reef-pi :: An opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi.

[jhoop]

It sure is a fun project to work on !

 

[dmolavi]

Duuuuuuuuuuuudes...it's aliiiiiiiiive.... https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-reef-pi-build-thread.535081/page-5#post-5868552

Gotta learn Go so that I can write something to actually control my power strip from this beast now. It's all set to do pH monitoring once that's available, too...

 

[dmolavi]

@Ranjib is there a way to delete readings from a particular sensor? I'd like to sync up the tank and sump probes, so deleting their readings so they start at the same time would be ideal.

 

[Ranjib]

@Ranjib is there a way to delete readings from a particular sensor? I'd like to sync up the tank and sump probes, so deleting their readings so they start at the same time would be ideal.

Nope :-(. Delete the whole temeperature controller entry and recreate a new one with the same sensor

 

[dmolavi]

Nope :-(. Delete the whole temeperature controller entry and recreate a new one with the same sensor

I thought that might be the case. That'll work..don't need them synced down to the second.

 

[theatrus]

Duuuuuuuuuuuudes...it's aliiiiiiiiive.... https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-reef-pi-build-thread.535081/page-5#post-5868552

Gotta learn Go so that I can write something to actually control my power strip from this beast now. It's all set to do pH monitoring once that's available, too...

Nice. DLi API was on my list, but I’m currently making a quick driver for the Kasa TP-Link units since they’re inexpensive, and the local control protocol is known

 

[Ranjib]

Tank is humming along , changed my ricordia island location . It’s puffed up now ,
Here’s a iPhone shot

After almost three months of closed up/half closed up state (I blame cyano), grandis have finally started to open up fully.

Got a new drag of alveolar , my last one was killed by micro goniopora sting . Hopefully I’ll be able to find a suitable place for this one ..

I have grafted these blondes from their original zoa island to make some space for the acan lord there

Old horse yellow lepto is going strong , one of my favorite

Another new addition , a millipora . My lfs (Neptune aquatics ) is a really good store ,

Going forward polyp extension of this frag will be a good indicator of my tanks health.


Chili pepper montipora

Another new addition, a tenius

My red dragon is showing some new growth after the tank move , finally , past three months have been rough

Been slimer

 

[Bigtrout]

Tank is humming along , changed my ricordia island location . It’s puffed up now ,
Here’s a iPhone shot

After almost three months of closed up/half closed up state (I blame cyano), grandis have finally started to open up fully.

Got a new drag of alveolar , my last one was killed by micro goniopora sting . Hopefully I’ll be able to find a suitable place for this one ..

I have grafted these blondes from their original zoa island to make some space for the acan lord there

Old horse yellow lepto is going strong , one of my favorite

Another new addition , a millipora . My lfs (Neptune aquatics ) is a really good store ,

Going forward polyp extension of this frag will be a good indicator of my tanks health.


Chili pepper montipora

Another new addition, a tenius

My red dragon is showing some new growth after the tank move , finally , past three months have been rough

Been slimer

Beautiful...im currently lookimg for.a.smallish cube(29 gal or so) to try a first time saltwater tank...lets see what the craigslist gods offer...lol

 

[Ranjib]

Beautiful...im currently lookimg for.a.smallish cube(29 gal or so) to try a first time saltwater tank...lets see what the craigslist gods offer...lol

Nice. Mine is a biocube . They are very sturdy, but I had to mod a lot. I won’t recommend this tank. Red Sea reefer 170, IM nuvo 30l , IM ext , water box all are better option . Let me know if I can be of any help

 

[bishoptf]

Welcome to reef2reef, most development specific chatting happens on the slack channel (link on the first post). reef-pi is written in go and react . Let us know if you need any help getting started. You don’t need raspbian or even , Linux to develop it, I develop it on MacBook, I know folks who uses windows , and I am pretty confident it works on Linux (since raspbian is Linux ).

Yeah but we all know linux is the best!

 

[rushbattle]

Nice. DLi API was on my list, but I’m currently making a quick driver for the Kasa TP-Link units since they’re inexpensive, and the local control protocol is known

This is awesome news!

 

[rushbattle]

Tank is humming along , changed my ricordia island location . It’s puffed up now ,
Here’s a iPhone shot

After almost three months of closed up/half closed up state (I blame cyano), grandis have finally started to open up fully.

Got a new drag of alveolar , my last one was killed by micro goniopora sting . Hopefully I’ll be able to find a suitable place for this one ..

I have grafted these blondes from their original zoa island to make some space for the acan lord there

Old horse yellow lepto is going strong , one of my favorite

Another new addition , a millipora . My lfs (Neptune aquatics ) is a really good store ,

Going forward polyp extension of this frag will be a good indicator of my tanks health.


Chili pepper montipora

Another new addition, a tenius

My red dragon is showing some new growth after the tank move , finally , past three months have been rough

Been slimer

Looking good Ranjib!

 

[crusso1993]

Tank is humming along , changed my ricordia island location . It’s puffed up now ,
Here’s a iPhone shot

After almost three months of closed up/half closed up state (I blame cyano), grandis have finally started to open up fully.

