Aquarium-Tracking Software

[mandi]

I was wondering if anyone uses any aquarium software to track their chemical levels, data about their fish, etc. Also, are there any "fish encyclopedia" types of programs out there?

I was doing some seaching and found this one: http/www.aquarix.de/en/ which looks really interesting.

I'm actually really interested in writing a program like that, but my programming skills probably aren't THAT good. I just think it would be great to have an all-in-one type program that you can track one or several tanks, their chemical levels, fish & plants in them, etc. and then a built-in type of reference for the fish and plants with pictures and info on each species. It would be a huge project -- but I think it would be great if it was all integrated like that. Like say you wanted to add a fish -- you could look it up in the "encyclopedia" and then press a button that "checks" the data you currently entered (tank size, other fish/plants you already have) and it can give you warnings about whether the fish would be good or not. Wouldn't that be cool? (Haha maybe I'm just a geek at heart )

I get the impression thats kind of like what that software I linked above does. (Has anyone used it?)

I'm just kind of thinking out loud here though...

 

[yhbae]

It is an interesting idea - I too was interested in writing one but that was a while back...

Basically, it was supposed to feature the usual profiles of all species, allow you to record logs and have the ability to search for information you need quickly, and a way for the user to determine the sensible level of stock given the dimension of the tank (this one isn't easy!).

What lost my interest is the fact that most of this info is available on the web - not in a single place but they are there nonethless...

I might still get back and try out this project though if I manage to find some additional fre time...