Kinda not really? I joined because it was mfk. Not nanofk. Im just thinking out loud. I hardly log on i wanna see more big prime stuff. It seems the good stuff was posted early. (2005ish) ive revived so many early post lol joined late is all and having a windge. I love keeping fish..
You are correct in all your observations. MFK is not the forum it used to be. The statement in MFKs welcome page hardly applies anymore. "We are a unique community of Fish Keepers who seriously take our hobby to extremes and the NEXT level. The majority of our collections include RARE and EXOTIC Species of all sizes. BIG FISH with BIG APPETITES and BIG TANKS. It's not easy for most people or other "regular" fish keepers to understand why we maintain this type of collection and spare no expense on this fascinating hobby."
The argument has been used repeatedly by the current majority on MFK that it is not about size but about passion. I think there should be a forum called PassionateFishKeepers. The current majority on MFK are have nots--have not big fish--have not big tanks. In the early years of MFK, people would post pictures of their huge tanks chock full of huge fish, and every one called them JDM tanks. In the current atmosphere on MFK, if some one posted a JDM tank, they would be mercilessly flamed for doing so. There is a critical "let's flame everything that gets posted" air on MFK now. People post pictures of their tank and immediately get flamed or criticized..."it would look better with darker/lighter substrate", "your tank is so bare", "I would never have a bare floor tank". There is always someone criticizing something...even when the poster was really proud of his tank and just wanted to show it off. People feel like they have to give advice and correction and critical comment, even when advice was not sought out.
I am not a fan of JDM tanks, but I will NEVER criticize some one who has a JDM tank. We might all be shocked at their surprisingly great water parameters. I currently have a JDM tank, as my poor fish are still stuck in their way too small 300 gallon tank. Life has a way of interfering, and my big tank upgrade is still in progress (after all these many years). Keeping big fish in small tanks without a continuous drip system can be challenging. Water changes are very frequent, (daily), but my nitrates are less than 20 ppm and are usually less than 10. I am looking forward to the day when my fish are in their big tank system with 7 times the water volume of their current tank.
Yes, I, too, miss the big tank threads.