Tank Maintenance & Test logs

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  1. juniorx

    juniorx Astrea Snail

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    There are a couple of older threads floating around this site and a couple of others about software to log tank maint. & testing.

    What is everyone using? Some software? Excel? Paper?

    Just curious! Thanks!
     
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  2. pgoodsell

    pgoodsell Horrid Stonefish

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    Im using aquariogest. Its a little pricey but has a lot of cool features.
     
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    I made a form in in google docs (free) and it populates a spreadsheet with the data. Between this and my apex controller, I should have great data over time! (this is for my new build) Another bonus is it has an automatic charting tool for any numeric entries.

    On my 30, I haven't kept records and I have regretted it.
     
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    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    Lol.. well you gotta make your own because it will just populate my spreadsheet
     
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  5. juniorx

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    Yeah, sorry about that. You should probably delete that link from the post. When I didn't see any type of results, i was just like "oh, oops." :)

    I haven't played with GDocs Forms yet, but I should be able to whip something together as well. Thanks for the awesome idea!

    Are you importing data manually from the apex unit into GDocs?
     
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    What do you like about it? Does it support data loggers?
     
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    Yeah, just taking the reading while I am doing all the other testing.

    Gdocs forms is awesome. It's stupid easy to use. I did that in like 30 minutes. And that way I can look at it at work ;D
     
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    I made a spread sheet, printed it and I'm writing on it. Should probably keep a digital copy too.... even though hard drive fails aren't as common as they used to be a while back, I still like to keep the hard copy.... just in case and to reduce my paranoia :p
     
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    It just has all the features a I wanted in a program. If you google it you can go to their website and see it. Im not sure if it supports data loggers.
     
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