Vote for new forums

[Josh]

People have suggested that we add a couple of new forums to the site.

Please vote your choices.

 

[deelucky]

i like a few of the choices and think it would be great to add some if not all of those topics

 

[scarf_ace1981]

i would vote to put the fish and coral forums on there. i would also like to see the advanced and regional go bye bye.

 

[DevIouS]

I'd like to see:


General Discussion
Corals
Fish
Pests & Hitchhikers
DYI
Regional Reefs
Tank Threads
Photography
Nudi-bar


Market Place:

Vendor Sales
For Sale / For Trade
Group Buys
Want to Buy
Misc.


It might be alot of forums.........but I feel it would help organize different subjects & easier to find specific things you are looking for.

 

[ANCHIENT MARINER]

i would like to see maybe a chart of some sort showing what light ( MH,T5,PC etc. that are suitable for corals so people would not waste money on buying these pieces to watch them die

 

[DevIouS]

That could be under the "Coral" forum.

 

[SlamaJama]

oppss...lol

 

[nanoreefer22]

We already have a GB forum....

 

[jhale]

forums are not going away

we are discussing what new ones to add.

 

[Dmitry]

I don't know; I feel like currently things are working fine. Adding more forums just creates confusion as to what should go where because there tends to be a good deal of subject overlaps. Before you know it we're all flipping around from forum to forum to forum to find something that interests us.

For example: if you're looking to find out if Fish X if safe with corals - do you post in Fish or Corals?

I think too many forums dilutes the content. :bablefish

 

[DevIouS]

For example: if you're looking to find out if Fish X if safe with corals - do you post in Fish or Corals?

Ummmmm fish.
Why would it go under corals?

Better to be posted in a "Fish Forum" than to be posted in the "General Forum."
If you're looking up a certain fish, you don't have to search through hundreds of other subjects.

 

[Pedro]

Phil,

I like your lineup. I voted to add the corals forum :shhh: :lol:

 

[Dmitry]

Because it involves corals too. It might be extremely obvious to you, but I think one is getting into a gray area. When you start creating too many specific forums you're pigeon-holing the subject and finding something can become tricky. Especially when you're doing a search because you might be searching in the wrong forum. Look at saltwaterfish.com, whose layout is very much like this site's. There's a beginner's forum, reef forum, fish forum, anemone/clown forum, agressive fish forum, etc. Way too many options and for no real reason I can personally see, and there are clown/fish question being posted in the beginner's forum all the time - because a lot of beginners get clowns. They are also posted in the reef forum. Now looking up clowns becomes more, not less, complicated.

I think the proof is when threads are being moved around by mods; and most of the time I can understand why the original poster chose a specific forum. But the mods decided that wasn't the case. And we don't have that many forums at this point!

 

[Tonyscoots84]

I'd like to see:


General Discussion
Corals
Fish
Pests & Hitchhikers
DYI
Regional Reefs
Tank Threads
Photography
Nudi-bar


Market Place:

Vendor Sales
For Sale / For Trade
Group Buys
Want to Buy
Misc.


It might be alot of forums.........but I feel it would help organize different subjects & easier to find specific things you are looking for.

i agree with phil 100 % on this... it will def. help organize the threads a lil... great job phil....

 

[DevIouS]

Because it involves corals too. It might be extremely obvious to you, but I think one is getting into a gray area. When you start creating too many specific forums you're pigeon-holing the subject and finding something can become tricky. Especially when you're doing a search because you might be searching in the wrong forum. Look at saltwaterfish.com, whose layout is very much like this site's. There's a beginner's forum, reef forum, fish forum, anemone/clown forum, agressive fish forum, etc. Way too many options and for no real reason I can personally see, and there are clown/fish question being posted in the beginner's forum all the time - because a lot of beginners get clowns. They are also posted in the reef forum. Now looking up clowns becomes more, not less, complicated.

I think the proof is when threads are being moved around by mods; and most of the time I can understand why the original poster chose a specific forum. But the mods decided that wasn't the case. And we don't have that many forums at this point!

:scratch:
hmmmmmmm

Because it involves corals too.

If you are inquiring about a certain fish that would be safe with corals.....you are asking about a fish...
That doesn't seem too illogical to me.
Now if you ask, "which corals are more tasty to fish"....then the question would pertain to "corals."
If your question is regarding a fish disease...obviously we would not be posting in a "Coral" forum.
Where do we search this topic now????
The "General Forum", which also includes, heat issues, dosing, coral & pest ID's, etc.


You can't compare SWF.com to MR.com. Total different lay-out.
You talking apples & oranges..dude.

There's no gray area.
Look at my line up & it's not hard to differentiate between certain topics.
You mention other forums:

beginner's forum, reef forum, fish forum, anemone/clown forum, agressive fish forum, etc

Beginner forum - I never said that
Reef forum - Is very broad & will depend on what exactly the topic is.
fish forum, anemone/clown forum, aggressive fish forum - obviously these will fall under "fish".

I think the proof is when threads are being moved around by mods; and most of the time I can understand why the original poster chose a specific forum. But the mods decided that wasn't the case. And we don't have that many forums at this point!

Exactly...
We don't have many forums now & people continue to post in the wrong forum. It's going to happen regardless.
My suggestion was to keep topics a bit organized & a possibly a bit easier to search a particular topic.
I did not add that many extra forums, that we don't already have.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

3 most asked questions on this site

1.Anyone know about this fish?
2.Anyone know about this coral?
3.Can someone ID this please it came on a piece of LR/coral

 

[kimoyo]

I like the beginners and advanced forum. I like the beginners because sometimes I have a question that sounds kinda stupid to me and I don't want to post it in a general forum. So I post it in the beginners because I feel its a place where beginning questions are welcomed. I also like the advanced forum because sometimes there are topics that get a little more complicated and shouldn't go into the regular forum.

I think someone mentioned this before but I would like an equipment forum (lights, skimmers,pumps, etc.).

 

[kimoyo]

3 most asked questions on this site

1.Anyone know about this fish?
2.Anyone know about this coral?
3.Can someone ID this please it came on a piece of LR/coral

I think people ask about skimmers and equipment a lot.

 

[DevIouS]

I think people ask about skimmers and equipment a lot.

How did I forget that one!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Paul from the search I did that was like 3.5 or 4th most asked 5th and 6th is usually about sumps and tanks.