yhbae

Haha cool.

What's new for 2009 12 20 build:

- Added Marble Molly as an alias to Molly.
- Added Dwarf Molly.
- Added Scarlet Badis.
- Added Espei Rasbora.
- Added Golden Zebra Danio as an alias to Zebra Danio.
- Added Madagascar Rainbowfish/Red Tailed Silverside (Bedotia geayi).
- Added Parkinson Rainbowfish.
- Updated attribute for P. Demasoni. Minimum number has been set to 1, but if user selects more than 1, male to female ratio of 1:9 is recommended.
- Updated scientific name for Mystery Snail to Pomacea cuprina (apparently most experts don’t agree on their scientific names!)
- Updated scientific name for Swift/Hangel Rasbora to Trigonostigma hengeli
- Updated mouth size for Blue Gourami. It will now display a warning against smaller peaceful species such as neon tetra.
- Bioload for Badis Badis has been updated. Previously a wrong value was set.
- Bioloads for Platy/Guppy/Molly/Swordtale have been adjusted downward _slightly_. They were (and still are) marked somewhat high.
- Made it little more obvious which unit (cm vs inch) AqAdvisor is currently using.
- Added Sera Fil series filters.
- Added Juwel series filters. Juwel does not publish their filtration capacity on their web, so the capacity has been estimated by an experienced keeper. Please give me some feedback if you have this filter, and this looks ok from your perspective. Each entry is a combination of a pump and a media basket. Most of the likely combinations have been provided on the list.
- Fixed a bug: Retaining exiting selection didn't always work - when filter is being used or scientific sorting has been enabled, this feature didn't work. It has been fixed.
- Fixed a bug: When water parameter incompatibilty is detected, temperature/pH/hardness wasn't being reported correctly. It has been fixed.
- Total number of filters in DB has been increased to 169.
- Total number of species in DB has been increased to 489.

Please click on AqAdvisor site to access the application.

I'm going to take some time off during the holidays. Have a merry Christmas and happy new year, everyone!

What's new for 2009 12 27 build:

- Added Metriaclima sp Aurora Yellow.
- Added Pseudotropheus sp Kingsizei (Metriaclima pulpican).
- Added Tiger Danio.
- Refined warning message for the species that require male to female ratios.
- Updated for Rainbow Cichlid. They should be raised in a group of 8 and also added some species specific notes.
- Updated for Silver & Asian Arowana. Minimum tank size has been increased to 100x35 inches.
- Updated for Asian Arowana. Size has been updated to 35 inches.
- Updated for Chanchito. Minimum tank size has been reduced.
- Updated for Yoyo Loach. Aggression defence has been increased slightly.
- Added Hydor Krystal series filters.
- Added Aqua One Aquis 1250 filter.
- Added "What's this" link next to filtration capacity number. Many questions were raised on what this % number meant.
- Fixed a bug: Occasionally, "Please specify the quantity of fish you want to add." is being displayed at inappropriate places. Now this is only displayed if you try to add species without specifying quantity.
- Fixed a bug: It was possible to bring down quantity of selected species to -ve territory. Now if user removes them down to zero or less, the given species will be removed from the selected list.
- Filtration capacity % will no longer be displayed as 0% if user didn't select any filters.
- Now displays an appropriate warning if a species that becomes aggressive when it starts to breed is mixed with another species that does not handle aggression well. This attribute is being fine tuned so it may not correctly display for all species.
- Introduced one decimal place for filtration capacities to gain some further accuracy.
- Added 6.5g bookshelf tank.
- Total number of tanks in DB has been increased to 58.
- Total number of filters in DB has been increased to 175.
- Total number of species in DB has been increased to 491.

I am way behind in terms of adding newly requested species due to my laziness during this holiday break. I'll work on those eventually so please be patient with me.

As usual, please click on AqAdvisor site to access the application.

yhbae

What's new for 2010 01 03 build:

