A site that will help you determine what & how much you can stock - MyFishTank.Net Freshwater Saltwater Aquarium Fish Forum

yhbae · 09-15-2009, 08:37 PM

Hi guys,

I have been doing aquarium hobby for over 7 years now and have had some idea on a computer program that can help me determine how to stock my own tanks.

I've recently created a site that can help you determine what & how much you can stock for your given tank. This is something I coded using my own spare time and it is far from complete. If you are interested, please try this out:

AqAdvisor site

Please feel free to leave any comments. I do plan to update the site approx. once every week or so.

Just to give you some feeling, this program does NOT use a simple formula such as inches per gallon. It maintains a significant DB of fishes with 19 attributes per each species. Each species also features its own bioload for their given sizes hence not all fishes are handled the same. Surface area of the water is more important than the total volume of the tank.

You can also see this page for some details on each releases.

Thanks!

OrangeCones · 09-15-2009, 08:59 PM

Only one of the 4 species I keep are in the list

yhbae · 09-15-2009, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by OrangeCones

Only one of the 4 species I keep are in the list

Can you please list out what you have? I do intend to increase the number of species in DB...

unwritten law · 09-15-2009, 10:56 PM

It's pretty cool but what are the criteria that show how stocked the tank is?

OrangeCones · 09-15-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by yhbae

Can you please list out what you have? I do intend to increase the number of species in DB...

Badis badis
Boraras brigittae
Danio margaritatus

Not much info out there about the Badis badis. I'd be interested to know what your DB will say they are compatable with. I breed them and have kept them with a lot of different species.

yhbae · 09-15-2009, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by unwritten law

It's pretty cool but what are the criteria that show how stocked the tank is?

Hi there,

Since I get asked this question a lot, I just typed a short article which describes what it does/will do eventually. Please look here. Click on the article called "How does AqAdvisor work?"

You are welcome to ask any further questions!

yhbae · 09-15-2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by OrangeCones

Badis badis
Boraras brigittae
Danio margaritatus

Not much info out there about the Badis badis. I'd be interested to know what your DB will say they are compatable with. I breed them and have kept them with a lot of different species.

I haven't heard of those before either. The program won't say much since no information about them have been coded into DB yet. I need to research about them and add them to the DB. The program is still in its infancy stage so please give it some time...

kezdoc09 · 09-17-2009, 05:12 PM

that is absolutly brilliant! i love it! just entered all 3 of my tanks because i thought i may have slightly overstocked on one (hence why i got 3 filters running it) but my mind is totally at ease, thank you. Its really clever and u could make a lot of money out of it!! well done!

yhbae · 09-17-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kezdoc09

that is absolutly brilliant! i love it! just entered all 3 of my tanks because i thought i may have slightly overstocked on one (hence why i got 3 filters running it) but my mind is totally at ease, thank you. Its really clever and u could make a lot of money out of it!! well done!

Thanks!

KyleBradley · 09-17-2009, 06:01 PM

My tank is 212% stocked?

Hmmm....

Does anyone else think it overstated their stock level?

09-15-2009, 08:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
yhbae Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 96	A site that will help you determine what & how much you can stock Hi guys, I have been doing aquarium hobby for over 7 years now and have had some idea on a computer program that can help me determine how to stock my own tanks. I've recently created a site that can help you determine what & how much you can stock for your given tank. This is something I coded using my own spare time and it is far from complete. If you are interested, please try this out: AqAdvisor site Please feel free to leave any comments. I do plan to update the site approx. once every week or so. Just to give you some feeling, this program does NOT use a simple formula such as inches per gallon. It maintains a significant DB of fishes with 19 attributes per each species. Each species also features its own bioload for their given sizes hence not all fishes are handled the same. Surface area of the water is more important than the total volume of the tank. You can also see this page for some details on each releases. Thanks! Last edited by yhbae; 09-15-2009 at 08:39 PM..

09-15-2009, 10:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,239	It's pretty cool but what are the criteria that show how stocked the tank is? __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, 1 yellow watchman goby, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 7 tiger barbs, 3 yoyo loaches, 2 keyhole cichlids, 1 cherry barb, 1 blue gourami 29 Gallon Planted 11 harlequin rasboras, 3 cories, 1 betta

09-17-2009, 06:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
KyleBradley Little Fish Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 143	My tank is 212% stocked? Hmmm.... Does anyone else think it overstated their stock level? __________________ 20-gallon hex 37-gallon High-top http://winchenchronicles.proboards.c...lay&thread=732 Last edited by KyleBradley; 09-17-2009 at 06:03 PM..

09-15-2009, 08:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
OrangeCones Medium Fish Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Posts: 401	Only one of the 4 species I keep are in the list

09-17-2009, 05:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
kezdoc09 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 45	that is absolutly brilliant! i love it! just entered all 3 of my tanks because i thought i may have slightly overstocked on one (hence why i got 3 filters running it) but my mind is totally at ease, thank you. Its really clever and u could make a lot of money out of it!! well done!