jdhef

It all depends on what you have locally I guess. It's a pretty big store and they seem to have just about any fish you could be looking for. Freshwater, Brackish, Saltwater. They have a several tanks with Discus.

Shadowbeam

This site (aqadvisor) has been really helpful for giving me a general idea for stocking, so thanks so much!!

Jaysee

I'll give them a call and ask if they have what I'm looking for before I hop on the expressway. Thanks a lot!

yhbae

Welcome.

What's new for 2009 12 06 build:

- Added Cynotilapia sp. White Top Hara.
- Added Black Fin Cory (Corydoras leucomelas).
- Added Dainty Cory/Venezuelan Pygmy Cory (Corydoras habrosus).
- Added Dwarf Rainbowfish/McCullochi Rainbowfish.
- Added Marble Hatchet/Marbled Hatchet.
- Added White Skirt Tetra.
- Added American Grass Shrimp.
- Added Japanese Algae Shrimp as an alias to Amano Shrimp.
- Red Top Cobalt Cichlid (Metriaclima greshakei).
- Current Bumblebee Catfish name has been extended with SA. Also minimum tank footprint has been reduced to 20x10.
- New feature: allows more than 2 filters. I have not set an upper limit so go as high as you need! It is fully backward compatible so if you have bookmarks with filters already selected, it will continue to work and also allow you to add more filters if you need them.
- New feature: grouping feature has been implemented. Now it is possible to define a group of species and use them for "Good Exception" cases. i.e. Angels don't touch any of the corydoras species even though some of the corydoras species are small.
- New feature: new attribute has been added for fin nipping species - if they exceed certain number, they will no longer fin nip. As a starter, Tiger Barb has been assigned a value of 10.
- Now displays for all plecos that they need driftwood.
- New species submission page is up. This is only for those who have real experience with species that are missing in aqadvisor.com. I will continue to accept new species directly so please use this only if you know the species well! Your submissions will be much appreciated!
- Total number of species in DB has been increased to 434.

To access the site, please use click on AqAdvisor site.

Bent72

your hard work is totally appreciated this is a wonderful tool!!

angelfish220

This has really developed! Its a really good stocking tool.

yhbae

Thanks.

It has been progressing nicely with lots of feedback from many users. I hope feedback will continue to flow so that I can continue to update it.

I'm planning for another release within 24 hours. If you want to request for any new species/filters/tanks, please let me know asap!

What's new for 2009 12 10 build:

- Added Milomo Hap.
- Added Black Kuhli/Chocolate Kuhli/Java Loach (Pangio oblonga)
- Added Gardneri Killifish/Blue Lyretail.
- Added Blue Acara.
- Added Amazon/South American Puffer.
- Added Gold Barb (Puntius sachsi).
- Added Tiger Shrimp.
- Added Whisker Shrimp. This one is marked as Macrobrachium sp. which means it is likely to grow large (marked as 4 inches) and will likely to hurt community fishes of smaller sizes.
- Added Flowerhorn Short Body.
- Created "Shrimp" group. Now if users add puffers alongside shrimps, a warning will be displayed.
- Created "Snail" group. Now if users add puffers alongside snails, a warning will be displayed.
- Created "MbunaCompatable" group. Mixing species in this group and outside this group will show warning. All mbuna, synodontis catfishes and bristlenose pleco have been included in this group.
- Clown, Yoyo, Skunk and Dwarf Loaches have been marked as snail eaters.
- Adjusted the temperature requirements for Firemouth.
- Severum has been updated to be more friendly with smaller species.
- Severum size has been reduced from 12 to 10 inches.
- Severum has been marked as friendly with cories.
- Scientific name for Gold Nudget Pleco has been updated to Baryancistrus sp. L081.
- Size for Gold Nudget Pleco has been changed to 7 inches.
- Updated water parameter requirements for Adolofo Cory.
- Common name for Sciaenochromis Fryeri has been updated to Electric Blue Hap.
- Fixed the common name for Aequidens latifrons to Platinum Acara.
- Fixed bioload for Flowerhorn. Also aggression has been increased.
- Added Red Sea Deco Art Nano filter.
- Added Clear Seal Magi-series filters.
- Added Hagen Fluval Mini filter.
- Added Eheim 2032/2034/2036 Ecco Pro series filters.
- Added Tetra Advanced Filtration series filters.
- Fixed a bug: Now "Display only suitable species" mode will not reset to "Display all species" when you add or remove new species.
- Fixed a bug: Now it no longer displays that you need more filtration if no filters are selected.
- Fixed a bug: Used to display wrong betta in some cases when warnings are generated.
- Added more description on the submission page.
- Total number of filters in DB has been increased to 151.
- Total number of species in DB has been increased to 447.

