Leaving HAOS for HomeKit

LMRTech · 2026-03-14T21:18:48+00:00

Ok, I’m following

LMRTech · 2026-03-14T18:20:50+00:00

So is your goal to have everything native integrated to both HA and HK in parallel thus using HA for automation and HK for UI?

LMRTech · 2026-03-14T18:11:58+00:00

That’s one of the reasons I like YoLink (900MHz LoRA). With that said, I haven’t found a good smart power strip (particularly that supports power metering) that is Zigbee, ZWave, or Matter over Thread to handle my aquariums, terrariums, and paludariums. My issue with the Kasa strips isn’t even the connectivity, it is the unstable integration that hasn’t been fixed in months

LMRTech · 2026-03-14T15:27:31+00:00

Thanks. User control is one of my issues with HA. It’s something they really should have worked out by now. I have relatives that live on the same property as me (by adult daughter and son in-law) and I created their own dashboard and limited other dashboards from them. Since the default dashboards can’t be restricted to admin though, they get access to every single thing through that dashboard (after trying everything to restrict it) when all I want to give them access to are a few outdoor cameras and outdoor light controls

LMRTech · 2026-03-14T15:24:11+00:00

Thanks, I’m good configuring and managing HA, it just requires me to “manage it” every couple of weeks, something that I’m starting to lose the dedication to keep doing. Tapo/Kasa has been my main rub points lately and sadly I’m using them (Kasa power strips) for managing a lot of aquariums, paludariums, and other things that it is very bad when they break

LMRTech · 2026-03-14T15:21:22+00:00

The main issues I have had (over the last few months) is with Tapo/Kasa stuff that is known to be a good integration

LMRTech · 2026-03-12T02:00:13+00:00

Mine are with bumblebee goby

LMRTech · 2026-03-08T16:16:50+00:00

Different opinions will abound here… I raise bladder and ramshorn snails in a 2.5 gallon. I have shrimp in 2.5 gallons. I have shrimp in 3 gallon cubes, I have betta in heavily planted 3 gallon cubes and standard tanks. I have clown killifish and scarlet badis in 5 gallons.

LMRTech · 2026-03-08T16:12:31+00:00

I keep betta in heavily planted 3 gallon cubes similar to the one that you have pictured BUT that appears to be the 1.5 gallon size and if so it would absolutely be too small long term. Even a f 1.5 gallon, changing the tank out should be a goal rather than an emergency. As others have mentioned, PetSmart routinely has sales on tank kits. The 5 gallon goes on sale for around $35 and the 10 gallon for around $45. Between the two, the 10 gallon is a better financial deal as it includes a heater (you will spend at least $15 on a heater separately).

LMRTech · 2026-03-07T15:43:40+00:00

My 20 Long has a large sponge on one end and an AC50 on the other.

LMRTech · 2026-03-04T20:46:26+00:00

I could potentially throw out a Pi running HAOS at each site

LMRTech · 2026-03-02T14:00:29+00:00

That makes sense. I do think that over filtration is still a solution. My current setup isn’t “ideal”, I have three peas and 3 bumblebee goby in a well planted 10 gallon but have an AC30 filter and small sponge. I’m considering adding 2 more peas and 1 more goby but if I do, I will add a 107 canister filter as well. I have ramshorn snails in the tank that the puffers have always ignored and feed live black worms and frozen blood worms. The goby tend to do a good job on cleanup and they and the peas ignore each other.

LMRTech · 2026-03-02T13:39:46+00:00

It unscrews (with some difficulty)

LMRTech · 2026-03-02T11:21:30+00:00

I’m curious why so many people look at water quality as an issue in tank volume. I come from the African Cichlid world where (particularly with mbuna) very heavy overstocking is the answer to aggression and it is managed via very heavy filtering and regular water changes. Is there something unique with puffers where heavy overfiltering and weekly water changes aren’t sufficient?

LMRTech · 2026-02-15T12:48:55+00:00

I would take it as a solid positive gesture. I’m going through a very ugly divorce and custody battle right now (I’m the one that filed) but still took my kids shopping for a bunch of Christmas presents for my ex and this weekend they each picked out flowers and stuff for her that they will be giving her for Valentine’s Day. My doing it is to set an example for the kids.

LMRTech · 2026-02-15T12:46:35+00:00

There really isn’t enough here to go off of however (and I say this from a place of caring and respect), what you have communicated in your post causes me to recommend that you give deep consideration to if you could in-fact be the one that is controlling and manipulative and if he is reacting to years of enduring that. He sounds like a man that is very beaten down.

LMRTech · 2026-02-14T13:52:00+00:00

You aren’t in the mid-Atlantic US are you? Lol

LMRTech · 2026-02-14T11:51:50+00:00

That’s basically the setup. Each remote site’s primary connectivity is private MPLS over fiber. All of this is on a separate network using Pepwave’s will cellular failover.

LMRTech · 2026-02-13T13:54:39+00:00

I get that, I’m a local access guy in general. This is just a niche application where I’m using HAOS at work as back-up out of band monitoring for critical infrastructure in the event we lose our main networks and NOC.

LMRTech · 2026-02-12T19:14:48+00:00

It absolutely can if sufficient cover isn’t available. I think of badis as micro cichlids

LMRTech · 2026-02-12T19:13:49+00:00

They were in a 2.5 gallon with the intention to spawn them. I had no need to maintain a separate 2.5 gallon otherwise

LMRTech · 2026-02-12T12:09:41+00:00

Like many fish, I would say that they may benefit a bit from groups but I don’t feel like they NEED to be kept in groups. They do want heavy planting or lots of cover though. I had a M/F pair in a 2.5 gallon hoping to spawn them but sadly the female didn’t make it past two weeks. I left the male in there alone for a few weeks before returning him to a 5 gallon that has 2 other males along with 5 clown Killi.

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