App Development

[Ñemin_First_of_his_name]

Hi everyone! I’m looking for hobby advice and ideas from other reef keepers.

I’m thinking through a reef tank app concept and wanted to ask what features people would actually find helpful. I’m not selling anything, promoting anything, or taking orders — I’m just trying to learn from other hobbyists and gather feedback.

The idea is an all-in-one reef tank helper that could include things like:

Water parameter tracking for salinity, temperature, nitrate, phosphate, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, ammonia, etc.
Calculators for water changes, dosing, salinity correction, and hospital tank treatments
Emergency guidance for issues like ammonia spikes, fish breathing fast, salinity swings, temperature problems, coral stress, or anemone problems
A product library for salt mixes, additives, bacteria products, medications, coral foods, test kits, and filter media
Warnings about things like what is reef safe, what is hospital-tank only, what is risky for inverts, and what should not be mixed
A logbook for testing, dosing, water changes, livestock changes, symptoms, and maintenance

I’m trying to make the idea more useful for real reef keepers, especially beginners and nano reef owners.

What would you personally want to see in a reef tank app?
What calculators, reminders, guides, or warnings would actually help you?
What problems do you wish were easier to troubleshoot?

Any advice or ideas would be appreciated. I’d love to hear what would make an app like this genuinely helpful for the hobby.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi everyone! I’m looking for hobby advice and ideas from other reef keepers.

I’m thinking through a reef tank app concept and wanted to ask what features people would actually find helpful. I’m not selling anything, promoting anything, or taking orders — I’m just trying to learn from other hobbyists and gather feedback.

The idea is an all-in-one reef tank helper that could include things like:

Water parameter tracking for salinity, temperature, nitrate, phosphate, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, ammonia, etc.
Calculators for water changes, dosing, salinity correction, and hospital tank treatments
Emergency guidance for issues like ammonia spikes, fish breathing fast, salinity swings, temperature problems, coral stress, or anemone problems
A product library for salt mixes, additives, bacteria products, medications, coral foods, test kits, and filter media
Warnings about things like what is reef safe, what is hospital-tank only, what is risky for inverts, and what should not be mixed
A logbook for testing, dosing, water changes, livestock changes, symptoms, and maintenance

I’m trying to make the idea more useful for real reef keepers, especially beginners and nano reef owners.

What would you personally want to see in a reef tank app?
What calculators, reminders, guides, or warnings would actually help you?
What problems do you wish were easier to troubleshoot?

Any advice or ideas would be appreciated. I’d love to hear what would make an app like this genuinely helpful for the hobby.

Most apps vary but allow record keeping for arrivals, chemistry and logging. Some sites are Reeflog, and reefbay