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TankBud press kit

Facts, boilerplate, screenshots and logos for covering TankBud. Click any screenshot for the full-size file. For anything else, a demo login, or an interview, write to curtis@tankbud.com.

Fact sheet

Name: TankBud
What it is: A web app for tracking aquariums: water tests with a trend chart per parameter, maintenance reminders, livestock, plant and equipment records per tank, a public care catalog of 2,900+ species and 500+ plants, and a free stocking calculator.
Who it is for: Hobbyists, free for up to 4 tanks with no time limit. TankBud Plus lifts the limit; TankBud Pro adds client records, service reports and invoicing for aquarium maintenance businesses.
Platform: Any modern phone or desktop browser; installs to a home screen like a native app. No app store.
Pricing: Free for hobbyists, up to 4 tanks. TankBud Plus: $5 a month or $50 a year. TankBud Pro: Solo $19 a month, Team $49 a month, both with a 30-day trial and no card.
Launched: 2026
Founder: Curtis Wolfenberger
Based in: Kentucky, USA
Press contact: curtis@tankbud.com

One-liner

Aquarium tracker, free for hobbyists: tanks, water tests, reminders and a 2,900-species care catalog.

Short boilerplate

TankBud is a web app for fishkeepers, free for hobbyists. Track tanks, log water tests, set maintenance reminders and plan stocking against a care catalog of 2,900+ species and 500+ plants. Works in any phone or desktop browser, no install required.

Long boilerplate

TankBud keeps a whole fish room in one place. Log water tests and see trends per parameter, set repeating maintenance reminders, and track livestock, plants and equipment per tank with photos. A public care catalog covers 2,900+ fish, invertebrates and corals plus 500+ plants, with tank size, temperature, pH and temperament for each. The free stocking calculator checks a planned community before anything goes in the bag, and saved plans convert into live tanks. It is free for up to 4 tanks, with TankBud Plus for bigger fish rooms. It runs in the browser and installs to a phone home screen like a native app.

Screenshots, the app

All screenshots are PNG over seeded demo data, free to use in coverage of TankBud. Desktop sets are 1920×1080; the mobile set is 1170×2532 portrait.

TankBud dashboard — The dashboard rollup: what needs attention, tank health, and what has gone longest untested.

TankBud planner with a build in progress — A planned build in progress: the shopping list with live prices, build progress and a stocking check.

A shared TankBud tank page — Share a tank as a read-only page anyone can open, no account needed.

TankBud livestock view with stocking level — Livestock with a live stocking level and water fit, checked against the latest readings.

TankBud latest water readings above a nitrate trend chart — Each water test updates the latest readings, and the chart plots any parameter against the tank's target range.

Screenshots, mobile

TankBud runs in the phone browser and installs to the home screen like a native app.

TankBud dashboard on a phone — Needs attention, tank health and testing streaks, on the phone in your pocket.

A TankBud build plan on a phone — A build plan on the phone: progress, budget and stocking while shopping.

A shared TankBud tank page on a phone — The shared tank page as a visitor sees it.

A shared TankBud plan on a phone — A shared plan: build progress and budget, readable without an account.

TankBud nitrate trend chart on a phone — Trend charts read fine at the tank, phone in hand.

Screenshots, TankBud Pro

TankBud Pro is the paid tier for aquarium maintenance companies: client tanks, service reports and invoicing on the same logbook.

TankBud invoice ledger — The invoice ledger: outstanding, overdue and aging at a glance.

A TankBud invoice as the client sees it — What the client gets: a clean invoice page with Venmo, PayPal, Cash App or Zelle, no account needed.

Logos

Founder

Curtis Wolfenberger is a fishkeeper and a software engineer of nearly 20 years. He started TankBud in Kentucky as the logbook for his own tanks.

Press contact: curtis@tankbud.com