About Aquarium Forge

Aquarium Forge is a planning platform for aquarists. We believe most fish-keeping problems — overstocked tanks, undersized heaters, mismatched tank mates — are planning problems, and that the right calculation at the right moment prevents them.

The site combines purpose-built calculators with a reviewed species database and a compatibility engine. Every tool states its assumptions, shows its formula, and explains its limitations — because a planning result you cannot interrogate is not worth trusting.

Our data philosophy: species guidance follows widely accepted hobby standards, every figure carries a source and a review date, and algorithms are versioned so results can always be traced back to the rules that produced them.

Aquarium Forge is operated from aquariumforge.com. We are independent: no manufacturer sponsors our results, and equipment recommendations always disclose affiliate relationships.