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Continuous behavioral monitoring for zebrafish facilities and laboratories
Zebrafish behavior tells you how the fish are doing
Behavior is one of the richest sources of information on the health and well-being of zebrafish. Changes in activity, position or social behavior can signal stress, disease, pathogens, microbiome imbalance or adverse environmental conditions, often before any clinical sign appears.
Behavioral data extracted from imagery can therefore be used as a proxy to assess fish health, and to support the rigor and reproducibility of research.
Zebrafish are a leading biomedical model, kept in facilities with thousands of aquaria. Keeping every fish in top health is paramount: it minimizes stress-related variability in research outcomes and reduces the risk of illness and experimental failure.
What current practice cannot see
- Intermittent visual inspection and manual assessment cannot pinpoint why fish health deteriorates
- No 24/7 monitoring to alert staff to distress, feeding, immobility and other critical events
- No continuous behavioral data and imagery available to husbandry staff or researchers
- Analyzing behavior outside the home aquarium requires stressful handling of fish
- Conventional rigs isolate individual fish in tight enclosures that restrict natural behavior
- Conventional video produces enormous data volumes, which rules out long-term recording
The WatchYourFish® product portfolio
Patented behavioral imaging and analysis systems that record fish continuously, analyze their behavior in real time and alert staff when something happens.
CanaryTank™ Available
Adult zebrafish. 24/7 monitoring of groups of fish in standard aquaria, in base and 3D versions, including two groups side by side for study vs. control.
CanaryTank →
MagnaTank™ Prototype
Larval zebrafish. Behavior analysis of groups of larvae in petri dishes.
MagnaTank →
PiscisTrack™
Software and data interface included with CanaryTank and MagnaTank: dashboard, alerts, replay, data export, and interfaces to third-party software and AI.
PiscisTrack →Where it is used
Zebrafish husbandry
Continuous sentinel monitoring, real-time alerts and a behavioral baseline for core facilities.
Husbandry →Zebrafish research
Study and control groups recorded side by side, around the clock, in their home facility.
Research →Case study: ZIRC
Continuous operation since 2023 at a 4,500-tank zebrafish resource center.
Case study →Coral restoration & aquaculture coming soon
The same system in saltwater and beyond zebrafish.
Learn more →Latest news
See WatchYourFish® in action
Book a live presentation and discussion with our team. We will walk through CanaryTank, the dashboard, and what continuous monitoring could show in your facility or laboratory.
The people behind WatchYourFish®
Pierre R. Martineau, Ph.D.
Nidhi Raghavendra
