FishCare Mini I spy with my little fisheye

This Kickstarter campaign was last updated in June 2019, so it’s likely the product went down the toilet, like your goldfish after it kicked the bucket because you didn’t put the right protocols in place when you went on holibobs.

However, this product was supposed to fix that.

From TAE Fishcare (website no longer online), the FishCare Mini (beta version) was for you to “enjoy your holiday fish can be safe and sound in home” (not my words).

This wee gadget was supposed to let you set up threshold values and give you real-time data of temperature, pH, and nitrate measurements. It would broadcast a visual alarm if the measured data was out of threshold values, and also send an alert SMS and email.

What do you reckon the alarm would be like? ‘WEEE WOOOO FISHY CONDITIONS NOT OPTIMAL. TOO MUCH POOP, PH OUTTA WHACK. FIX IT!’

The creators of the FishCare Mini said existing water-measuring methods used in aquariums and...