Smart ATO Nano HOB from Auto Aqua Review

Making up for lost water due to evaporation is one of the most important functions required of saltwater aquariums and there’s a myriad of ways to accomplish this. AutoAqua is one of the companies that’s been the most focused on…

Smart ATO Nano has a Unique Hang On Back Design

The Smart ATO Nano is the latest new form factor from AutoAqua, the company that dove headfirst into shaking up the auto top off device segment of the aquarium market. AutoAqua first made its mark with the very small Smart…

Smart ATO Duo Packs Two Optical Sensors in One Tiny Package

The Smart ATO Duo is a new anti-evaporation device from Auto Aqua which brings even more safety and reliability in this important component of aquariums. The Smart ATO Micro has been such a great top off sensor we’ve been wondering for…

Smart ATO Micro review

The popularity of All-In-One, nano and pico tanks is still going strong from a few years ago. With the likes of Innovative Marine, RedSea and Advance Acrylics continuing to innovate on looks and function of all in one tanks, but…

AutoAqua Smart ATO Micro is impressively small

The Smart ATO Micro from Auto Aqua that we got wind of before MACNA was on demo last weekend in D.C., but it was easy to miss the device since it takes up such a small footprint. The Auto Aqua…

Smart ATO micro is the smallest optical top off device yet

The Smart ATO Micro is a new optical water level sensor and top off device in one. This new ATO is a miniature version of the Smart ATO released by Auto Aqua just about two years ago. Like the Smart ATO, the…

Smart ATO Review: almost perfect with a couple of quirks

The Smart ATO is the smallest and most novel water level sensor and automatic top off controller the hobby has yet seen. The magnetically coupled sensor and controller are one assembly, with a single light sensor being sent through a…

Hands on with the beautiful, impossibly small Smart ATO by AutoAqua

Despite being framed in calipers, nothing displays the incredible compactness of the new Smart ATO from AutoAqua like seeing it in person, and holding it in your hands. The new water level sensor and controller of the Smart ATO fit…

Smart ATO from AutoAqua is heating up the arms race of Automatic Top Off systems

Smart ATO is a novel new device from AutoAqua which uses an optical method of determining water level height in your sump. When AutoAqua first hit the aquarium scene with a slew of different ATO systems for aquariums we kind…

Whimar’s Smart System AWC is a water changer and ATO combined

Italian wholesaler Whimar has an interesting auto water-changing product called the Smart System AWC. Coming in Pro and Lite models, both are complete water level management systems capable of topping up evaporation via an optical sensor and pump but also…