How AquaLog's guides are made
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AquaLog is an aquarium logbook app. Alongside it we publish free fish care pages, aquarium guides, fish lists and tools. This page explains how they are made, so you can judge how far to trust them.
Where the species numbers come from
Every species number on the site (minimum tank size, temperature, pH, hardness, group size, temperament, tank mates and fish to avoid) comes from one care dataset. The care pages, the fish lists, the guides and the stocking checker all read from it, so a fish never gets two different answers on two pages. Automated checks stop a guide from being published if it quotes a number that doesn't match the dataset.
How guides are written and checked
- Drafted with AI assistance against written editorial standards: answer the question first, use only conservative, mainstream fishkeeping practice, and cut anything that can't be checked.
- Checked by a second, separate review pass against the care dataset, our other guides and the sources the guide cites. Claims that disagree are fixed or removed.
- Sources are listed at the end of a guide whenever a fact comes from outside our own data, such as research papers or veterinary references.
- Dated. Each guide shows when it was published and when it was last updated, and the sitemap carries the same dates.
Fish health
Health guides describe the signs, likely causes and safe first steps: test the water, change water, isolate the fish. They name types of treatment but never give doses, because products differ; follow the label on the product you buy. If a fish is getting worse, ask a vet who treats fish or an experienced aquarist.
What we don't do
- No paid placements, sponsored rankings or affiliate links.
- No invented statistics, reviews or quotes.
- No pages written just to target a keyword without answering a real question.
Languages
The app and the species care pages are available in several languages. The guides, lists and tools are in English only for now.