I went down the rabbit hole.... yet another thread started, never finished nor updated...
What happened to Terd Ferguson? they were definitely one of my favorite posters, open minded, never rude and not one to flame or go on the attack over a difference of opinion or approach.
oddly enough, i've seen the same flaming approach in the New England cichlid association. My way or the highway approach.
What happened to Terd Ferguson? they were definitely one of my favorite posters, open minded, never rude and not one to flame or go on the attack over a difference of opinion or approach.
oddly enough, i've seen the same flaming approach in the New England cichlid association. My way or the highway approach.
The welcome page to MKF besides being about big tanks and big fish, described members who "spared no expense". Of course, that whole original welcome page was quietly removed, most like by the current regime. Frankly, I miss seeing pictures of that tank with the beautiful platinum and gold barramundi, and I REALLY miss threads like this one:
Upgrading..Monster Style
Just wanted to share some pics of a crazy day moving a large tank. Thank Kevin from Not Just Fish for all your time, you are a real Bro.www.monsterfishkeepers.com
thebiggerthebetter is one of the few big tank people left on MFK. I'm glad he is still sticking around.
I joined MFK as a newbie with questions on filtering our 300 gallon tank. Over the years I gleaned a lot of stuff browsing MFK. Durso, Herbie and Bean Animal plumbing were introduced here by members who had browsed Reef Central. I read about Momotaro Bakki House showers. I read about Clarity freshwater protein skimmers, and I also liked ApacheDan's thread about his fiberglass tank with a window. What other fish forums have discussions on Ultima II filters? Discussions on big tank filtration is what made MFK unique to me.
Yes, I saw the tanks chock full of fish, but to each his own. I can think of one member with a lot of fish and a lot of big tanks who was a regular until fairly recently. He was probably flamed and shamed off this forum. Yes, he was probably showing off his fish, but isn't that what this forum is for? Time and time again I have seen posts where a member proudly shows pics of his tank and is quickly shot down with downer "helpful" comments. Unless advice or critiques are asked for, keep your negative comments to yourselves, they are NOT helpful. "I hate bare floor tanks, they are ugly" is not an appropriate response to some one who has proudly displayed their bare floor tank for everyone to see. There are too many Negative Nancy, Debbie Downers on MFK now. If you can't write something positive, just move on. Oh, I know, your snow white pure consciences won't allow you to leave anything alone. The negativity on MFK is REALLY awful. In the good old days of MFK nobody put anybody down. I am afraid I liked the old MFK better, even with threads with pictures of tanks chock full of fish or pictures of beautiful fish that I will never keep.