What the Aquarino Controller is

The Aquarino Controller is an automation and monitoring hub for aquariums, tanks and ponds. It brings together, in a single piece of equipment, the readings from your sensors, the control of the outlets, the dosing pumps, the automatic feeder and the rules that tie it all together — with access over your Wi-Fi network and over the internet.

Designed in collaboration with many aquarists and specialists, the Controller was made to grow with your system: you start with the hub, the temperature sensor and the outlet bar that come with the product, and add sensors and modules as the need arises.

1.1 What it does

• Reads sensors — up to 3 temperature, 2 flow, 2 leak and 4 level sensors, plus the pH, ORP, conductivity (salinity), TDS, oxygen and alkalinity modules.
• Controls up to 16 outlets, through one or two Powerbar V8 units, with scheduler, timer, cycle and failover switching modes.
• Drives up to 6 12 V dosing pumps, with scheduling, reservoir tracking and precision calibration.
• Takes care of feeding: it triggers the automatic feeder and turns off the pumps you choose during the feeding period.
• Automates with rules: up to 24 rules of the kind "if the sensor goes past this value, turn this on and turn that off".
• Protects against power failure, with the Failover module: it detects the outage, turns off what is not essential and preserves your UPS.
• Alerts you by e-mail — and by push or Telegram, through the Aquarino app — when something goes off script.
• Records everything: event logs and hour-by-hour graphs for every sensor.

1.2 What it does not do

Being clear about the limits of the equipment is part of using it well.

• It does not measure what has no sensor. Parameters without an installed module can be entered manually (Chapter 12), but the one doing the measuring is you.
• It does not replace your judgement. The rules execute exactly what you configured — no more, no less. Start simple and evolve.
• It is not a UPS. The Failover module manages the battery power you already have; what sustains the aquarium through the outage is your UPS.
• It does not excuse good electrical practice. Circuit breakers, an RCD and proper grounding remain the responsibility of the aquarium installation.

1.3 Local Manager and Cloud: two paths, the same equipment

You reach the Aquarino Controller in two ways, and the screens are the same in both: