Phantom Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 I'm thinking about writing an app for my phone to keep information about my fish, plants, corals, invertebrates etc that I have, and also have the ability to quickly look up some information about others if I see something in a LFS etc. Are there any one-stop-shop websites out there that you can find information for each of those 4 types of things? (different websites for each kind are fine) What do people use to find out information like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 I was thinking the same. Currently investigating web frameworks that work on a phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 What platform are you interested in? I'm developing for Windows Phone. Was thinking of just searching decent sites and parsing the info to extract the relevant information. E.g. Photo, common name, scientific name, water parameters, size, temperment, diet, breeding notes. Then have the ability to set up tanks, each tank has a selection of fish, plants etc, lets you record water parameters and note when you've done changes etc. Maybe even graph the parameters over time (but that's not really of interest to me - I rarely check mine these days). Since it is on Windows Phone, I'd also give you the option to have a live tile that shows how long ago you changed water etc and changes colour as time goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 I was thinking of recording similar data, and just write it in JS so it would work on any webkit enabled device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Ummm. I am old school and have books, especially for marine stuff. Do look a few things up on the net though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Ummm. I am old school and have books, especially for marine stuff. Do look a few things up on the net though Yeah I too have books, never really spent much time on websites. Was hoping someone here might be able to recommend a few good ones that have most fish etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirio Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 For Corals, there is Corals of the World series, pretty pricy though. Otherwise, most guides that are fairly detailed are relative to the area of diving or what reefs etc. Otherwise there is a load of general books with information on some of the major or more commonly known species. Corals of the world is highly regarded. There are those Baensch I think it is? Marine atlases, maybe give those a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirio Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 This is one Website : http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/ An actually really good one checking back on it. This is probably all you will need in most coral cases haha (Soft corals might be little different. That site has alot of SPS/LPS from memory). Fish are alot easier, Liveaquaria even can give a heap of information, better to just search up the species you're looking for though once you find the name, check overseas forums for behavioural traits, reef compatibility etc etcccccc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 There are a lot of stubs but this one looks easy enough to start with http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Main_Page As it looks like a wikimedia site, you can use the API as well. I did come across another site the other day which had a lot more information ... still trying to back track to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted March 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 There are a lot of stubs but this one looks easy enough to start with http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Main_Page As it looks like a wikimedia site, you can use the API as well. I did come across another site the other day which had a lot more information ... still trying to back track to it. I like that, might even be able to add functionality to add information back if it doesn't have it .. since it's a wiki and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karina Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Yeah I too have books, never really spent much time on websites. Was hoping someone here might be able to recommend a few good ones that have most fish etc. Have books and now e-books WOW :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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