IKS Aquastar

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IKS have been developing and manufacturing high-quality measuring, regulating and dosing systems for aquariums for more than ten years. The IKS Aquastar computer, controls the pH, temperature, redox potential, salinity, light timing and dosing pumps. Controllable pumps can also be pulsed to simulate waves and tides. The unit can be connected to your PC and give long term graphs for all the testable water parameters. This is truly an all in one aquarium monitor and controller. The system is able to send critical error warnings and water parameter values to your cell phone via sms.

For more information please visit the IKS AQUASTAR website.

There is a rapidly growing demand for the application of IKS products in all kinds of aquaria, garden ponds, chemical industry, research and, fish-farming.

IKS products are available through a network of sales partners in Europe as well as in Asia, America and Africa. IKS engineers have developed a range of measuring, regulating and control systems that is unique in the world. In the process, highest priority has constantly been given to a high level of functionality, ease of operation and quality. There is a five-year guarantee on the entire array of measuring and regulating electronics.

Aquariums
Accessories

Additives & supplements
Auto top ups
Calcium reactors
Chillers
Controllers
Co2 Equipment
Denitrifying filters

Foods
Kalkwasser reactors
Lamps
Lighting T5
Lighting MH T5 combos
Lighting MH pendants
Marine Salt
Overflow Boxes
Phosphate Reactors
Powerheads
Pumps
Skimmers

Substrates
Sumps
 

The IKS Range

The IKS basic computer item no 1000

The aquaristics computer iks Aquastar is a state-of the art system of modular construction that caters for all of your needs where automatic monitoring and control of every major water and lighting factor is concerned for both fresh- and seawater aquariums. With it, you can build up your own individual system to suit your personal requirements and your pocket.

Regardless of whether you want a good-value means of monitoring and regulating lighting, temperature and pH-value in your tank with a standard set-up or you want to automate as many extra functions as you can think of, the iks Aquastar is the answer! Besides extensive timed functions, you also have at your fingertips measuring modules for pH-value, redox potential, temperature, conductivity, water level, oxygen und air pressure. Additional modules are currently undergoing development. Up to eight of these modules can be connected to the system in any combination. Thus, it is possible, for example, to take multiple pH measurements (e.g. in a calcium reactor and in the aquarium) or even in several tanks quite independently of each other. For more detailed info visit the IKS website.

The IKS pH-module Item no 1001

You can continuously measure and regulate the pH-value of your aquarium with the help of this module. As the module is galvanically separated from the basis system, the pH-value can also be measured at different points within a single water circuit without the individual sensors having an effect on each other.

The IKS Redox module Item 1002

You can continuously measure and regulate the redox potential of your aquarium with the help of this module. As the module is galvanically separated from the basis system, the redox potential can also be measured at different points within a single water circuit without the individual sensors having an effect on each other. You can choose between having the redox potential displayed on the iks Aquastar in mV or as the rH-value.
                                                                                                                         Use

Control of an O2 system with falling redox potential.
Control of a nitrate filter (regulation in the negative range). While doing so, you can simultaneously measure the value in the aquarium using an additional module.

The IKS conductivity module item no 1003

Just as all the other models are, the conductivity module is suitable for both freshwater and seawater aquariums. In freshwater aquariums, the conductivity is displayed in µS/cm. In the case of seawater aquariums you can choose between having the conductivity displayed in mS/cm, the salt content or the density! All measurements are relative to a reference temperature of 25°C. In the section Tips and Tricks, you will find a table for the conversion of conductivity into salt content and density.

Use

For example, if conductivity is falling you can add salt-water, and if it is increasing then distilled water or osmosis water.

The IKS temperature module item no 1004

The temperature can be precisely and continuously measured and controlled in your aquarium with the temperature module. You can stipulate a variety of settings for day and night, and for summer and winter, too. You can reproduce natural changes in temperature in your aquarium. The waterproof temperature sensor also allows temperature measurement in the bed of the aquarium, for example.

Tip:

Please be aware that the factors pH, oxygen and conductivity are, in part, very highly dependent on temperature. With the help of a temperature module, automatic temperature compensation can be carried out for every factor. So, including a temperature module in your system is extremely useful even you don't use it to control temperature.

The water-level module (automatic water-level system) enables you to maintain a constant level of water in your aquarium fully automatically. Used in the system and worth a special mention is the optical sensor with an integrated micro-controller. The sensor (intelligent sensor) also incorporates an anti-wave function for protecting the top-up pump. This avoids having to switch off the pump on and off unnecessarily, preventing it from wearing out prematurely. In comparison to mechanical float switches, the sensor used here is totally wear-free, has a greater operating reliability and can, for example, also be mounted horizontally inside a tank. This gives this sensor a wide range of applications.

Giving you further protection still against the risk of flooding in your home, is a time-controlled alarm. In other words: if the set water level is not reached within a certain time, the pump is switched off automatically as soon as that time has expired. The alarm time depends on the pump being used and can be set freely according to the user's requirements.

Use

Replacement of water lost through evaporation. The dosing pump iks Vario LP180 (item no. 2000) has proved particularly well-suited for many years.
Practically no density fluctuations in seawater aquariums
Can also be used as an a means of overflow protection (drainage)

Using the oxygen module, the iks Aquastar can continuously measure and regulate the oxygen content in your aquarium. And while it's doing so, you can have the oxygen content displayed in mg/l or the oxygen saturation in %. As the module is galvanically separated from the basis system, the oxygen content can be measured at different points in a water circuit without the individual sensors having an effect on each other. Of course, the oxygen sensor is suited to freshwater and seawater.

Why measure the oxygen content?

Oxygen is one of the elementary components of our planet. No higher life forms are possible without it, neither on land nor in water.
Measuring the oxygen content can help you, as an aquarium enthusiast, to discover where care and attention is failing. If the O2 content is constantly too low, feed, the population density, filters and plant growth must be checked and sources of higher organic pressure localised. Fish that are constantly subjected to oxygen deficits often suffer from lack of appetite, immune deficiencies and more frequent occurrence of infections.

Your water readings ... by SMS to your mobile phone, world-wide.

By connecting this controller to the iks aquastar and iks aquastar midi systems, the readings can be sent to a mobile phone anywhere in the world by SMS. If a reading exceeds certain limits (alarm), the module automatically sends an SMS. In other words: you receive timely notification that enables you to take steps to prevent what could otherwise be worse damage. The latest readings can be called up from anywhere in the world at any time, provided, of course, your mobile phone has network connection.

Just imagine you are on holiday and are lying on a beautiful beach. Your beautiful and precious aquarium suddenly comes to mind and you ask yourself if everything is ok with it? You can rest assured. If something was wrong, you would have received an SMS. Nevertheless, you want to make absolutely sure so you have an SMS with the readings sent to you and carry on enjoying the rest of your holiday.

This dosing units ability to be connected directed to the iks aquastar and iks aquastar midi control units make it probably the most convenient to use, multi-channel dosing system for aquariums available on the market at the moment. It enables doses to be administered at any time and in any quantity. It is thus possible, for example, to add a liquid to the aquarium every hour in the easiest possible way. This allows the daily dose to be distributed evenly over a period of your choice (e.g. 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.). One of the great advantages of dosing continuously in this way over the methods employed by other dosing devices that commonly only add a single dose per day is, for example, the optimum utilisation of trace elements in a seawater aquarium. Each channel can be set individually. The smallest possible dose is approximately 0.6 ml. Practical: every channel can also be activated manually by means of a switch. This is especially useful when, for example, changing a bottle

Schematic Diagram of IKS Functions

For more detailed information on the IKS and its functions please visit the IKS website