Why I Finally Got a Saltwater Tank Controller
Setting up a saltwater tank controller changed how I spend my weekends, mostly because I'm no longer staring at a thermometer every five minutes or stressing about whether my ATO is going to flood the living room while I'm at work. For a long time, I was a "purist"—which is just a fancy way of saying I was stubborn and liked doing everything by hand. I thought that keeping a reef was about the "connection" you have with the water chemistry. While that's true to an extent, there's nothing romantic about your heater sticking in the "on" position at 3:00 AM and cooking your favorite Acropora. ...