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My setup is a Red Sea MaxS-650... it has a built in control for power/lights, but I wanted a bit of automation. Here's my down and dirty $20 automation for feeding time:
I bought a 4 pack of wifi smart plugs from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Vol...5556&sr=8-4&keywords=etekcity+wifi+smart+plug
The 4 pack makes each plug cost $9.25. I plugged one into my return pump, and the other into my protein skimmer. Once these were paired with my home wifi, Alexa does the rest!
I just created 3 routines:
1) Alexa... feeding time
turns on the phillips strip light under the tank (been using that for a while)
turns off protein skimmer
turns off return pump
wait 15 minutes
turn on return pump
wait 5 minutes
turn on protein skimmer
wait 5 minutes
turn off sump light
overall I have to say i'm very happy with the results!!!
I also created 2 routines - one for pumps on, one for pumps off
I bought a 4 pack of wifi smart plugs from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Vol...5556&sr=8-4&keywords=etekcity+wifi+smart+plug
The 4 pack makes each plug cost $9.25. I plugged one into my return pump, and the other into my protein skimmer. Once these were paired with my home wifi, Alexa does the rest!
I just created 3 routines:
1) Alexa... feeding time
turns on the phillips strip light under the tank (been using that for a while)
turns off protein skimmer
turns off return pump
wait 15 minutes
turn on return pump
wait 5 minutes
turn on protein skimmer
wait 5 minutes
turn off sump light
overall I have to say i'm very happy with the results!!!
I also created 2 routines - one for pumps on, one for pumps off