Keeper workflows
Two keepers, one tank: make a treatment handover that can be checked
A recordkeeping workflow separating completed actions, observations and unanswered questions.
By FishyMag · Published · Updated
FishyMag editorial workflow · Not a clinical review or treatment recommendation.
Figure data and explanation
A handover separates intended actions from actual recorded events.
- Plan
- Keep conditions and unresolved items.
- Completed action
- Record actual amount, unit and time.
- Next keeper
- Share a dated copy with known storage limits.
A downloaded copy is a snapshot, not live team synchronisation.
Record what happened, not what was intended
“Treatment done” tells the next keeper too little. Record the actual date and local time, exact product name, amount with unit and any uncertainty. If an action was planned but not completed, keep it out of the completed-action record. Do not backfill a missing amount with a calculator result; calculated intent is not proof of what entered the tank.
Keep observations separate from conclusions
Record test values with units and the test used. Describe observations directly rather than labelling them as a diagnosis. Note water changes, equipment changes and products used on replacement water where relevant. A chronology helps someone ask a focused question; it does not prove which event caused a change or identify the next treatment.
Give the next keeper a copy
FishyMag’s treatment log is local to the browser. Another keeper or device will not automatically see it. Download a text record and identify when it was exported and who maintains the current version. For a separate handover you can reopen later, use the keeper handover builder: download an editable JSON backup, then open that file on your own device when you return. Check the tank name and export time before replacing current fields. The file does not synchronise with another keeper’s copy or verify the entries. Agree how completed actions will be recorded so multiple copies are not mistaken for one live shared record.
Put it into practice
Your checklist
- Separate planned actions from completed actions.
- Include units, times and uncertainty.
- Share an exported copy; device storage is not team synchronisation.
Sources and scope
This article distinguishes manufacturer statements from FishyMag’s own workflows and arithmetic examples. Linked formulation records retain their own evidence dates; publishing this article does not refresh those records.
- FishyMag treatment log: storage and export behaviour ↗
- Keeper handover: editable backups and local import ↗
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FishyMag reports what manufacturers say, quoted and linked. It does not diagnose illness or recommend a treatment, and it never infers that a product is safe from the absence of a warning — where no statement exists, it says so.
Formulations change. Always read the label on the bottle in your hand, and contact the manufacturer if your tank contains anything valuable or unusual.