How do you "control" your reef tank?

[mseepman]

Many people use Aquarium controllers...but there is a real running debate on who makes the best system. Searching on here should get you quite a few results of the debates over controllers.

Here is a link to a site with controller reviews (details). I'm not sure how up-to-date the data is...but it should help you out with feature/functionality.

http://www.aquariumcontrollers.com/

Originally Posted by Milad

I'm looking for some ideas on how to "control" my soon to be tank.

I want to automate as much as possible, e.g feeding, lighting, ATO, testing etc
Ideally I would also like to get email notification alerts (e.g ATO engaged @ 2:14pm for 20seconds)

What systems are out there that let me do this?
Anyone have these systems running with a link of pictures?

If the system keeps trending data that would be great too.