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I happen to work for a smart home product manufacturer, so when I recently decided to get back into keeping fish (after a 15 year hiatus!) of course my fish tank is going to be smart. I can do everything shown and described below, and it's cheaper than you think. I will keep it brand-generic, no brand fanboy stuff, but I do love fishkeeping and I do love smart home and tech, so let me know what you think!
Some things you can do with a smart aquarium:
- Monitor water level
- Monitor water temperature
- Detect a water leak
- Monitor, control and schedule lighting (via smart plug)
- Monitor, control and schedule lighting via smart IR remote (IR-compatible lighting)
- Monitor, control and schedule water pumps/filters
- Monitor, control and schedule air pump
- Shut down equipment on high water
- Monitor and control heaters (e.g. turn off runaway heater, or automate heating entirely)
- Monitor power (current) for equipment
- Monitor for main power loss
- Sequential start-up and shut-down routines
- Set up timed routines, for example turn off filters for feeding time, turn off pumps, UV, heater for water change time
- Respond to low water conditions with notifications and turning off heaters and UV lighting automatically
- Respond to low temperature by turning on heat, or turn off heat for high-temp
- Chart activity of equipment, current draw, with app visualizations, export to CSV
- Receive notifications in the phone of app push notifications, email, SMS
- Receive spoken custom alert messages (if audio/speaker hub available)
- Activate audible alarms (e.g. remote sirens)
- Control low-voltage equipment with smart relays
- Monitor alarms and sensors with contact-closure/relay-outputs
- Kill power or control select equipment while on UPS power
- Monitor cabinets or equipment from casual tampering (e.g. deter curious kids with an audible alarm)
- Monitor and control all smart devices from an app
- Monitor and control all smart devices from a fob
- Monitor and control via Alexa, IFTTT, Home Assistant
