Tokis-Phoenix
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This is something that i got thinking about recently after chatting with another member here.
"Ahem", basically this forum is about sharing info and experiences to help improve the quality of the fish keeping experience itself in general, by offering our fish and critters a better quality of life so we can enjoy them more and they enjoy being with us more, etc, etc...
Some problems that have arisen in some area's though, appear that knowledge is getting more generalise about fish rather than concentrating on each fishs needs.
For example, with a lot of the wonderful fish profiles here in the fish index, the info tends to be very basic and short, sometimes the profile doesn't even include very vital peices of info.
This has led to people becomming less familar with what makes each fish very different for the next- for example, a fish swimming at weird angles, or continiuosly hiding or hanging around on its own, would make many fish keepers raise the alarm, but for some fish species this is normal behavior.
Some fish are very prone to getting particular desease, particually when kept in certain conditions (for example, mollys are prone to getting deseases like fungus and finrot when not kept in very alkeline or slightly brackish water, so the best cure is salt rather than chemicals), there is often no say in profiles on what certain deseases or physical issues fish are prone to or the best way to treat the particular fish at hand.
Lists of various good or bad tankmates to keep with certain fish are often missing from their profiles, or exact details about their habitat too (for example, dwarf gourami's need a very planted tank, but what sorts of plants should you go for and how should you arrange them? How tall, short, dense or sparse should the plants ideally be?).
Information on behavior is sometimes absent or vague as well- for example, common plecs are very peaceful pleco's, but there are cases of them growing very grouchy over other plecs in their tanks over time and may even go to lengths of killing less dominant ones over time.
These differences in info given could mean someone mistaking their fish for being ill when it isn't, or not treating or looking after the fish correctly when it in need of help. Its the difference between having a lot of stressed out fish, or a tank full of happy and content ones.
What do you guys think? Do the fish index profiles need updating as well as our general knowledge?
"Ahem", basically this forum is about sharing info and experiences to help improve the quality of the fish keeping experience itself in general, by offering our fish and critters a better quality of life so we can enjoy them more and they enjoy being with us more, etc, etc...
Some problems that have arisen in some area's though, appear that knowledge is getting more generalise about fish rather than concentrating on each fishs needs.
For example, with a lot of the wonderful fish profiles here in the fish index, the info tends to be very basic and short, sometimes the profile doesn't even include very vital peices of info.
This has led to people becomming less familar with what makes each fish very different for the next- for example, a fish swimming at weird angles, or continiuosly hiding or hanging around on its own, would make many fish keepers raise the alarm, but for some fish species this is normal behavior.
Some fish are very prone to getting particular desease, particually when kept in certain conditions (for example, mollys are prone to getting deseases like fungus and finrot when not kept in very alkeline or slightly brackish water, so the best cure is salt rather than chemicals), there is often no say in profiles on what certain deseases or physical issues fish are prone to or the best way to treat the particular fish at hand.
Lists of various good or bad tankmates to keep with certain fish are often missing from their profiles, or exact details about their habitat too (for example, dwarf gourami's need a very planted tank, but what sorts of plants should you go for and how should you arrange them? How tall, short, dense or sparse should the plants ideally be?).
Information on behavior is sometimes absent or vague as well- for example, common plecs are very peaceful pleco's, but there are cases of them growing very grouchy over other plecs in their tanks over time and may even go to lengths of killing less dominant ones over time.
These differences in info given could mean someone mistaking their fish for being ill when it isn't, or not treating or looking after the fish correctly when it in need of help. Its the difference between having a lot of stressed out fish, or a tank full of happy and content ones.
What do you guys think? Do the fish index profiles need updating as well as our general knowledge?
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