- Added Port/Black Acara.
- Added Mayan Cichlid.
- Added Pastel Cichlid (Amphilophus Alfari).
- Added Polypterus Bichir Lapradei.
- Added Australian Pearl Arowana (Scleropages jardinii).
- Added Pink Tailed Chalceus (Chalceus macrolepidotus).
- Added Cigar Shark (Leptobarbus hoevenii).
- Added Red Bellied Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri).
- Added Dalmatian Molly.
- Added Rubbernose/Bulldog Pleco.
- Added Metriaclima estherae.
- Added Pseudotropheus flavus.
- Added Zebra Spiny Eel.
- Fixed common name for Tire Track Eel.
- Reduced minimum tank size for Midas to 48x18 inch.
- Reduced minimum tank size for Blue Gourami. It should now be ok in a 36g bowfront tank.
- Removed driftwood requirement for Chocolate Zebra Pleco L270.
- All Neocaridina species have been marked as interbreedable to each other.
- When a species too large for a given tank is selected, size is also displayed.
- Bioload for Firemouth has been increased.
- Bioload for Texas Cichlid has been increased.
- Bioload for Red Devil Cichlid has been increased.
- Bioload for Severum has been increased. Size has also been increased to 12 inches. Minimum tank size has been increased to 48x18.
- Bioload for Convict Cichlid has been increased.
- Bioload for Jack Dempsey has been increased.
- Bioload for Salvini Cichlid has been increased.
- Bioload for Oscar has been increased.
- Bioload for Blood Parrot has been increased.
- Bioload for Chao Phraya Giant Catfish has been increased.
- Bioload for Red Tailed Catfish has been increased.
- All bettas are marked as potential MTS eaters.
- Re-marked Pseudotropheus Estherae as an alias to Maylandia estherae.
- Minimum tank size of Fire Eel has been increased to 72x18.
- Increased upper cap for total bioload from 1000% to 5000%.
- Fixed a bug: Equal temperature ranges were being displayed for all species when temperature incompatibility was detected. Now correct (and independent) temperature ranges for each species are displayed.
- Fixed a bug: For very small aquariums (less than 2.5g), some stocking levels weren't reporting correct levels.
- Added Eheim 2262 filter.
- Added Azoo Oxygen sponge series filters.
- Added 240g and 300g tanks (both 8ft).
- Total number of tanks in DB has been increased to 60.
- Total number of filters in DB has been increased to 187.
- Total number of species in DB has been increased to 506.

Requester - could not find scientific name for Xingu Pike - please send it to me.

Once again, I am way behind on adding new species. Please be patient with me.

To access the site, please clink on AqAdvisor link.

sirdarksol

The mods (and a few forum members) feel that we no longer need weekly updates on the program, that doing so is getting very much like needlessly bumping the thread.
Unless there is a significant change (such as change of web address), let's leave this thread to normal conversation only.

yhbae

If that's how you guys feel, I will stop posting updates on this thread. My apology for the annoyance.

polojoanne

iv just had a go on the link for tank capacity etc its absolutely brilliant cheers

yhbae

Thanks.

Let me know if anything is missing or if you don't agree with any results.

Jaysee

You are missing a 45 gallon tank. Here's a link of tank sizes.

http://www.thekrib.com/TankHardware/size-chart.html

yhbae

Thanks. I'll add it in the app.

At the minimum, I will be releasing every Sunday - look for the detailed release notes on AqAdvisor forum.

Thanks.

Jaysee

So 12 neons puts a 30 hex at 58%?

Also, you're missing buenos aires tetras and columbia tetras.

yhbae

I would not be surprised if it comes out that low with neons - those are low in bioloads after all...

I believe I already have your first tetra on the app. As for the second one, I'll add it to the wishlist.

Thanks.

EDIT: By the way, for those who are interested, I have added juvenile species support to the app. It now allows you to specify sizes for each species and once entered, you can flip back and forth between "adult mode" and "juvy mode" just to see what you will have to deal with eventually. It is experimental, so let me know if it looks ok.

Jaysee

I think 58% is quite high for 12 neons in a 30 gallon tank. Seems the 12 neons have a higher bioload than 8 flame tetras + 6 black neons, which I'm sure they don't.

yhbae

Oh, you mean you think 58% is too high?

Jaysee

Maybe it should be that high, IDK. Most of my tanks are way over 100% anyways, so why should that one be any different. I like that at 170% the "you are seriously overstocked" warning pops up All my tanks are below 170%., though.

yhbae

This is how AqAdvisor % works. If it says it is 50% full, that means that is the amount of space the selected species need. You will find that if you double the number of neons, % will not go up exactly twice. In fact, I just tried it and it takes 28 neons to go up to 100%.

In an extreme case, you can think of it this way. 20 neons in a 20g tank might be ok doesn't mean the app will report that 1 neon is 100% in a 1g tank.

Blub

I've noticed it's missing the Panda Garra - could it be added in the next update?

yhbae

Sure thing. A bit too late to be included in this week's release which will be later today but I'll include it for next week's release.

Thanks.

Jaysee

I noticed the filter capacities have been increased to the manufacturer ratings.

yhbae

Yes, actually the result is still the same but instead of displaying the 65% capacity, I am using that number internally instead. Lots and lots of people so far have told me their filters were misquoted hence I am trying this approach.

Your result should still be the same as before. (This is explained in the last release note as well in my forum )

yhbae

I'd like to clarify couple of points on AqAdvisor application.

If you like using this app, please make sure that it isn't the only source of research. Although much time has been spent building the app and the knowledge DB in it, it is not perfect, just like every other sites on the web. It is not a bible.

Having said that, there are a lot of knowledge that have been added into the app. Since going live Sep 2009, a lot of effort has been spent in doing this. Please don't compare AqAdvisor to "inches per gallon" calculator - this calculator should not take 10,000 lines of code to build it.

AqAdvisor tries to take all of the following attributes into account. I may not have nailed all of them right now but my intention is to be correct in them eventually. Some are easier than others such as "bioload factors" which are independent from other species that co-exist in the same tank. Compatibility factors are much harder because of these dependencies. It will take time. I wish if similar sites exist for every topic I am interested in. Imagine a site that continues to grow and become more accurate, essentially forever. I hope at some point, even the pickiest user will find its use.

