My Aquarium Guide for Pc

It needs to take into account that some fish, even if they're small, don't do well in small tanks. In the app, I put a molly in a 10 gallon tank and it said it should take up 2 gallons. So at least one molly + other small fish + shrimp perhaps should do nicely in a 10g? Mmm, no. In the app experience, that works horribly. I had a molly, 2 platies, and a shrimp in a 10 gallon and after the initial excitement of new fish wore off, I realized that I knew deep down they weren't happy in this setup. I returned the molly to the store and got two more platies to add in her place. The four now seem to be happy as clams, and healthy too. The whole tank used to be riddled with health problems while I had the molly in there. Imagine if I'd initially added mollies to the app tank according to the app's suggested ratio of 1 fish:2 gallons... The app really needs to look at the specific needs of each fish more in depth. Some produce more waste than others. I think the app would do good to change the minimum tank size for one fish of a species to the min. tank size for the least # of fish in a school required for them to be happy. (Mollies really shouldn't be kept on their own without others of their kind, and given they're livebearers... Yikes! You're definitely gonna need more than 10 gallons.)

I like this app because it keeps you in check with what fish are compatible and how many you should have per gallons. The reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because it gives you full grown size fishes. Example freshwater Angelfish, it says they require 5gallons which is true for a full mature one. But a dime to quarter size(which is what most people buy and takes a few years to get to full mature). Those would only require 2-3 gallons depending on the current size(1in of fish per gallon of water). If they would change it to multiple selections on size of fish, I think would make this app that much better(dime, quarter, juvenile, pre-breeder, mature)

Not many fish to choose from many common fish from store not on the list and gallons required seems off to me I added 8 snails and it used gallons required by 8 gallons seems silly since they scavenge and clean if anything it should lower gallons required there are no sucker fish to choose from at least not the common ones sold in stores and you have to buy an expansion to add plants send silly great idea just seems like there need to be more math involved. I added 10 tetras 3 angle fish and 8 snails said I needed 40 gallons min that's funny because I have all those plus two frogs not on list and two sucker fish not on list and one female sword tail if I could add those in guess it would say near 50 gallons needed but I have had all those in a 10 gallon tank for 6 months and everyone is thriving seems off to me great idea if you only plan on 3 or 4 fish it would b great it says angles and tetras shouldn't be together but the co exist great and many charts and people at the fish store say they play well together

Yeah it could be improved, but this app has served me well over the past few years. Gives you a good recommendation for the # of fish your tank handle. Also, gives pretty accurate advice on fish that are aggressive towards each other, and when you should only have one of a certain breed in your tank. Also pretty accurate on which fish like to jump. Haven't checked the ph recommendations, but water is a little hard to dial in if you live in places like me where it is very hard or it requires excess chemicals to make it suitable for your fish.