Great idea lets just get rid of the search button and well be busy again :mrgreen:

i think some people are moving to reef related facebook groups.

Just you :)

lol its back now

Likely story :)

IMO, the hobby is at a bit of a plateau right now, the past few years have been a wild ride with skimmers, new dosing techniques, and generally hard to find items. Im pretty convinced I can skip a few months at a time on reefbuilders, and not really miss anything relevant when looking back.

Now "ultra corals are a click a way, skimmers have not advanced much, leds are running there coarse, but gen to gen hardly seems to be leaving much to talk about.

Im sorry I can only talk about 1 model of dc pump for long, maybe im wrong and out of the loop.

Things move pretty quick around here if your not visiting every 2seconds, but when im in ocd mode refreshing every 5 minutes, things move like a glacier.

Information overload.

It's easier to find now, remember when we did the newsgroups?:wink:

I recall that's how we met :)

Newsgroup?? going back to the 90's?

yup. Alt.aquaria :)

The three that have dropped from edmonton in the last year are still up and running, they all just say the same thing, prices went up to a point where it was not longer in their favor to continue paying.


I browse it a lot, but have never been a hugely active person here. And it is much slower this winter than last, and coming into spring now it's just getting worse.

Maybe I will create a build thread/journal.


I have found a couple that seem to be doing great, and are basically the lost traffic, well the local to me traffic.
But I have a firm dislike for facebook, so it sucks.

Well, that does happen in the market place. Unless a vendor is shipping nationally, it may not be in their interest to advertise to that market. We lost some, we got some new ones. That's the way it goes. But because some Edmonton vendors stopped advertising here, it really has no impact on the board. And browsing the Facebook group, it's mostly buying and selling, which to me, is a far secondary function of Canreef. If I see less activity in those forums, I'd be happier. This is primarily a Reef discussion board and in my experience here over the last 13 years, this year is the same as any other, except we have more and different members.

I've never been more then a casual poster here, but it still seems pretty active to me. Could be worse, could be AP :twised:

Maybe canreef needs a controversial thread to bring out everyone's passion.

So which is it, religion or politics?

I say the politics of religion... What's the pope doing this morning maybe he can chime in.

it's possible that a lot of reefers have been busy frantically trying to keep their tanks from completely crashing over the past year.

True story btw ! :lol:

I was thinking refugium or how Ich is always in everyones system

I think I have ich in my refugium. What salt should I use to clear it up?

Bath salts. But you need to smoke them before you dose them

well if you just wait the spots go away, all cured! :microwav:

I think I would rather discuss politics or religion. Less potential bloodshed.

Is this a good time to ask why both religious leaders and politicians agree that LEDs are better then halides?:mrgreen:

Unno, one has seen the light and the other is always wanting us to see things in a different light??

Hey what kind of salt does everyone use?

You guys use salt? Maybe that's the source of my problems...

actually, I can think of a few other things.. but I digress..

You're on a roll today, eh?

There are a few other topics that will get the masses to wield torches and pitchforks more than those two subjects...:wink:

On topic...I'm not sure what the Canreef stats are as far as activity/post (or whatever measurement means would be used) compared to a few years ago, but I think that the overall industry is going through a bit of a downturn. Economy possibly, but I would imagine with what I've seen and heard, it would be reflective in activity here too.

Every day is a good day when the tang police are not involved

I disagree, I've watched many more people start up nano's this year than any other year at the store. Most people I've sent here have reported back that they're too afaraid to post here because of the trolls.

I've watched a few newbies get turned away because of a few holier than thou attitude that some keybaord commandos have on here.

I've also noticed growth on social network groups like facebook, and I wonder if its just easier to buy/sell/trade with locals?

I've never had trouble with mods they do great work, its too bad they don't have a troll seeker button when a newbie is getting picked on so that they could ban them! :wink:

I'll admit I've not been on in a while, but that's because I have 4 tanks now, and that's partially canreefs' fault!:razz:

I feel like I should start giving back now (I do at the store) but maybe visiting once a week might be a good start.



Cheers,



Steve

Like what somewherebeyondthe sea said, I noticed that the Facebook groups are growing. This is evident in my other hobby as well (RC cars). I am involved in 3 different RC groups and our local reef/coral Facebook group. Since the RC Facebook group started, the RC online forum has seen very little activity. It's much easier to post pictures/videos etc on the Facebook groups. I kind of like the forums better though due to the anonymous nature of it. I don't need half of the local scene seeing my profile or cover picture on FB.

/\ he's got less than 150 posts!!!!!! Get him!!!!

Ugh dez you ruined my joke.

speaking of posts... for some reason, my post counter is always stuck in the 200s. I think it's funny and I hope that the mods never fix it.

What are these Facebook groups? Any recommended one?

Edmonton has two. Edmonton coral reef buy and sell. Reddeer has one

If Calgary doesn't then start one

So who exactly are the cool kids? :D

Not us buddy. Been a long time since we we're kids:lol:

+1,...haha, and no "cool" kids anymore, just sick, wicked, stupid, swaggy, rad (that might be old now, too), etc, etc,...