Recommendation For The Board

Not a bad idea. Honestly Carl I think your geek
It would be a really good way to learn more I like that. I would be willing to participate.Oh I guess that makes me a geek too.

We will have a Coral of the Issue or Fish of the Issue or something like that in the Seastars.  Seastars are quarterly (I hope).  Next one should be out in May. 
I think we could do a weekly one, but researching them could be time consuming.  If we just picked one and had people share experiences about them, that may be easy.

I nominate Carl to plan, organize, decide, and create the coral and fish of the week topics.

Adam

I'll help you as well carl, since I would also greatly benefit from the efforts of myself and others on this sort of thing.

Well, I think that it should be a member's select. That way the originator of the topic can speak in depth and share personal experience on the topic that they choose. Or, it will provide a forum for them to learn more on something that they have always wanted to know about.

I guess what we really need to determine first is if should be specific or diverse. At first I was thinking of just doing Corals to see how it works. What do you all think? That would allow 52 coral topics a year.

I thought about that. And, it's still viable. However, I thought that with only 52 weeks in a year that one could only cover so much. There are many difference species of coral available to hobbiests. I am sure you get my point.

Perhaps we start with corals and change it up every now and then.

Jake, would it be feasible to create a seperate FORUM for this? That way people could access the information better? Kind of like REFERENCE TOPICS or EDUMACATION SHTUFF?

Edited by Carl

I wouldn't recommend doing hardware reviews. The concerns I would have with hardware in a topic like this A) How do we decide what hardware to feature? Do we do all pumps or focus on Rio/Dolphin/Whatever? B) Do we base the review on the opinion of the reviewer?  then how do we support the reasoning for featuring it? C) Personal opinion weighs heavily on the review of hardware. If the reviewer had a bad experience with some other product from company A then the view might be skewed toward the reviewed product. The same can happen with livestock, but there is not a specific company that is behind, for example, Yellow Tangs. D) Finally, how do we prevent the readers from misunderstand that WMAS does not support or push a specifc brand or model of what ever?

If you want opinions on Hardware, make a post (see Adam's on lights). Ask for opinions on pumps, skimmers, lights, etc and have responses from everyone. Then make your own decision.

OK, this topic seems to have died. Jake, I was wondering if there could/should be an extra message board subject forum for this if the Presidency thinks that this is a good enough resource for the club. Please see my last post on the 8th.

For now, here's how it will go. Bruce (Pistonfister), you get the honors. Pick a coral to research and write about. Need the following information at a minimum...

Latin (Proper) Name, Common Name(s), where it's from, aquarium suitability, lighting, feeding and water movement "requirements", visual appearance or characteristics, color and your personal experience if available. Also, find a picture and post it.

Due by Wednsday. . Actually, I think that it would work best to "assign" over the weekend to allow ample time to do the research, etc. Your findings middle of the week to allow people to add to or discuss. For now, post to the Corals General topic I guess.

Have fun...

Just a little bump for Jake and Bruce.

Sorry about that last post. I recently watched George of the Jungle.

Mabey we could call it something like, "Coral Spot Light" or "Coral Corner" etc. A name that would allow flexibility in how often we focus on a coral. However, if it turns out to be "Carl's Coral Corral" I insist on having a forum named "Steve's Stupid Suggestions".