A brief update: In early September, I managed to separate my shoulder after hitting a wet patch bicycling to work one day. This has put me out of commission for any heavy lifting for the last month. Combined with a busy social schedule and a slight obsession with getting my new RepRap 3d printer kit built, the result is that my aquarium is still located in the garage. Gonna try to start moving the base next weekend, if I can line up some extra muscle.
Between last week's freeze and the ravenous squirrels, the outdoor growing season is pretty much over here. I've moved the worm farm into the basement, and got one tomato plant indoors. At the office, I cut back the moringa, and am attempting to get the cutting to root. If successful, I'll keep it going there and bring home the parent, which is probably ready for a bigger pot.
In the meantime, we went to the NoCo Mini Maker Faire this weekend, and I ran into a guy making open source water sensors. No nitrate or ammonia sensors yet, but he is certainly on the right track. It'll be some time before I'll be ready to implement a real time sensor system, but can certainly see where it would be handy for a computerized alarm system for the possible times when things go out of whack quickly.
Between last week's freeze and the ravenous squirrels, the outdoor growing season is pretty much over here. I've moved the worm farm into the basement, and got one tomato plant indoors. At the office, I cut back the moringa, and am attempting to get the cutting to root. If successful, I'll keep it going there and bring home the parent, which is probably ready for a bigger pot.
In the meantime, we went to the NoCo Mini Maker Faire this weekend, and I ran into a guy making open source water sensors. No nitrate or ammonia sensors yet, but he is certainly on the right track. It'll be some time before I'll be ready to implement a real time sensor system, but can certainly see where it would be handy for a computerized alarm system for the possible times when things go out of whack quickly.