Requesting new forum: Coral. attn: Admins

[fishytime]

well, really by definition, what is a reef tank?......a tank with corals in it , no?......if we are gonna do separate forums for each type of coral, then we might as well get rid of the "reef" forum all together.....

[Myka]

Originally Posted by fishytime

well, really by definition, what is a reef tank?......a tank with corals in it , no?......if we are gonna do separate forums for each type of coral, then we might as well get rid of the "reef" forum all together.....

That's just silly. I mean, it's all "aquarium keeping", so why don't we get rid of all the forums and just have "aquarium forum". "Reef" is the whole she-bang...dosing, corals, fish, live rock, lighting, etc. There are lots of coral specific questions getting asked all the time.

On the other hand, I don't know why anyone would be "against" making a separate forum. In the end, even if it rarely got used, what's the big deal? Doesn't really matter much. Although I think it would get used plenty.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Myka

That's just silly. I mean, it's all "aquarium keeping", so why don't we get rid of all the forums and just have "aquarium forum". "Reef" is the whole she-bang...dosing, corals, fish, live rock, lighting, etc. There are lots of coral specific questions getting asked all the time.

On the other hand, I don't know why anyone would be "against" making a separate forum. In the end, even if it rarely got used, what's the big deal? Doesn't really matter much. Although I think it would get used plenty.

my point is where does the sub-diving end?....we're gonna start to look like reef central

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by fishytime

my point is where does the sub-diving end?....we're gonna start to look like reef central

That, and what benefit does it offer? Most people look at new posts, and then it doesn't matter what forum exists or not. I hardly even notice what forum I'm reading most of the time.

[Reef Puffer]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

That, and what benefit does it offer? Most people look at new posts, and then it doesn't matter what forum exists or not. I hardly even notice what forum I'm reading most of the time.

agreed. i have troubles finding how to post in general never mind finding the right forum to put it in....
not against adding more tho either...

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

That, and what benefit does it offer? Most people look at new posts, and then it doesn't matter what forum exists or not. I hardly even notice what forum I'm reading most of the time.

Yup, me too. I hit " new posts " and read.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by fishytime

my point is where does the sub-diving end?....we're gonna start to look like reef central

That would be great! I mean the traffic would be awesome. RC has so many sub forums because they have sooooo many posts in a day that most people want to be able to sort through the threads they are interested in, and skip the ones they aren't. It would be nice to do the same here.

[Enigma]

I typically only check the forums that I'm interested in, so a coral forum would work well for me. It would also make searching previous posts for corals a little easier.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Myka

That would be great! I mean the traffic would be awesome. RC has so many sub forums because they have sooooo many posts in a day that most people want to be able to sort through the threads they are interested in, and skip the ones they aren't. It would be nice to do the same here.

I honestly hope we dont end up like RC.....if canreef ends up being a stuck up, holier than thou, you have to have 10000 posts or a 2000g tank for anyone to answer your questions and your post is buried in a day type forum, it will loose its appeal to me.......... Titus would like it if were like RC, but not I

[Myka]

Originally Posted by fishytime

I honestly hope we dont end up like RC.....if canreef ends up being a stuck up, holier than thou, you have to have 10000 posts or a 2000g tank for anyone to answer your questions and your post is buried in a day type forum, it will loose its appeal to me.......... Titus would like it if were like RC, but not I

I guess if that's the way you want to see it. If there were 1000 active tank journals on CanReef you could bet that only the biggest, most awesome journals would get replies. Even here on CanReef there are few replies on newbie tank journal threads.

Back to the subject though, I don't think adding another forum to CanReef would be anywhere near Reef Central category.