AquAdvisor - software to help you stock your tanks!

[Smitty114]

Consider the tank size before you try any of the following. Filament barbs (Puntius filamentosus), arulius barbs and tinfoil barbs. Those are the few commonly available species.

Thanks for the advice. Arulius may be what I'm looking for, the others get too big.

Any tank I put these in would be a minimum of 90g.

But, you don't think if I grew a school of tigers until they were adults and then added a small young GT, JD, and convict it would work? They'd obviously be too small to do anything to the barbs for a while, and in a decent sized tank they may be ok. Tigers are extremely quick and pretty aggressive. IAnd, I have seen tigers get along with aggressive cichlid's before. But, this is why I'm asking because I haven't tried a specific scenario like this .

 

[yhbae]

By the way, Keyhole and Festivums are now added to the fish DB.

 

[yhbae]

And the other barbs Lupin mentioned are also added.

 

[pyrocreep]

So after browsing through here I still have yet to find a link for a download. I'm just checking the last few pages every so often though so it's my own fault. Though I just wanted to add 2 fish curviceps and checker board cichilid. Mainly cause I would like to seem them in the program so I can fill out my tank

 

[yhbae]

So after browsing through here I still have yet to find a link for a download. I'm just checking the last few pages every so often though so it's my own fault. Though I just wanted to add 2 fish curviceps and checker board cichilid. Mainly cause I would like to seem them in the program so I can fill out my tank

Ouch, so the link got lost in this long thread.

Look into:

www.aquadvisor.com

Simple.

I've added those two as well. It should show up in the v0.5.

 

[yhbae]

AquAdvisor v0.5 is out!

Time for a new release.

What's new in v0.5:

• Automatically upgrades from v0.4! No need to uninstall v0.4 manually.
• Fixed minimum tank requirement issue for some smaller species.
• Some bugs have been fixed in DB.
• New species have been added to the DB. (200 species in total)
• Fish size now correctly displays one decimal place numbers.
• Some snails and shrimps have been added. Now there are 20 shrimps and 9 snails in DB!
• Implemented logic to detect fin nippers and susceptible species if both are selected.
• Minimum recommended number for fin nipping species have been increased from 6 to 9.
• Breeding pair flag has been added. If a bonded pair cannot tolerate others of the same species in a given tank size, warning will be displayed.
• Started looking at biotope compatibility. For now, it checks only for Mbuna and Lake Tang species for potential biotope compatibility problems.
• Reports recommended pH range and also potential conflicts on selected species. pH ranges used here are somewhat more generous than their native environment since most species can adopt to wider pH ranges.

As usual, the URL to download is:

www.aquadvisor.com


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[kendrid]

You have rummynose tetras listed at 1 inch when most sites state 2 inches.

 

[yhbae]

You have rummynose tetras listed at 1 inch when most sites state 2 inches.

Thanks, will correct it.

 

[sillypony]

Species suggestions

botia dario (queen loach)
porkchop rasboras
para plecos (L75)


I can't believe it says my 55 gallon tank is only 50% full though, with 7 zebra loaches, a betta, 12 white clouds, 12 harlequins and a rubbernose pleco. I thought it was pretty full. Especially with the pleco down there making a mess. hrmmmmmmm maybe i should get more fishes!! hehehehe

Also, I would say the snail calculations may need some kind of special factor, because they aren't as bioload heavy as your program calculates them. I told it i had 100 MTS and it was like WTF???? Told me i am 200% stocked. haha.

Also, does it classify the fish as top/bottom/mid range? I think this would be a good thing to add. I put in a betta, 8 yoyo loaches and royal pleco and all it mentions is the veggie diet for the plec.

Perhaps you could put some factor of the footprint in? Cuz bottom dwellers can be over crowded without putting even half a bioload on the tank if they don't have enough room to hide etc.

Another HUGE issue, it told me it is ok to put 2 bettas in the same tank... which it is not. If they're boys, they'll kill each other, if they are girls it is absolutely not enough. Less than 3 (ideally 5) and they will pick each other to death. It doesn't mention anything when you pair bettas with guppies either, which is also a no-no.



Anyways, this is a great program! I love it, it would be awesome for beginners at the very least. I really like the temp suggestions

 

[yhbae]

Species suggestions

botia dario (queen loach)
porkchop rasboras
para plecos (L75)

I'll add them - thanks.

I can't believe it says my 55 gallon tank is only 50% full though, with 7 zebra loaches, a betta, 12 white clouds, 12 harlequins and a rubbernose pleco. I thought it was pretty full. Especially with the pleco down there making a mess. hrmmmmmmm maybe i should get more fishes!! hehehehe

From bioload perspective, your tank doesn't look too heavily stocked. Except for your pleco, none of your other fishes are heavy bioload producers.

Also, I would say the snail calculations may need some kind of special factor, because they aren't as bioload heavy as your program calculates them. I told it i had 100 MTS and it was like WTF???? Told me i am 200% stocked. haha.

Yes still experimenting with snail calculations. I did it based on Apple snails so it may not scale well with really small ones like MTS or Ramshorn. I need to get a better feeling for those...

Also, does it classify the fish as top/bottom/mid range? I think this would be a good thing to add. I put in a betta, 8 yoyo loaches and royal pleco and all it mentions is the veggie diet for the plec.

I started collecting this info. I am thinking about what is the best way to use this info though. Since I have started looking at territory issues, I am thinking of figuring about how much territory/space each species need and whether they can overlap with same/other species or not. You can think of it as a tank with 3 plains - top, medium and bottom, each separately calculated with crowdedness including their territorial factors. I don't think this will be simple but should be possible.

Perhaps you could put some factor of the footprint in? Cuz bottom dwellers can be over crowded without putting even half a bioload on the tank if they don't have enough room to hide etc.

I guess my answer above kind of addresses this.

Another HUGE issue, it told me it is ok to put 2 bettas in the same tank... which it is not. If they're boys, they'll kill each other, if they are girls it is absolutely not enough. Less than 3 (ideally 5) and they will pick each other to death. It doesn't mention anything when you pair bettas with guppies either, which is also a no-no.

So I need to address this in a similar way as what I did for breeding. For those species that pairs off and kicks everyone else's butt once pairs off are handled by the program. It knows how much territory the pair needs and also figures out if the tank is big enough to accommodate more than one pair. Sounds like I need to do something similar for some species even as a single.

As for single M / multiple F, I am aware of this. Same problem in the Mbuna world too. I need to create yet another colume to describe this aspect of the species and M/F ratio so this is doable.

Anyways, this is a great program! I love it, it would be awesome for beginners at the very least. I really like the temp suggestions

Glad you like it. As you can see, it still needs some further work but slowly getting there. I don't consider myself a total novice aquarist (5 years) but it is useful for me too.