Google Lens:
Google Lens is a visual search tool that uses machine learning to analyze and recognize images in real-time. It has a variety of applications, including identifying plants, animals, and objects in photos. You can just look for it on your Google PlayStore or Apple App Store and install it on your phone. And it’s really simple and easy to use. Just open the Google Lens app and take a picture of the plants or fish in question. And 95% of the time you should get them properly identified, which is amazing for aquarists and fishkeepers who aren’t as experienced as others in identifying fish and aquarium plants. Here are some ways you can use Google Lens to help you in your fishkeeping hobby:
- Species Identification: With Google Lens, you can take a picture of a fish in your aquarium and the tool can help you identify the species. This can be especially helpful for novice aquarists who are still learning to identify different types of fish.
- Disease Diagnosis: If your fish are exhibiting symptoms of illness, you can take a picture of them and use Google Lens to search for similar images online. This can help you diagnose the problem and find potential treatments.
- Plant Identification: Aquatic plants are an important part of any aquarium ecosystem, but it can be difficult to identify them. Google Lens can help you identify different types of aquatic plants, which can be especially helpful if you’re trying to create a specific type of aquatic environment.
- Product Identification: There are a wide variety of products with directions in other languages available for aquariums, and it can be difficult to understand and translate. With Google Lens, you can take a picture of the directions and have it accurately translated.
Google Photos:
Google Photos is a great tool for aquarists and fishkeepers because it allows them to easily store, organize, and share photos and videos of your aquatic pets and their aquariums. And it also has two handy features that I use: The first would be the stabilizing feature, which really helps smooth out your camera footage if it is a bit shaky. You can also mute your video so you don’t need to worry about sharing your video with all kinds of background noises on social media. Here are some other useful features that Google Photos has which makes it a great tool for aquarists and fishkeepers:
- Unlimited storage: Google Photos offers free unlimited storage for photos and videos up to a certain resolution. This means you can store all of your aquatic photos and videos without worrying about running out of storage space.
- Easy organization: With Google Photos, you can easily organize your photos and videos into albums based on the aquarium, fish species, or any other criteria you choose. This makes it easy to find specific photos or videos when you need them.
- Automatic backup: Google Photos automatically backs up your photos and videos from your mobile device or computer to the cloud, ensuring that you don’t lose any important memories.
- Sharing: You can easily share your photos and videos with other aquarists and fishkeepers, either by sharing the album or individual photos and videos. This is a great way to connect with others in the hobby and get feedback on your aquarium setup or fish.
- Contains various easy and free-to-use editing software that can be used on almost any phone.
Websites:
The internet provides fishkeepers with access to a vast amount of information on fish care, breeding, diseases, and nutrition. This information can be accessed from anywhere and at any time, allowing fishkeepers to quickly and easily find answers to their questions. Here is a short list of useful website you can bookmark and save for future use.
Seriously Fish: A website with comprehensive information resources for freshwater aquarists including an extensive database of species information profiles, professional standard photography, and full citations. Forum for advice and guidance from experts in the field, tools page for simple calculations, and links to other sites of interest.
Planet Catfish: Accurate info and multiple images of various catfish species. They have cataloged 4,946 species, 19,344 images encompassing most if not all catfish being kept in the aquarium today.
Aqua Fish: A searchable database of tropical aquarium fish, plants, and biotopes. Also offers comprehensive articles on fish and fishkeeping.
Think Fish: They have over 200 species of tropical in our database including all the popular tropical fish species. Use their search feature to find the ones right for your aquarium. You can even check compatibility with their Fish Community Creator and assign the best tank mates to your tanks.
Hopefully, these resources I have provided you with will help you further enjoy the fishkeeping hobby!
