In the disease section as we speak there's a thread entitled "cichlids keep dying after 2 weeks". It's at post #35 and we've threw everything at it and it's still not clear what's going on with the guys tank. We've had a steady flow of "add ons" from the OP as the thread progressed but nothing, it seems, to enable us to nail it.
It's threads like this, and there's been so so many, that prompted me to start this thread in the first place. And there really is no easy way to deal with it.
The regular active members here who know the score will most probably give all the details required if they ever have a problem with their fish, which is great.
But first time posters and relative newbies who are finding their way will most likely go down the route that has us pulling our hair out until, they too, become familiar with the way things work and they will then learn what's required when posting about sick fish.
Does that mean that eventually everyone will be at the same level regarding what's required? Absolutely not, because we always have new blood joining us so the problem is never going to go away.
A paragraph to read through prompting the OP to give adequate info will probably, as
thebiggerthebetter
said, get ignored in time. A template to fill in with masses of info would be a big turn off.
I suspect, even after all the discussion we've had, things will pretty much remain the same. A thread will start with little or no info and it will be down to us to start the conversation with the OP and whittle away until we crack it.
At the end of the day like
Chicxulub
said very early on, it's good to have an healthy discussion as long as it dosen't get out of hand. And like I said, it's a forum, and we chew the fat.
But as a footnote, if someone can come up with a viable way of improving the situation then kudos to them.
It's threads like this, and there's been so so many, that prompted me to start this thread in the first place. And there really is no easy way to deal with it.
The regular active members here who know the score will most probably give all the details required if they ever have a problem with their fish, which is great.
But first time posters and relative newbies who are finding their way will most likely go down the route that has us pulling our hair out until, they too, become familiar with the way things work and they will then learn what's required when posting about sick fish.
Does that mean that eventually everyone will be at the same level regarding what's required? Absolutely not, because we always have new blood joining us so the problem is never going to go away.
A paragraph to read through prompting the OP to give adequate info will probably, as
thebiggerthebetter
said, get ignored in time. A template to fill in with masses of info would be a big turn off. I suspect, even after all the discussion we've had, things will pretty much remain the same. A thread will start with little or no info and it will be down to us to start the conversation with the OP and whittle away until we crack it.
At the end of the day like
Chicxulub
said very early on, it's good to have an healthy discussion as long as it dosen't get out of hand. And like I said, it's a forum, and we chew the fat.But as a footnote, if someone can come up with a viable way of improving the situation then kudos to them.
