Reef Garbage was born from a very practical problem: in reef keeping, most headaches don’t come from one single “big” incident, but from a series of small decisions made without context. You tweak alkalinity (KH), change a routine, adjust flow, feed a bit more… and two weeks later you no longer know exactly what changed—or what truly improved (or worsened) the situation.
We’ve all been there: parameters written in a notes app, photos lost in your camera roll, tests done “when you have time”, equipment settings you think you’ll remember… until the day you need to understand a drift and realize the history is missing.
Reef Garbage exists to fix that. The goal isn’t to build “yet another app”, but to give reef keepers a simple, consistent system to track their tank over time—and make better decisions.
Our approach is deliberately pragmatic: measure, log, understand, adjust. No magic, no vague promises, no one-size-fits-all advice that ignores the reality of your tank. A reef aquarium is a living ecosystem—variable, sometimes unpredictable. What almost always works, though, is consistency: regular tracking, a clear record of actions, and an easy way to read trends.
In practice, Reef Garbage brings together what most people end up managing in fragments: parameter tracking (pH, KH, Ca, Mg, NO3, PO4, salinity…), a readable history to visualize stability and trends, a logbook to record observations and interventions, equipment management (lighting, flow, dosing, skimmer…), and maintenance reminders designed to help without becoming noise.
The goal isn’t to stack “gadget” features. The goal is to make your tank more “steerable”: understand what changes, when it changes, and what actually had an impact. Because in reef keeping, it’s rarely the big decisions that save a tank. It’s the small, consistent decisions—repeated and tracked over time.
Reef Garbage is for both motivated beginners who want to avoid classic mistakes, and advanced reef keepers who want to stabilize, optimize, and document seriously. If you’d rather understand your tank than guess your way through it, you’re in the right place.
And yes, there’s “Trashy the Devastator.” Not just a mascot—more like a slightly provocative reminder of a simple truth: reef keeping rarely forgives approximation. Trashy is there to push you to document, structure, and repeat what works, instead of navigating by gut feeling.
Clarity over complexity: if a data point doesn’t help you decide, it doesn’t belong.
Stability > performance: a stable tank always beats a tank that’s constantly being “pushed.”
Context, always: a number means nothing without history and the actions behind it.
Pragmatism: no dogma, no “universal recipes,” just useful tools.
Continuous improvement: improve the app based on real-world practice, not trends.
Parameter tracking + clear history
Logbook and action log
Equipment and routine management
Configurable maintenance reminders
Trend detection and smart alerts (drift, instability, inconsistencies)
Contextual recommendations (based on your data, not generic rules)
Stocking / volume / requirements checks (fish, corals, inverts) with “reasoned” warnings
Gradual connection to devices and sensors (IoT) to centralize data
Guided automations (dosing, routines, water changes) with safeguards
Advanced analysis modules (e.g., correlations: actions → effects, not the other way around)
