Need Some Help For My Project...

[trout_pout]

Howdy all. I've stopped by here a couple of times to ask you guys for help regarding my computer program I'm making.
Currently I am near completion, it's pretty good. It had to be finished alongside the paperwork a week today. However I've got a couple of obstacles in my way;

I've put a validation feature on my program to make sure that all fields are filled in. However, they don't seem to work with any of the textboxes that contain Integers. So rather than going through numerous programming forums I've decided to change it to a combo box which will offer the user a number of choices. (This project only applies to tropical fish)

The Textboxes I will need to change will be;
i) Gallons Needed (For the fish)
ii) Maximum size (of the fish)
iii) Temperature (of the water in the tank that would best suit the fish)

I'm wanting to put these in ranges, about 4-9 would do best.
so e.g.

Gallons needed - Options: 1 Gallon, 2 - 10 Gallons, 11- 19 Gallons, 20 Gallons, 21 - 30 Gallons, 31 - 50 Gallons, 51 - 75 Gallons, 75 - 200 Gallons.
Would I really need to have any more tank sizes greater than 200 gallons?

Maximum size - What is the largest tropical fish in inches? What would be the best ranges of size to do?

Temperature - What Temperature to start at and what temperature to end with?


If you guys and gals could help I'd really appreciate it. Thanks

 

[ox5477]

Well if you are doing just tropical fish then I would say that anything from 75 to 80F are good temps for all tropical fish. No need for anyhing higher and lower might not be the healthiest over time. If you are inclding goldfish then you don't really need a temp guide for them. True they can't be in 85F water and I wouldn't want to keep them in 40F water either but they are quite hardy and can survive either temp extreme. Usually room temp (66F to 74F is great for them and hence no need for a heater.

Your ranges for tank sizes seem ok expect some fish can grow big enough to necessitate 200+gallon tanks so it might be beneficial to add a 200G+ tab. I would group the 10G and under together because really its the same as far as maintenance. so try these categories as they fit more with actual sizes of tanks:

• 10G and below
• 10 to 30G
• 30 to 55G
• 55 to 75G
• 75 to 105G
• 105 to 225G
• 225G+

That should cover most fish but for especially large species such as arowana (silvers can grow upwards of 36" and need that width tank atleast to turn around, roughly 270G at the least for these guys), pacu (which honestly should be sold for home aquaria but they can grow upwards of three feet as well I believe), gar (similar to arrowana in lengths but more crucial for gar to have a wide tank as they are not as flexible as arowana). There are prob others that I can't think of off the top of my head right now but that gives you some examples of 225G + tanks. But a couple large fish together and the gallonage multiplies exponentially as the more you put in, you can't just double the volume, it needs to be tripled and quadrupled in some cases.

I think that covers your queries. Should give you a good idea for your changes

 

[trout_pout]

Thanks alot man. May you have good karma