Public guidancePDF · 7 pages
TankWise Methodology Guidance
The rules, score bands, safety caps, limitations, and correction process behind the TankWise website preview.
Educational screening guidance—not a guarantee that livestock will be healthy or compatible.
Public guidanceThe calculation and its boundaries, documented.
The document explains both proposed-fish comparisons and the separate whole-tank reassessment. It distinguishes published rules from heuristics and makes clear where aquarium context still requires species-specific research or experienced judgment.
Signals and inputs
Adult size, catalog minimum volume, temperature, saved pH, water readings, current livestock, group size, and selected setup data.
Published calculations
Candidate penalties, safety caps, verdict bands, the projected-load heuristic, and the separate whole-tank reassessment.
Limits and corrections
What the preview cannot observe, how to interpret behavioral signals, and how to submit a catalog value for review.
A reasoned screen, not a promise.
- The reasons beside a score matter more than the number alone.
- A favorable result means no major published rule was triggered.
- Footprint, territory, filtration, husbandry, health, and individual behavior remain outside the score.
See a catalog value that deserves review?
Send the common and scientific name, the field in question, and the reliable source you are comparing it with. Corrections are reviewed before a catalog change.