AquAdvisor - software to help you stock your tanks!

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Don't hold your breath yet - its far from being ready but it sort of shows you how messed up my brain is these days. Its a simple prototype really. I've been writing this in my spare time (which I seriously lack to begin with!) and I have not written an application for 9 years. I wrote this in a language I never tried before either... LOL.

Here's the page where you can download it if you have an hour you can waste... :D

http://aquadvisor.synthasite.com/

It basically allows you to specify your tank dimension, select number of fishes for each species and it will tell you how much stocking room you have left. I only have 13 fishes in the list but obviously I can expand that further if the concept is sound.

Basically I try to suggest stock levels based on the surface area of water, size of species at adult stage, and what I call "bio-factor". This defines how dirty each species are in relation to their size. Obviously Plecos take the prize here!

Many many things are not taken into account but I hope I can tackle those as well, such as aggression factors and water chemistry compatibility factors.

Any constructive comments would be appreciated.
 

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Well, I can't download it since I'm on a shared computer, but that's a great idea! I can see where it could really help beginners out.
 

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That's awesome! What language did you write it in? I'm a programmer too :D, mostly Java, some C#.

I can't get to the site at work, but I'll definitely check it out when I'm home.
 

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That's awesome! What language did you write it in? I'm a programmer too :D, mostly Java, some C#.

I can't get to the site at work, but I'll definitely check it out when I'm home.
9 Yeas ago, I used to code in c/c++ and Pearl. Little bit of Java too. This baby is written in C# so technically its not completely new. It appears to be very similar to C++ so the learning curve wasn't that bad. But it is my brain that no longer thinks like a programmer does... :D
 

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9 Yeas ago, I used to code in c/c++ and Pearl. Little bit of Java too. This baby is written in C# so technically its not completely new. It appears to be very similar to C++ so the learning curve wasn't that bad. But it is my brain that no longer thinks like a programmer does... :D
Cool, I've been learning C# as I go at work, but it's not too different from Java. Let me know if you ever want some help. I went only a few months after graduation without programming and it took me a while to get my brain back into it, I'm sure 9 years is worse!
 

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I can haz 63 fish in a 39 gallon??? dont know if that right or not???

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Wow you installed it already? Nice to know that it is installable... :)

I may have underestimated their size or "bio-factor" in some of these species. After all, these were derived based on my own experience only. Additional feedback like yours will help improve the accuracy...

That tank does have a huge surface area though. That is not your ordinary 40g tank... In fact, close to 75g tank in footprint...
 

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Cool, I've been learning C# as I go at work, but it's not too different from Java. Let me know if you ever want some help. I went only a few months after graduation without programming and it took me a while to get my brain back into it, I'm sure 9 years is worse!
Thanks. Will keep that in mind. :)
 
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