CO₂ injection + bright light = thin pH margins. Tank Commander watches them so plants thrive without crashing the fish.
Planted tanks live and die by their pH curve. Inject too much CO₂ and the fish gasp; too little and algae blooms. Tank Commander logs pH minute-by-minute, controls your CO₂ solenoid, and shuts it off when pH dips too far.
What goes wrong without it
- Pearling plants but suffocating fish
- pH crashes when CO₂ solenoid sticks open
- Lights coming on before CO₂ stabilizes
- Temperature swings in summer
How Tank Commander helps
- CO₂ + lights coordinated
Bring CO₂ on 1–2 hours before lights, and shut it off based on actual pH — not a guess.
- pH crash alarm
If pH drops below your floor, the CO₂ outlet shuts off automatically.
- Heat-wave protection
Trigger a fan or AC outlet if tank temperature climbs above your set point.
Parameters monitored
- Temperature
- pH
- TDS
- Outlet state