# TankOps Aquarium Management — Service Platform

> All-in-one field operations platform for aquarium service companies. (iPhone/iPad app by TankOps LLC.)

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- Developer: [TankOps LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/6788481362)
- Category: Business
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 70 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-17
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tankops-aquarium-management/id6788481360/reviews.md

## What is TankOps Aquarium Management?

TankOps is the all-in-one field operations platform built specifically for aquarium service companies. Run your entire operation from your phone — scheduling, water testing, invoicing, payments, and client communication — without juggling spreadsheets, paper, and half a dozen apps.

Built by people who actually run an aquarium service business, TankOps fits the way your crew really works.

FOR TECHNICIANS
• Today's route at a glance — visits, arrival windows, and one-tap "on my way" texts
• Log water tests in seconds with per-tank parameter ranges and instant out-of-range flags
• Detailed service notes with photos, checklists, and on-site completion signatures
• Preventative maintenance reminders per tank (UV bulbs, pump cleanings, media changes) that surface automatically on the right visit
• Mileage tracking with GPS assist and weekly summaries
• Real-time commission tracking so techs always know where they stand

FOR OWNERS & MANAGERS
• Recurring service schedules that generate visits automatically, with a live map of your client base and drive distances on every lead
• Get paid on the spot with Tap to Pay on iPhone — no card reader, just tap the customer's card or phone to yours
• Professional invoices with card, bank (ACH), automatic reminders, and autopay — plus discounts, partial payments, and account credits
• KAI, the built-in AI assistant, answers new-customer texts around the clock, captures tank details, and files organized, ready-to-quote leads while you're in the field
• AR aging and revenue reports so you always know what's outstanding and how the business is trending
• A branded client portal your customers install on their own phones — invoices, water-test results, visit history, saved payment methods, and two-way messaging

WATER TESTING DONE RIGHT
Track every parameter that matters per aquarium, with custom target ranges, automatic out-of-range flags, and full history — so problems get caught before they become emergencies.

BILLING THAT RUNS ITSELF
From the first quote to the final payment: send professional invoices, take card or ACH payments, collect in person with Tap to Pay, set up autopay, and let automatic reminders chase overdue balances for you.

TRY IT FIRST
Sign in with company ID "demo" and any email and password to explore a fully populated demo company — no signup required.

TankOps is built and operated by TankOps LLC.
Support: tankops.app/support

## Key features

- Route scheduling and optimization
- Water testing with parameter tracking
- Invoicing and payment processing
- Client communication portal
- AI-powered lead qualification
- Preventative maintenance reminders
- Mileage and commission tracking

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tankops-aquarium-management/id6788481360/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Business

*2026-07-23*

Great overall app! Very informative! Easy to understand and accessible for whomever uses it!

## Frequently asked questions about TankOps Aquarium Management

### How does TankOps help with scheduling aquarium services?

TankOps allows for the creation of recurring service schedules that automatically generate visits. It provides a live map of your client base and displays drive distances for each lead, optimizing your daily routes.

### Can I accept payments directly through TankOps?

Yes, TankOps supports on-the-spot payments using Tap to Pay on iPhone, allowing you to accept card or phone payments without a separate card reader. It also facilitates professional invoices with options for card, ACH, and automatic reminders.

### What are the benefits of the AI assistant in TankOps?

KAI, the built-in AI assistant, handles new customer inquiries via text 24/7, captures essential tank details, and organizes leads ready for quoting. This frees up technicians and owners to focus on on-site work.

### How does TankOps handle water testing?

The platform enables logging water tests in seconds with customizable per-tank parameter ranges. It provides instant flags for out-of-range results and maintains a full history, helping to catch potential issues early.

### Is TankOps available on different devices?

TankOps is designed for mobile use and is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices, allowing for full operation from your phone.

### How often is TankOps updated?

The latest version, 1.6.0, was released on July 24, 2026, indicating regular updates to improve functionality and reliability. The app was initially released on July 17, 2026.

### Does TankOps have ads?

No, TankOps does not contain advertisements, providing an uninterrupted user experience for managing your aquarium service business.

### Can I try TankOps before signing up?

Yes, you can explore a fully populated demo company by signing in with the company ID 'demo' and any email and password. No signup is required to test the platform's features.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.9.0 — 2026-08-18

A REAL BUSINESS PHONE
Calls now behave like calls: you hear ringing when you dial, incoming calls show the client's name and arrive on the system call screen — including the locked screen — and callers hear a proper ring tone while your team's phones ring. A line rings the person it belongs to, your main line rings your team in an order you set, and missed-call alerts stay with the line's own people.

GREETINGS IN A HUMAN VOICE
Everything your line says is spoken by a natural voice you pick once — greeting, voicemail, after-hours, forwarding. Type a message and tap Listen, start from suggested wording with your business name filled in, or record it in your own voice over a quick call. Set your availability ("on a job", "at lunch", vacation) and weekly calling hours, and give callers an emergency key that reaches a real person even after hours.

CALL RECORDING, DONE RIGHT
Admins can turn on recording per line or account-wide. Everyone on the call hears a spoken notice first, always. Recorded calls come back with a playable recording, a transcript, and a short summary, and can be filed straight into the client's service history. A pause button keeps card numbers off the recording — taking a payment pauses it for you — and a do-not-record list is honored on every line.

TEXTS THAT FEEL LIKE TEXTING
React to a client's message with a thumbs up, heart, and more — it lands on their phone as a real reaction attached to the right message, on iPhone and Android alike.

