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Build your tank, species by species.

Pick the tank, pick the filter, then add the fish, plants, shrimp, and mosses you're considering. We cross-reference every parameter, check stocking against best-practice rules, and tell you what light, CO₂, and substrate the combined tank actually needs.

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Use the search above to add fish, plants, shrimp, or mosses. As soon as anything’s in the tank, we’ll show the parameters and equipment needed to keep it happy.

Pick your inhabitants

Add a species to start the analysis

Every time you add a fish, plant, shrimp, or moss, we recompute the parameters your tank needs to keep all of them happy. You’ll see whether your chosen tank size + filter handle the combined bioload, the overlapping temperature / pH / hardness, the light and CO₂ scales, what substrate to use , plus every compatibility conflict before you spend the money.

  • Standard tank sizes with matched filter ranges
  • Live stocking gauge, comfortable, full, overstocked
  • Light 1–5 + CO₂ 1–3 from the plants you add
  • Predator / prey + plant-safety flags