AutoAqua Smart ATO

[jcs11236]

Just got one of these in the mail today. Looks pretty good. Ordered it from reefgeek.com. Never ordered from them before. Only place that had it in stock and they offered 10% off first order. Shipped fast and even had a few mini chocolate bars for a snack. Will post up how install goes and how well it seems to work. Here's a pic

 

[afernandez]

Reef geeks is a great company .. I order from them often.
Nice pick up Btw let us know how it goes

 

[asonitez]

I just ordered this from Marinedepot also. WITH I had known about ReefGeek! I've been watching these non stop for a while now. I went with this over the HYDOR Smart level because it didn't come with a pump.

I also choose this over a Apex breakout Box and Digital Aquatics float switches. There REALLY needs to be someone out there creating float switches that don't rely on stupid brackets that don't work on sumps with rim's. Float switches should be encased and snail proof and come with a magnetic mount for sumps. This is the only reason I didn't go with a APEX. Also there needs to be a decent pump that has some kind of anti-siphon ability for top off. I'm tired of 3" tall Maxijets that still leave 3 gallons in my top off container.

Seriously?? Most peoples top off container is on the same level as the sump where the sump is lower. Why wouldn't anti-siphon tech be mandatory?

/rant over.

 

[jcs11236]

I had a nano tunze ato. Worked fine but for some reason my pumps (aio system)would surge once in a while causing the ato to over fill and go on safety after 3 min.
This smart ato apparently automatically shuts off if it pumps 3 times longer than the last fill. Seems more safe for me with my surge problem.

 

[jcs11236]

Looks nicely made. Pump is tiny. Let's see how it holds up. Its stated to be able to pump 6ft height.
Here is a pic of pump next to a quarter

 

[jcs11236]

Okay. Installed it in 5 minutes. Works great. Pump is really strong. Actually surprised from this lil thing. I am happy with purchase.
Will post another review in a week or two to see how it is working

 

[reefer4eva]

I seen this awhile ago and I was totally ready to be the guinea pig and test it out!then I chickened out and couldn't pull the trigger..please let me know your HONEST review on this..I had the jbj ATO and I was looking into something a lot more reliable as I'm usually out of town every weekend in the spring and summer and I really don't trust float switches

 

[empire]

I have one it's amazing. I had the avast ato prior. I've been trying to fail this ato for the past 3 weeks and I can't. The only thing I don't like about it is when your ato reservoir is dry, you have to reset the device to get it to start working again.

 

[reefer4eva]

Awesome..and the pump is reliable as well ?

 

[jcs11236]

It's strong the lil pump. It's a lil more quiet than the tunze pump. And it doesn't need to be primed like the tunze which is a plus

 

[empire]

My stand is 40" tank is 16". It pumped from floor to over the tank with no problem.