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…

HydroFill Ti Pump and Controller get the titanium upgrade

The Hydrofill Ti (Titanium) Controller and Pump are Innovative Marine’s first refresh to the hardware for their automatic top off kit.The Titanium upgrade to the Hydrofill Controller and ATO Pump sees both of these products getting better, and significantly cheaper.…

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…

Water Refill Genie is a new ATO kit with a novel type of level sensor

The Water Refill Genie is a new all-in-one auto-top-off which is aimed at being your go to ATO device no matter what your method of replenishing evaporated water. E-Fins, makers of the Algae Mower Vac has designed the Water Refill…

Spectrapure needs to rethink suction cups to hold ATO level sensors

Spectrapure is a long-established equipment company in the marine aquarium world with its LiterMeter and reverse osmosis water purifying filters being a mainstay of the aquarium hobby for over a decade. The company’s latest offering to the marine aquarium hobby is the…

Using the unique Barrel Tender ATO device from Avast Marine

The Barrel Tender from Avast marine is such a unique product, it’s hard to compare it to anything else that is available in the aquarium market. Simply put the Barrel Tender is a high precision “float switch” that includes a…

Aqua Medic’s new Refill-System

Aqua Medic added an auto-top off unit to their product line, aptly called the Refill-System. The top off unit features an infrared optical sensor with delayed circuit, as well as a backup float sensor. Aqua Medic mentioned there’s also a…

Avast Marine Diaphragm pump is the mother of all top off pumps

The new diaphragm water pump that Avast Marine has just revealed is the beefiest in the genre we have seen to date. Not since Innovative Marine’s Hydrofill ATO pump have we seen a diaphragm water pump with such high pressure…

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…