Automation and designs for my vivarium. This readme was written as a desperate attempt at helping future me when something inevitably breaks at the worst possible moment.
- Pellaea rotundifolia
- Hemionitis arifolia
- Nephrolepis cordifolia ‘Duffii’
- Pyrrosia nummularifolia
- Phymatosorus diversifolius
- Microgramma nitida
- Pleurozium schreberi
- Polytrichum commune
- Microsorium pteropus var. petite
- Limnobium laevigatum
- Anubias barteri var. nana
- Armadillidium klugii
- Caridina multidentata
- Clithon corona
- Unspecified species of springtails
- Lepidodactylus lugubris
- Baltazar
- Brunhilda
There is a layer of sphagnum moss + orchid bark + coco coir mixed 1-1-1 at the bottom of the tank. There is only spaghnum moss in the pots.
See ./automation, use kicad. The schematic doesn't have pulldowns on pins as
it seems to work without them because of reasons.
GPIO pins used for relays are:
GPIO 22= output3GPIO 23= output4GPIO 24= output2GPIO 25= output1
GPIO pins used for the water tank sensor are:
GPIO 17= trigGPIO 18= echo
This is Raspberry Pi 1 Model B.
Raspberry Pi OS is here, use lite. It's debian. Arch Linux ARM doesn't support this Pi out of the box anymore.
The wifi dongle is TP-Link TL-WN725N and was chosen without any thought put into it.
The config is in /etc/network/interfaces. The manual is
here. The manual for WIFI is
here.
Wired connection config would look something like this:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.30/24
gateway 192.168.0.1/24
WIFI config would look something like this:
auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid somessid
wpa-psk somepassword
The login info is on the device. SSH isn't running on port 22.
RNT-45 from Aqua Nova/Reptile Nova.
The material is 5mm thick foamed PVC.
The glue is silicone branded "for aquarium glass" as that's what I had lying around.
Open lid.dxf with librecad in case you need to redo a panel.
Use strong double-sided tape for LED strips, the tape that's on them is never strong enough.
The power connector is XT60.
Those are the parameters for the LED strip supposedly but who knows:
Color: 4000-4500K
LEDs per meter: 320
Flux: 900lm/m
Recommended power supply: 10W per meter (lol)
Basically the whole thing was used, I just measured the amps to be around 0.85A which is closer to 2W per meter.
Color: 4000K
LEDs per meter: 320
Repti Planet UVB 5.0 Tropical, running since 2025-01-15.
Use 20 PPI foam, ordering 45 PPI was a fuck up.
Don't use the metal mesh for water inlets, its so annoying to work with. Next time the pump compartment can be slightly smaller I think.
The pump hose is a 10mm one.
The waterfall was spraying at the back wall and had to be redone as the water was leaking. Checking for leaks as early as possible was a really good idea.
- A riced up ÅKERBÄR from IKEA.