Fish Tank Recipes?

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

@Naughts, once you go beyond your first tank I would say the time for simple tools are finished, but most people getting into the hobby don't put that kind of research into it, and requesting them to do so becomes a barrier to them getting good information...
Thinking about this this is what the stores should almost do. Give the customer a short form, a water sample bag, you bring it in and they tell you what would be possible.

I don't think it would be too difficult to make a database do a lot of the work with the exception of getting all the fish data entered. This would not be a tool for deciding on a specialized fish, it would focused on people just entering into the hobby.

Agreed... and I particularly like the idea of shops taking more responsibility and more of an educational role, before selling the lives.
Unfortunately, we all know that such expertise and willingness to engage is few and far between, sadly, especially when sales and money has to be made and both Joe and Josephine Public can be so demanding.
You've also appreciated my initial purpose and 'target audience'.

 

[Naughts]

Yes, I can see what Bruce is aiming for, something similar to https://aqadvisor.com/
Someone on here tried to do it a year or two ago. He spent weeks on it then published a draft on here. There were many debatable parameters (species temperature, pH range etc.) and I believe he gave up trying to gain consensus in the end.
The advantage of Seriouslyfish is that it is written by scientists rather than all the baloney published, regurgitated and misquoted online.

 

[Naughts]

BTW @Bruce Leyland-Jones , can you give links for the 'garden recipes' websites? I can't seem to find anything except containers/ pollinators etc. Thanks.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Yes, I can see what Bruce is aiming for, something similar to https://aqadvisor.com/

Yup...though my idea involves more personal intervention from group members who know what they're talking about.
That said, the aqadvisor tool does have its uses.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

BTW @Bruce Leyland-Jones , can you give links for the 'garden recipes' websites? I can't seem to find anything except containers/ pollinators etc. Thanks.

Here's one example; https://www.hardysplants.co.uk/rosy-s-planting-plans/rosy-s-planting-plan-for-a-sunny-border

 

[Uberhoust]

rarely simply told to do some research.

That is very true. There is a wealth of information online, unfortunately there is a wealth of miss-information as well and for some reason that is what a large number of people stick to, especially when it supports what they want to do.