I'm not even sure how to reply to this, it seems like such a silly topic. When I was scrolling down the index, this was the first thread that I opened up, I had not seen the other one yet. Honestly, I probably wouldn't have taken the time to read the other one anyway, the title was pretty much a dead giveaway that there was going to be a lot of bickering over people's personal preferences. Can we just all remember that just because someone's likes and dislikes are different than yours doesn't mean that they are stupid? Seems kind of pre-school to me.
Anyway, that having been said, there seems to be two schools of thought here, one being that I am only interested in the fish that I currently keep, don't bother me with info on any other fish. The other (that I lean toward) is that if it concerns fish, I'm there.
I have not talked with shmax on this, but judging from his profile and his terminal case of MTS
, I would say that he and I are probably on the same page here. I have a fish book library of my own, frequently check out fish books from the public library, borrow books from the LFS, have subscriptions to most of the major fish magazines, and have many fish sites on my favorites button on the computer. Many of my most interesting fish I have acquired because I read about them first. I just simply crave information on this hobby that I am involved in, knowledge in this case truly is power, the more you know the easier things will be for you. When you do this type of research on aquariums and fish, you can't help but know who Jack Wattley is.
Jack Wattley , in addition to writing several excellent discus books, writes a column for Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine every month. I truly feel sorry for the man in regards to his TFH column, as he has stated time and time again that discus do best in species tanks, and yet every issue he will get a letter from someone asking about tankmates for discus. He is very patient and understanding in his replies and tries to encourage and help as much as he can. I wish I had his patience with people.
For the record, I tried keeping discus, unsuccessfully, in the 1970's, haven't got around to trying them again since. I can see why some don't like them, but my own personal opinion (everybody has an opinion
) is that discus are aquarium royalty.
But I digress, this is a forum for all tropicals, not just cichlids, and that makes sense that some of you don't know who he is, but then again, most hobbyists aren't breeders like I am, so the interest may be more limited? No offense wrs, but un-bunch your panties a lil bit, and take a breath...
