sixspeed Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) Sup! I was curious to see some other setups that people use for cameras to monitor their tanks. I travel frequently so with my apex + other automated equipment it’s nice to see that the task was performed via the app but I know a lot of us still like to visually get an eye on things going on in the tank. I’ve been using a Ring camera placed in various spots around the room and in front of the tank - but recently zip-tied it to one of my AI Prime 16 lights to have a top down view also sending a notification right before feeding time when pumps/powerheads are off and water is still. Idk if I love the view. It’s not perfect and I have some issues with the ring cameras in general so I may pop this into the side project list and get a usb camera, water proof it and setup a raspberrypi to stream the camera. At that point, could just plug the feed into the apex fusion app. Edited October 9, 2023 by sixspeed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixspeed Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 Here’s one of the USB cameras to give you an idea. Thinking of encasing it in clear epoxy resin, adding a magnet to the back - and then the raspberrypi should be simple - power, wifi, usb camera input setup as a IP camera server (can also store locally which I wanted). This way - you can push whatever link Apex Fusion accepts and input it into the actual app for ease of use. But while it will be badass to have an internal view of one area of the tank, it won’t see as much as a top down view. We’ll see, low cost so can run a few versions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbash Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Yeah Im actually working on one right now Im using this webcam in a clear resin printed case so that it can be submerged. I took the PCB out of the case though so its a lot smaller. Right now in the process of testing the case waterproof-ness. I was thinking of sealing it in clear resin like what you were saying but I opted for a 3D printed resin case so I can replace parts and all that. I also put an orange filter over my lense to filter out the blue right. Looks a lot better. https://www.amazon.com/Webcam-Streaming-Recording-Built-Correction/dp/B07M6Y7355/ref=sr_1_9?crid=IYTXC0FYJ3HA&keywords=webcam&qid=1696871506&sprefix=webcam%2Caps%2C199&sr=8-9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixspeed Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 Awesome @Kerbash!! Definitely would like to see your progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbash Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Oh yeah def, Im planning to write up the whole thing, like what parts I used and all that once Im done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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