MADE FOR TABLETS AND DESKTOPS
On an iPad or a desktop browser, the tabs become a side rail with direct entries for Quotes, Expenses, Mileage, Commissions, Projects, Reports, and Settings. Schedule shows agenda and map side by side, the Inbox and Quotes open next to their lists, and forms lay out in two columns so they fit one screen. On desktop, Invoices, Quotes, and Clients become sortable tables with keyboard navigation. Water tests flow into columns, and the signature pad now takes an Apple Pencil properly. Phones are unchanged.

LOBBY AND WALL DISPLAYS
Pair a client's tablet in seconds: it opens tankops.app/display and shows a code, you enter the code and pick the client, and their live tank board appears — nothing for the client to configure. Board links are short enough to type from a TV remote, displays keep the screen awake, and back-of-house boards can now show client tanks alongside your own.

AND THE DETAILS
Tanks now carry their own service address, so a client with tanks at multiple properties gets techs routed to the right one. Jump to a tank's water-test history straight from the day's schedule. Paying by bank transfer stays on the bank-transfer screen. Old completed one-time jobs no longer linger in Upcoming, and photo-heavy pages no longer run into rate limits.

### 1.8.0 — 2026-08-14

EXPENSES
Log parking, tolls, fuel, and materials from the field — snap the receipt and the merchant, date, and amount fill in automatically. Bill client parking and tolls straight onto their invoice with the receipt viewable from a link, and get reimbursed for what you paid out of pocket. Approvals and payouts work just like mileage, and the invoice page gets its own + Add expense button so end-of-job costs land on the right invoice.

A TIDIER PHONE TAB
Your main number's conversations (including replies to reminders and invoice texts) live in the Inbox, while the Phone tab is for your team's direct lines — and those line inboxes now match the main inbox feature for feature: photo attachments, delivery receipts, emoji reactions, and @teammate notes all work the same everywhere. The dialer recognizes your clients: type a number and it becomes their name. Switching which number sends your automatic texts now asks an admin to confirm, so it can't happen by accident.

KAI IN THE TOP BAR
The assistant now lives next to search at the top of every screen, freeing the bottom tabs for the surfaces you check all day.

TURN OFF WHAT YOU DON'T USE
Settings → Features lets an admin switch off the parts of TankOps your company has no use for — no Commissions tab for a one-person shop, no Mileage for a business that doesn't claim it. Nothing is deleted; switch a feature back on and its records are exactly where you left them.

ALSO IN THIS RELEASE
Reactions from clients now show as an emoji on the message itself instead of a quoted text. Callers to your business lines hear a proper welcome greeting before the ring. PAR surveys open reliably, accept photos from your library, and light mapping is now on for every plan above Free.

### 1.7.0 — 2026-08-09

PAR LIGHT MAPPING
Measure light levels across a tank and record them straight onto a photo of it — tap where the meter was and the depth fills itself in. Tag where your corals sit, and Kai factors the light each one is actually in when you ask about the tank. Repeat a survey later and TankOps flags when output has dropped across the whole tank, which is usually the fixture, not the corals. The finished map lands on the client's portal, and you can email them a copy with the numbers explained.

LIVE BOARDS
Build a display of live tank readings and point a wall screen, lobby TV, or tablet at it. No login — boards open from a private link you can revoke any time. Arrange pages of tank cards, pick from five themes, and let it rotate on its own; a tank that goes out of range jumps to the front, and the board tells you if it has stopped updating instead of quietly showing old numbers.

YOUR OWN TANKS
A new Facility menu for the tanks you own — shop floor, coral farm, holding and quarantine. They get the full service treatment: visits, checklists, water testing, photos and live monitoring, without ever appearing in invoice pickers, revenue figures, or your client counts. In-house work shows in violet on the schedule, and the agenda now splits the day into client hours and in-house hours.

SERVICE TIME PER TANK
Set how long a routine service should take, and each tank shows what visits actually take against it — green at budget, amber drifting, red when the work has outgrown the client's package.

ALSO IN THIS RELEASE
Visits you create by hand now record which of a client's addresses the work happens at. Invoice payment links no longer dead-end — a link that can't be opened offers a sign-in that goes straight to the same invoice. Client photos now include ones taken through visit checklists, and service notes show their author again. Plus fixes to checklist performance, photo viewing, and portal install on iPhone.

### 1.6.0 — 2026-07-24

TAP TO PAY ON IPHONE
Take card payments in person right on your phone — no extra hardware. On any invoice, choose to collect a card payment and have the customer tap their card or phone to yours. Enable it in Settings → Integrations (available on supported iPhones).

PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLANS
Set up recurring maintenance for each aquarium — UV bulb replacements, pump cleanings, media changes, and more. Due items appear automatically on the next visit until they're completed, and every completion is saved to the tank's service history.

INVOICING
• Add discounts directly on new invoices (percentage or flat amount)
• Resend an invoice that's partially paid or overdue
• Account credit now applies in full to any open invoice — like a gift-card balance
• Tax is calculated after discounts
• Paid invoices send a clean receipt instead of a "balance due" notice
• "View Invoice" and "Mark as Sent" now work smoothly in the app

MESSAGING
• Text reactions (thumbs-up, hearts, and the like) now show as tidy emoji badges — they no longer clutter your inbox or trigger reminders
• Photo messages (MMS) send and receive reliably
• "On my way" texts are correctly signed by the tech heading out

POLISH & RELIABILITY
• Clearer, smoother permission prompts on first launch
• Faster navigation and many fixes across scheduling, invoices, and messaging
• General stability improvements

Questions or feedback? tankops.app/support

### 1.0 — 2026-07-17

No release notes.

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