Maintainance app, or pen and paper?

[IanWR]

Hi all,

I'm starting early on my new years resolution to get more organized with my tank. I've had good intentions to record tests, w/c, etc but have failed to be consistent with any record keeping. Does anyone have a suggestion for an app that might expidite this, or should I just stick with a notebook?

Thanks,

Ian

[Ulmo]

I havn't been able to find and acceptable app yet. There's this:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...&postcount=928

It's pretty good.

[rsisvixen]

http://www.aquarimate.com/

Seems to be a good app

[BuschWacker]

I use an app called 'aquaplanner pro'. Has alerts, reminders, graphs all your data. I like it. It does everything I need it to. And it saves to the cloud, so I can use it across multiple devices.

[matt_C]

i use a calender that i have behind each one of my tanks.
i write down when fish are added, corals, are added, water changes, tests, etc....

[notclear]

Try aquaticlog.com

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[e46er]

I don't record anymore unless I'm having issues

[Cody]

Originally Posted by e46er

I don't record anymore unless I'm having issues

I'm the same way. I don't see the benefit of keeping a history of test results. Do some feel it is part of the fun of the hobby or am I missing out on something that I should be doing?

[gregzz4]

Guess it's pen and paper for me

I wrote an Excel log/spreadsheet and use it all the time
I print off blank sheets and they pile up until I transfer them to a storage binder ......
I record every test, additions/deaths, lighting changes, dosing changes, water changes, changed a brand of product

I find it very useful when looking back to source issues
It's also helpful just for the fact that I can date when I did 'what' with bulbs, dosing changes, whatever
What buckets of salt I used, batch #s ....

The uses are endless

[mike31154]

I use a spreadsheet as well. Started it years ago as an Excel document. Recently bit the bullet & bought a new notebook since the old one was still running XP & the nagging end of support pop ups finally made me crumble. Don't have the latest version of MS Office, so decided to upload the document to Google sheets, since I have a Google+ account. Bit of a learning curve but functions much the same. A little nervous of having it on the 'cloud', but I back it up to a local drive from time to time.

It's grown into quite a complex thing with 12 different sheets covering everything from water changes, water tests, cost of hardware/livestock, electrical components & power consumption, LED specs, RODI gallons produced & filter changes.... the list goes on. Even have a sheet for calculating various conversions.

Here's a screenshot made some time ago.


Should anyone be interested, I can save a copy & link to a shared version to download or use as you wish although it may be confusing. There are no instructions & will probably be difficult to figure out everything I've done. I don't consider myself to be a computer geek, but I did get fairly proficient as an MS Office user in my previous line of work.