Please click on AqAdvisor site to access the application.

redlessi

I really love how this has come along, it keeps getting better and better..............

Meenu

I also really like the site. I like how you've tweaked the warning at the end, too.

yhbae

Thanks guys.

Llama

Very nifty tool

Only one mini-complaint : Some warnings are 'doubled'

For example:

Warning: Platy is not recommended to be with Swordtail due to interbreeding possibilities.
Warning: Swordtail is not recommended to be with Platy due to interbreeding possibilities.

Also it gave me a warning for not having enough cories in a group - but I have two different types of cories - not sure if thats an error or not.

yhbae

It should be feasible to reduce down those duplicated warnings... Just a bit lazy to fix those.

As for the cories, I have thought about it. The issue is that apparently not all cories shoal together and trying to figure out which ones shoal with which was going to be a nightmare.

What's new for 2009 12 13 build:

- Added L018, L085 and L177 variations of Gold Nugget Plecos. L081 existed already in DB.
- Added Assassin Snail.
- Added Rainbow Cichlid.
- Added Five Banded Barb.
- Added Red Phantom Tetra.
- Added Sumo Loach.
- Added Chao Phraya Giant Catfish/Paroon Shark.
- Added Albino Bristlenose Pleco.
- Added Corydoras duplicareus.
- Added Starlight Bristlenose Pleco.
- Added Otocinclus vestitus.
- Added Golden Oto.
- Added Mrs Schwartz Cory.
- Added Rio Negro Dwarf Cichlid.
- Added Two Line Cory (Corydoras parallelus).
- Added Corydoras incolicana.
- Added Macmaster Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma macmasteri).
- Added Steindachner Dwarf Cichlid.
- Dojo/Weather Loach has been marked as snail eaters.
- Fixed a spell error for "Gold Nudget Pleco".
- Gold Nugget Plecos are removed from species that require driftwood.
- Added a note that L018 is a juvenile form of L085 Gold Nugget Pleco.
- URL format has been changed. Past bookmarks are not backward compatible with the current build. Please re-do your bookmarks if you have them already. This was done so that I can update future common or scientific names of existing species in DB without breaking bookmarks again in the future.
- "Lake Tang" group has been created. All species from that lake has been added, and if a user tries to mix any fishes not belonging to this group, a warning will be displayed.
- Fixed a bug: Sometimes, "Display only suitable species" was getting activated automatically at unwanted times. This has been fixed.
- Total number of species in DB has been increased to 468.

Please click on AqAdvisor site to access the application.

Once again, my apology - I couldn't add all requested species this time around due to lack of time. I'll add it for the next release!

cwb141

can you add different species of freshwater clams and more more rainbowfish species. how does the site calculate bioload for shrimp?

steed1172

lol it says my angel fish are too big to co-exist with my trapdoor snails... which are as big or bigger then tthem lol

yhbae

More rainbow fishes are coming. Do you have any species in particular?

Clams, I have no idea what their bioload is like. Do you have one in mind? Perhaps I can look into one.

Shrimp bioloads are calculated just like other species in DB. Each species has a length attribute and another attribute called biofactor. In case of shrimp, biofactors are very low, hence low bioload compare to fishes of similar sizes.

I must have trap door snail info wrong. Currently it says it is only 1.3 inches.

Since I have grouping implemented and snail group defined, it is possible to create rules to create warnings when specific fish species are selected alongside snails. I would imagine Angels don't go after snails?

What's new for 2009 12 16 build:

- Added Silver Hatchet (as an alias to existing Hatchet)
- Added Paradise Fish.
- Added Kamaka Rainbowfish.
- Added New Guinea Rainbowfish.
- Added Eastern Rainbowfish.
- Added Macaw Cichlid.
- Added Zebra Obliquidens.
- Added Dwarf Petricola.
- Added Christmas Fulu.
- Added Labidochromis chisumulae.
- Added Green/Chinese Barb (Puntius semifasciolatus).
- Added Peppermint Pleco.
- Increased minimum tank space required for Betta imbellis to 16x8 inches (5.5g)
- Aggression defense ability for Tinfoil Barb has been increased. Previously it was marked too low for its size. (same as small barbs!)
- Aggression towards other species for Sumo Loach has been downgraded. This species mainly shows aggression towards its own.
- Size of Gold Barb has been adjusted down to 2.9 inches.
- Mbuna group has been split into two groups - Mbuna and MbunaCompatible. Only the species from Mbuna group will generate warning if mixed with species that belong to neither Mbuna nor MbunaCompatible group.
- Tang group has been split into two groups - Tang and TangCompatible. Only the species from Tang group will generate warning if mixed with species that belong to neither Tang nor TangCompatible group.
- Rainbow Cichlid has been updated to require at least a group of 3. Apparently, they are a social species.
- Size for Gold Barb (Puntius sachsi) has been updated to 3.8.
- Size for Golden Barb (Puntius gelius) has been updated to 2.4.
- Updated the tank dimension for Eclipse System 12.
- Added Aqua One Aquis 500/700/1000/1200 series filters.
- Added Aqua One Aquis 22x0 series filters.
- Added Interpet PF Mini filter.
- Added Interpet EPF series filters.
- "Start over" now retains all units but clears all other attributes and selections.
- New feature: Male to female ratio has been implemented. Platy/Molly/Guppy will display 1:2(M:F) ratio while harlem mbuna will display 1:4(M:F) ratio. Other species will also receive similar treatments when required. Now it is possible to say "1 platy is ok. But if you want to keep more than 1, then M:F ratio must exceed 1:2".
- New feature: "cm" unit is now supported. Tank dimension attributes can now be displayed and used in both inch and cm.
- New feature: When a species is added, the selection point will continue to remain on the same species.
- New feature: Sort by scientific name has been added. Now you can sort using both common and scientific names.
- Total number of filters in DB has been increased to 161.
- Total number of species in DB has been increased to 481.

Please click on AqAdvisor site to try out the site.

platy ben

Just a problem I have found, I add my fish but I have a lot of species in my tank, when I get to a high amount of different species the thing resets and I only have the species I have just added.

Otherwise, a very good and helpful advisor

yhbae

Ouch that doesn't sound good... I did modify the code a lot during this release in order to accommodate things like cm and sort using scientific order.

If it happens again, could you let me know? I can't seem to reproduce it.

platy ben

It may just be my computer playing up, but I did it three times and it happened everytime

yhbae

I think I know why. There is a performance issue - I am looking into it right now. It only happens if you have a lot of species, which you probably have.

Ok, I just deployed a new version with performance optimization. Wow it was really slow before. Thanks for pointing it out! Its fast now...

platy ben

Il try it again now and let you know how it goes

yhbae

Should be significantly faster...

platy ben

Yup, just tried it, a lot better, thanks a lot

yhbae

Thank you for finding it so fast - I would not have noticed it.

cwb141

Melanotaenia parkinsoni, Melanotaenia maccullochi and Bedotia geayi were the rainbows I was thinking of. There are other ones, but in terms of availability in LFSs this is it. I believe you have maccullochi already in the db. Forget the clams. I thought it would be insteresting, but there's only a few species and they're not really common. Do you have the roseline shark (Puntius denisonii) in the db?

yhbae

I'll look into your rainbows. As for the shark, yes I have it. Try searching it using part of your scientific name. It should show up.

Yeah as for crabs, I really couldn't go very far with that one. I have no prior knowledge in those guys so I couldn't really grasp much into it.

steed1172

ah, a real point now.. when i add a cold water species to a tropical water species i come up with a temperature error and on the side it says
=>32-32F(fish)
=>32-32F(fish)
=>32-32F(fish) so if they are all 32-32F whats the temp dif- and when i click display in Celsius its => - C no numbers am i missing the point of them is that equals less than 32F for the fish? but if so when if the cold water one say it too? and isn't 32F too cold for any fish?

EDIT: and there no koi.. possible addition of "pond" calc?

yhbae

Doh I think this part of the app is broken. I must have broke it when I was working on the last update which was very significant...

EDIT: A pond calc... lol. May be some day, but right now I have more than I can handle...

Jaysee

I just went back and started reading from post #1 It's hilarious! You've done a remarkable job with this and it's been pretty cool watching it evolve week by week. I've said it before and I'll say it again - keep up the good work!

yhbae

Thanks.

You actually went through the posts again?

Jaysee

Only the first couple pages. I think you'd get a kick out of it