Here are some examples of what AqAdvisor tries to take into account:

- Common name aliases for same species.
- Common shoalers - not same species but will still shoal together
- Minimum number for shoaling species
- Max number (regardless of tank space) for unusual species
- Length
- Mouth size - to determine the largest fish she can eat
- Bioload factor - for bioload calculation
- Minimum tank size
- Minimum territory required when breeding
- Aggression towards similar species
- Aggression towards different species
- Aggression during breeding
- Aggression defense ability
- Aggression shown by female species
- Biotope
- Diet
- Temp, pH, GH
- Bottom/middle/top dwellers
- Minimum tank height requirements
- Territorial?
- Long fin?
- Fin nipper?
- Forms breeding pair and turn territorial?
- Harlem Breeder?
- Collective Breeder?
- Brackish?
- Species specific notes that are important.
- etc.

And then there are thousands of exception rules, both good and bad kinds. The app will show warnings if you mix Platy with any lake Tang species because this exception has been setup. Obviously expanding these exception rules are part of knowledge database expansion.

The real power comes when you have all of this info collected in one place and allow some analysis using software. Look at simple examples:

- Find me species that will be ok in my 10g tank.
- Find me a fish that is around 3 inches and will be compatible with my existing tank setup and species.
- Find me species that are compatible with my water parameters.
- Find me easy species for beginners.

etc. I am not there yet with the above types of queries but it will be there eventually. It does make research time shorter for some areas, but it also allows users to further research (on other sites) on topics they haven't looked into yet.

Lets say all the info on the web suggests fish A requires a shoal of 5. AqAdvisor also begins with 5. Then an expert with real knowledge in that area comes up and corrects this. Instantly, all users will find out very quickly and they have the option of correcting this if they wish. I've already bumped into few of these up to this point.

I can honestly tell you after countless hours of spending time on research, there's no single site on the net that contain all of the above info on a single page for a given species.

At the end, I created this app to help people, not harm them. This is not a project created by a teenager over a weekend. (Ok, the logo has been drawn by my little daughter over the weekend and I will keep it forever!). I hear a lot of comments like "it is surprisingly not bad" from experienced hobbyists. (I am trying to take that as a positive compliment ) If you are interested, please try it. If you think it is bad, please let me know why. I am 99% sure those are fixable.

Elvishswimmer

Hey!

I use a HOB Cascade 300 and found that it isn't on the drop down list.
I also think there is a Cascade 200 and 100 HOB filter too, though that would be needed to be double checked.

I'll just enter the approximate measurement instead for now

yhbae

Eek, I must have missed them. I'll add them for the next build this Sunday.

As for the number, please make sure you put the capacity number, not GPH.

Elvishswimmer

Ya, Thanks, I went to look and realized that GPH is not the right thing to put in there and adjusted it.

My current tank stocking seems pretty on par with what your site says. I personally wouldn't change my water only 8% a week cause I feed my goldfish more often than normal cause they are young. But I'll just take that with a grain of salt.

Keep up the good work!

yhbae

Thanks.

May be WC factor for gold fishes are a bit off. Could you tell me what you have, and what was your expectation in terms of WC %?

Shine

Awesome site. I was having some fun playing with it. I notice that you don't have regular rectangular 5 gallon tanks as an option though

yhbae

What are the dimension for this tank?

Thanks.

Elvishswimmer

I really haven't been keeping my goldfish for long. I only got started in the hobby in December, and I've only got through my cycle in mid February.

I personally change my water 40% every week, even though it may be overkill. My nitrates haven't been getting too high, but by the end of the week my nitrates are at around 10-15ppm. I do have one small plant in the tank.

Because my goldfish are young I feed them about 3 times a day. Since they are so inefficient with their digestion, this makes them poop a lot. By the end of a week their tank is filled with poop, and usually the filters are clogged. The water change water is quite nasty, despite the water conditions not looking too bad.

That is why I do a 40% change, just to make sure that I do a deep enough vacuum to remove all the wastes they create. I would think at least a 20% change would be needed, just to be sure you get everything.

I hope this helps some, I really am by no means near an expert in the fish keeping field! This is just my observations in the last month or so.

lil0618

can you have him add a normal 20 Gal. tank he only has tall and hexagonLOL

Shine

16 length X 10 height X 8 width ... 5 g I believe (maybe thats 5.5 and the store labels them wrong )

yhbae

I'll get back to you on this. I do know some mods from goldfish boards who can help me with this. Thanks for the feedback.

What would be the dimension of this one?

Thanks.

Yes that is indeed the normal dimension for the common 5.5g tank.

I have one sitting in front of me on my desk.

Elodea

So the famed Aqadvisor was created by your friend, Redlessi? Amazing!

I don't use Aqadvisor for stocking, I use it to record down all my dream aquariums. LOL