Manuals, guides & software

Aquafab Workbench: control, calibration, data logging and analysis for Aquafab systems, for Windows, Mac and Linux. Download the preview to explore the example machine (simulated); a license unlocks adding your own machines, PIV, fish tracking, trial analysis, data export and trials on your own hardware.

The complete guide to Aquafab Workbench: installing, licensing, every page and control, and step-by-step procedures for respirometry, temperature programs, swim tests, fish tracking, PIV and calibration. PDF, updated as the software changes.

Checking every relay, pump and probe, then calibrating chamber velocity, the thermal response and the oxygen probe. PDF.

Download, install, enter your license code, and find your way around the software, ending with a first trial on a simulated machine. PDF.

Setting up the camera and seeding, measuring a flow field by PIV, and calibrating pump output to chamber velocity in cm/s with Aquafab Workbench. PDF.

Unbox, fill, connect and run your first flow demonstration in under 30 minutes.

Intermittent-flow and closed respirometry from setup to saved result: SMR, MMR, aerobic scope, Pcrit and EPOC. PDF.

The stepped-velocity critical swimming speed test, with optional tracking and cost of transport. PDF.

Choosing chamber volume, measurement and flush periods, background respiration and data QA for reliable metabolic-rate estimates.

Setup, calibration, operation, cleaning and maintenance for the 30–80 cm Respirometry Swim Tunnel.

Comparing treatments, Q10 and mass scaling, re-analysing a trial from chosen cycles, and exporting what you publish. PDF.

Filming, scaling, detecting and tracking an animal through a video, and measuring its swim speed. PDF.

For lab managers and teachers: seats and codes, activating computers (including ones with no internet), and the license dashboard. PDF.

Tidal cycles, ramps and holds, programmed flushing, and making a chamber follow a temperature log recorded in the field. PDF.

Our complete catalog of flow chambers, respirometry systems, life support, displays, automation and bespoke products, with option tables for every system.

Everything your purchasing office needs to add Aquafab Industries as an approved vendor: W-9, DUNS, remittance details, payment terms and insurance information.