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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 [email protected].

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 400+ plants, and a free stocking calculator.
Who it is for: Hobbyists, free with no time 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. 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: [email protected]

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 400+ plants. Works in any phone or desktop browser, no install required.

Long boilerplate

TankBud keeps a whole fishroom 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 400+ 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. Free for hobbyists, 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, budget 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, read from the latest test.

TankBud water test log with trend chart — Water test logging with a trend chart per parameter.

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 builds TankBud solo from Kentucky, and it started as the logbook for his own tanks.

Press contact: [email protected]