Best Ways to Protect Smart Aquarium Setups?

[JamesMathew]

Hey everyone,

I’ve been setting up a planted aquarium and recently started looking into smart tech to automate things like lighting, CO2 injection, and water parameters. While it’s super convenient, I started wondering—how secure are these smart aquarium devices?

With more Wi-Fi-connected controllers and apps managing tanks, is there a risk of hacking or data breaches? I recently came across CompTIA Security+ Training, which focuses on cybersecurity principles, and it made me think about how these concepts apply to smart home and IoT devices—including aquarium setups.

Does anyone here use smart tech for their tanks? If so, what steps do you take to keep your system secure? Are there any must-know best practices for protecting connected aquarium devices?

Looking forward to your thoughts! 🐠🔒

 

[MoFish]

My CO2 is controlled by a solenoid valve and a mechanical timer, for lighting I connect via Bluetooth to set the settings then it runs on autopilot.

To be completely honest, I don't like the trend of everything having connectivity with WIFI because you don't need it, makes things more expensive than they need to be, and it introduces another point of failure. Specially for hobbyists.

 

[wearsbunnyslippers]

just follow good digital hygiene practices:

• keep firmware updated
• learn simple ways to protect yourself, such as configuration basics for your home networks (including firewalls and routers), how to leverage settings that can limit how much data is exchanged with the outside world, and ways to make a hacker’s job harder
• moving IoT devices onto a separate network from everyday devices such as phones and laptops
• ensure that there is no way to connect to devices from outside the home network

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
Welcome to UKAPS,

Does anyone here use smart tech for their tanks?

I don't personally, I'm <"an analogue man">.

cheers Darrel

 

[nijat11]

Cyber Security guy here 😀
My tank almost run on full automated mode. So regarding security of these devices, I can say that level of security there not even zero but -1. If you have devices with wifi and you concerned about security, just put them in separate VLAN nad create sepate SSID for these devices, isolate them there. Make sure password all bluetooh devices. For now there is no any threat actor reports that they target aquarium devices. 🙂

 

[hypnogogia]

Does anyone here use smart tech for their tanks? If so, what steps do you take to keep your system secure? Are there any must-know best practices for protecting connected aquarium devices?

Most of my electronics are connected to smart switches so that I can easily turn things off for maintenance. Got to say, not worried about security…I doubt someone will want to hack them and control my aquarium.