FAQ
faq
Updated 11-17-2010:
We are now using all IP cameras for the fishcam. Camera 1 and Camera 3 are Maygion units with night vision. Camera 2 is an Axis camera with a zoom lens installed. Camera 2 and Camera 3 are mounted on the far walls of the room. Camera 1 is attached to a file cabinet beside the tank with some heavy duty Velcro. The WebCamXP computer is now out of the stand and safely away from any water and condensation.
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The fishcam page was originally a feature to generate traffic to my computer services business website: http://www.netiton.com but judging from the amount of traffic the aquarium cam has gotten over the years, I suppose that it time for the fishcams to get their own domain and content. I am a aquarium hobbyist and enjoy sharing the aquarium views with anyone interested in the hobby.
There are some interactive components installed inside the aquarium. The volcano’s eruption can be controlled by a button beneath the video stream. Dim lights can be activated through a second button, while the main tank lights are turned off at night for viewers after 10:00 pm EST.
The fish tank is a 125 Gallon All-Glass Aquarium. It has dual built in overflows that empty into a huge wet/dry trickle sump below the tank inside of the stand. It sits on a heavy duty oak stand on reinforced floor joists. It is a planted tank with lots of live plants that seem to grow faster than I can keep up with. CO2 is released into the tank during the daytime hours. The CO2 and the main tank lights are controlled with an automatic timer.
The fish include a dozen clown loaches. These are my favorites. They seem to behave like a family, always traveling together across the tank. The clowns also enjoy piling upon one another until they are completely stacked up in a corner. These fish are fun to watch. There is a single green terror cichlid. This fish is actually blue with bright orange tips on its fins. Other inhabitants are giant danios, tin foil barbs, some blood parrots, and a common pleco.
Past inhabitants included a beautiful Arowana that jumped to an untimely death on the floor. I am now considering a Clown Knife fish. This fish is pretty but I am hesitating on buying one for fear that it may out grow the tank.
