hi...

This is an aquarium automation project I started in Dec 2008. Its just a 29 gallon freshwater tank for my kids, but the geek in me made it so that we could take care of the fish even while we were sitting on a beach far away from home. Test drive it at:

http/www.tankedcam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=99

Also be sure to watch the video describing it:

http/www.tankedcam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=95

Enjoy!

 

[james_fish]

Sounds really awesome dude , Can't get the cam to work though. Probably my computer

 

[WaveJam]

Sounds really awesome dude , Can't get the cam to work though. Probably my computer

Bummer... Sorry... At least take a peek at the video I did about it.

 

[james_fish]

Don't worry, i will. I find it pretty interesting.

 

[antere07]

looks real good man ide love to do this lol

 

[MrG09]

that is awesome!!! you fancy writing some kinda how too for the rest of us??

 

[antere07]

yer would be amazing to do something like this and also see others doing it would be pretty sick

 

[demasonisrule]

That's awesome! I saw something similar, but not nearly as good as this one! I completely agree, somebody needs to do this on a huge reef tank.

 

[ajs2294]

Amazing!

 

[bobross]

What happens if someone clicks the 'add water' button a bunch of times?


BobRoss

 

[5teady_2012]

Is it in realtime???

 

[Hunterprey]

That would be very useful if u'll b gone for over a week.
What if ur miles away and u witness in ur cam that ur bigger fish is eating ur favourite fish

 

[WaveJam]

Thanks for the great comments!

MrG09 - I'm hoping to have this prototype tested and in production by year end.

bobross - Assuming that you didn't read the fine text below the upper cam video stream; "Note: Water pump is a real pump, but for the demo it only recirculates water rather than add water." I did that knowing that people would try to overflow my tank. So you can click till your blue in the face and the water level will remain the same. I also didn't make the fish feeder or main tank light available for the public.

Livebearer_Master - Of course. Have you actually tried it? When you control things, it shows in the webcams almost instantly. There's a touch of latency, but its close enough to real-time. Some people have challenged me on this. So, I pointed them to a 3rd cam that I have planted in there. Open this in one browser: http/www.mycampage.com/wavejam then this in another: http/tankedcam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=99 and while watching both browsers, play with the dino mouth.

Hunterprey - Umm... well, then you shouldn't of had the two together in the first place?! Actually, I had a laser pointer on two servos which I could control and play tag with the fish. Maybe that would have been the fix?! But someone pointed out that it maybe harmful to the fishes eyes. Not knowing if it was true or not, I did away with the laser.

 

[5teady_2012]

Thanks for the great comments!


Livebearer_Master - Of course. Have you actually tried it? When you control things, it shows in the webcams almost instantly. There's a touch of latency, but its close enough to real-time. Some people have challenged me on this. So, I pointed them to a 3rd cam that I have planted in there. Open this in one browser: http/www.mycampage.com/wavejam then this in another: http/tankedcam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=99 and while watching both browsers, play with the dino mouth.

I aint questioning wheter its real or not, i was thinking that people messing with stuff all the time is surely a bit stressfull to the fish.

 

[WaveJam]

I aint questioning wheter its real or not, i was thinking that people messing with stuff all the time is surely a bit stressfull to the fish.

Ahh... I see... Well, my answer to that is: Its no more stressful than the ornaments opening and closing or moving on their own. The only diff is, you're controlling the motions instead of the bubbles. As for the water pump, its no more stressful than the filter pouring water back into the tank. The cams are not in the tank, so I would think people simply walking by is more stressful than a cam shifting left or right (the cam barely even moves). So no, I don't think this causing any stress on the fish. Now, my laser idea... Yeah, that wasn't one of my brighter ideas and probably would stress 'em. Thats why its gone.

I'll also add that there is nothing physically in the tank that isn't supposed to be in an aquarium, with the exception of a water level sensor (which is all plastic).