Originally Posted by alix2.0
i dont mind it so much, because while the search is a good & useful tool, you do get a lot of crap, old posts, and irrelevant info.
for example - do a search for "sun coral feeding" the search cuts out "sun" (because its too short) so youre really searching for "coral feeding". and you end up with about 1 million posts like:
- my tang has ich, ive got blah blah blah in the tank, and im feeding twice a day
- you have to do hypo
- will that hurt my brain coral?
also, a lot of people (myself included) are hesitant to post on old threads, like from 2003, so even if they do find some info, they may not get all of their questions answered.
i say that if you have a question, at least try the search first, but if you need more info, dont hesitate to post a question asking, that what this board is for!
Agreed. The board is for people to ask questions. If you're tired of a question then don't look or answer it.
One thing SaltwaterFish.com has done which is a start, is make stickys on threads about some starting points on certian issues.
On another forum, I've found a very useful tool. What they do is make captive care sheets, and articles about certian issues or subjects. The forum is a specialized forum, and only deals with a certain type of saltwater fish, so the captive care sheets are only on that type of fish and different species of it.
But instead of having to ask questions about what's the minimual tank size, requirements, growth rate and max size, etc., they can just look under a certain section that is only for care sheets.
This forum hasn't done that, and seems to be more focused on answering people's questions by people who have had expierence.
If you realy got a problem with it, talk with the administrators about setting up some kind of articles.
JMO