Got a new drag of alveolar , my last one was killed by micro goniopora sting . Hopefully I’ll be able to find a suitable place for this one ..

I have grafted these blondes from their original zoa island to make some space for the acan lord there

Old horse yellow lepto is going strong , one of my favorite

Another new addition , a millipora . My lfs (Neptune aquatics ) is a really good store ,

Going forward polyp extension of this frag will be a good indicator of my tanks health.


Chili pepper montipora

Another new addition, a tenius

My red dragon is showing some new growth after the tank move , finally , past three months have been rough

Been slimer

Very nice! Looking like you have it dialed in really well.

 

[dmolavi]

Nice. DLi API was on my list, but I’m currently making a quick driver for the Kasa TP-Link units since they’re inexpensive, and the local control protocol is known

If the DLI is still on your list, lmk and I'll do what I can with some free time on weekends to assist.

 

[dmolavi]

Tank is humming along , changed my ricordia island location . It’s puffed up now ,
Here’s a iPhone shot

After almost three months of closed up/half closed up state (I blame cyano), grandis have finally started to open up fully.

Got a new drag of alveolar , my last one was killed by micro goniopora sting . Hopefully I’ll be able to find a suitable place for this one ..

I have grafted these blondes from their original zoa island to make some space for the acan lord there

Old horse yellow lepto is going strong , one of my favorite

Another new addition , a millipora . My lfs (Neptune aquatics ) is a really good store ,

Going forward polyp extension of this frag will be a good indicator of my tanks health.


Chili pepper montipora

Another new addition, a tenius

My red dragon is showing some new growth after the tank move , finally , past three months have been rough

Been slimer

Very nice.

Here's my FT shot with my new flame angel...

 

[Ranjib]

Very nice.

Here's my FT shot with my new flame angel...

Very nice

 

[Zekth]

Yeah but we all know linux is the best!

but linux can't run Apex Legends

I'm developping most of the UI on my windows env. But i sometimes have to switch to MacOs too. UI development can be done only on windows, thanks to Michael for making the API works on this platform.

 

[Ranjib]

I’ve been busy with the ph sensor support , particularly calibration for the ph board. Last week I got little distracted , with my old kessil controller build failing repeatedly . That made me work on the Prometheus integration. For the uninitiated , Prometheus is an open source metrics system that lets you store and query metrics. It’s one of the most popular and blessed by cncf (cloud native foundation ) project which makes it kind of de facto standard in software industry . In short it has a very nice ecosystem that we can leverage. So, I setup Prometheus server (to store and query metrics ), grafana ( to visualize those metrics ) and some coding work to expose reef-pi metrics (stuff like temperature , ph etc) , go runtime metrics (reef-pi software internals) and pi’s system metrics (Linux specific). The result was outstanding, now I have fully customizable (chart types, and metrics storage duration ) dashboard /metrics system. Very happy with the results, here are some samples

Reeftank charts

Go runtime metrics (how the controller software itself doing)

Pi metrics (Linux )

And this is just 1% of what’s available out of the box

Albeit this requires some additional setup/ hardware etc ... but for those who can do it, it opens up a host of possibilities. Due to limited hardware capabilities in pi and not having any cloud solution , reef-pi is limited and conservative about what charting capabilities it can offer. Those features will always be there, to preserve a minimal but effective out of the box user friendly experience , but this now opens up the metrics world for those who can set it up.

 

[crusso1993]

I’ve been busy with the ph sensor support , particularly calibration for the ph board. Last week I got little distracted , with my old kessil controller build failing repeatedly . That made me work on the Prometheus integration. For the uninitiated , Prometheus is an open source metrics system that lets you store and query metrics. It’s one of the most popular and blessed by cncf (cloud native foundation ) project which makes it kind of de facto standard in software industry . In short it has a very nice ecosystem that we can leverage. So, I setup Prometheus server (to store and query metrics ), grafana ( to visualize those metrics ) and some coding work to expose reef-pi metrics (stuff like temperature , ph etc) , go runtime metrics (reef-pi software internals) and pi’s system metrics (Linux specific). The result was outstanding, now I have fully customizable (chart types, and metrics storage duration ) dashboard /metrics system. Very happy with the results, here are some samples

Reeftank charts

Go runtime metrics (how the controller software itself doing)

Pi metrics (Linux )

And this is just 1% of what’s available out of the box

Albeit this requires some additional setup/ hardware etc ... but for those who can do it, it opens up a host of possibilities. Due to limited hardware capabilities in pi and not having any cloud solution , reef-pi is limited and conservative about what charting capabilities it can offer. Those features will always be there, to preserve a minimal but effective out of the box user friendly experience , but this now opens up the metrics world for those who can set it up.

This is a great option for those willing to take the plunge into it. Thank you!

 

[bishoptf]

but linux can't run Apex Legends

I'm developping most of the UI on my windows env. But i sometimes have to switch to MacOs too. UI development can be done only on windows, thanks to Michael for making the API works on this platform.

Just trying to understand which UI are you referring too, being tied to having to use winblows for development, ugh *shudder*. I'm sure ots just me but these days I'm only using Windows when someone is paying me to use it, but interested to understand why it's the only option.