Whats The Best Tip Youve Picked Up In These Forums?

[Weaver]

I was just wondering what the best tip youve picked up here.One that made some part of fishkeeping that little bit easier
Im eternally grateful to whoever suggested cleaning green spot algae off the tank with a credit card.Works brilliantly and saves me from cutting my fingers off with a razorblade .

 

[Dorkhedeos]

i think the best tip i picked up from here is to use sand from homedepot. if i never heard this, i wouldve stuck with gravel from petsmart, ive never heard of sand in a freshwater tank before i found this forum

 

[WILDER]

I've learnt so much, maybe fish types, no abit more than I did as i'm lazy in that area, like that fish game it learns you about different types of fish, though i still find it easy by there common names.

 

[kris-b-]

Cycling properly! Didn't have a clue before I joined here, just thought you leave it for a week and then drop your fish in!

 

[love_fish]

I've learned everything I know. But the most important is fishless cycle.
My tank has finally cycled today, and it took less than one month. No fish were hurt either.

 

[clunkster]

how to use a computer no honestly as i didnt know the first thing about computers but have learned through reading posts where you follow the link & also in answering posts

 

[Vegan Peaches]

Agrred, most important thing I've learned here is fishless cycling. A close second would have to be community tank info. I'm so glad cories were reccommended to me over a year ago; I love the little guys

 

[Magnum Man]

I was thinking about starting a thread like this... but the search feature showed me this thread...

a while back, I read a tip about containing floating plants... the tip was use air line tubing ( at the time I was using fishing line & bobbers to contain some red root floaters, from getting into my filters ) my water was nasty hard & alkaline, & I think that's why they died off... I'm going to try them again, now that my water is on the way to fixed... thinking about making a floating "coral" out of air line tubing & a few elbows...

another is, this beneficial bacteria in a bottle, not read too may negatives, but why cycle a tank for 30 days & monitor the ammonia to keep it just right, when you can just measure from a bottle of bacteria, & just add fish???

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I originally joined this site because of the now basically dead Scientific Section. I was one of the reasons I ultimate wrote the three cycling articles here. For me the science behind the hobby has always held great interest for me.

AFter a few years in the hobby and reading the same things across a number of forums I had a small apiphany- I asked myself if I could find any science to support it all. This led me to Google Scholar. It also caused me to coin the term "Urban Aquarium Myths."

So this some of the responses to this thread have made me very happy.

I was very lucky when I entered the hobby to have some very experienced people who were willing to educate this poor newbie. I have always felt I needed to pay that forward.

What I learned here was how to explain what I have learned to others in a way that did not turn them off as my being a know-it-all. I learned that, if I could do that, what I was doing had twofold benefits. I was helping people become better fish keepers in some respects and I was also saving fish from potential harm.

I also learned that there are a number of members here who are even more experience than I am and I have picked up a lot of pieces of valuable information form them. Mostly I have been educated about species I have never kept but would have liked to have done so. Some because I do not have the space to do so.

As long as sites like this one are still able to thrive, then my desire not to be on social media where information goes to die will persist. I am not registered on Google, Facebook, Twitter -X (which exists mostly to empower idiots), Instagram, Tik Tok etc.

 

[Fishmanic]

When I joined in 2013, I benefited from TwoTankAmin's cycling thread. I also avoided overstocking and improperly stocking my tank from the experienced helpful members here.

 

[powerdyne6]

I have had a crazy amount of help from @Byron

Lots of great help regarding stocking, compatibility and plants. I am sure he is sick of all the questions I had originally but I have left him alone now for the most part lol. JK man he has been great. I am sure I will have more questions down the road especially when I go away next spring for 10 days.

 

[GaryE]

When I see an interesting thread, I read the whole thing because very often there are gems buried in plain view. It isn't one tip that I'd underline, but a sea of them, there for the taking. Sometimes I read responses that ignore the thread and only look at the most recent post. It strikes me people can miss a lot here, and it can come from members, new, old, familiar, unfamiliar - there is huge knowledge hiding behind these names people make up.

 

[sharkweek178]

I wish I could remember who said it because I would really like to give them credit. Something someone said that really stuck with me is "You're more likely to hurt your fish by overfeeding them than by underfeeding them." That's great advice.

 

[sharkweek178]

And not so much specific advice but learning about the different aspects of fishkeeping, like water parameters and cycling. And also seeing that there was a better way. I started with a small tank with plastic plants, ceramic ornaments, and blue and white gravel. I was pretty intimidated by the idea of live plants. But I got over that. I swapped out the unnatural looking gravel for sand. I got rid of the ceramic decor and replaced it with real wood and rocks. And I got rid of the plastic plants and got live ones. I'm much happier with my tanks now and I'm sure my fish are too.

 

[Back in the fold]

I like to see the pictures of everyone’s aquariums.