ThinIce
Fish Fanatic
Hi all
Have been lurking here for a little over six months. Initially was going to get a 50 gal setup, but money issues hit and am now looking at a mere 10g
Anyhoo - point of this post is that whilst there are MANY general help / fish forums / fish profile sites, there appear to be very few offering comprehensive well edited reviews (or reader opinion) of Aquarium products (be it tanks / kits, plants, filters, heaters etc etc etc)
Now coming from a PC building background, where we review the living hell out of everything, test it, stress test it and then review it some more this seems very weird. Especially to someone who finds trusting sales assistants dubious at the very best of times
For some products I can indeed see why a review aspect is unimportant , but i'd be interested in anyone who knows of any aquarium product review sites out there on the web.
If there aren't any, what are your thoughts on an Aquarium review website, where products (whatever they may be) can be reviewed and then those reviews rated and commented on by others? Personally I would find this very useful, but the more adept and experienced of you may disagree on need for something like this (but ironically would likely have enough experience to actually write balanced reviews)
Either way would be interested in hearing your thoughts. IF theres enough interest it would be something i'd be interested in taking forward (obviously with help
)
Either that or call me silly and i'll fade back into the background

Have been lurking here for a little over six months. Initially was going to get a 50 gal setup, but money issues hit and am now looking at a mere 10g
Anyhoo - point of this post is that whilst there are MANY general help / fish forums / fish profile sites, there appear to be very few offering comprehensive well edited reviews (or reader opinion) of Aquarium products (be it tanks / kits, plants, filters, heaters etc etc etc)
Now coming from a PC building background, where we review the living hell out of everything, test it, stress test it and then review it some more this seems very weird. Especially to someone who finds trusting sales assistants dubious at the very best of times
For some products I can indeed see why a review aspect is unimportant , but i'd be interested in anyone who knows of any aquarium product review sites out there on the web.
If there aren't any, what are your thoughts on an Aquarium review website, where products (whatever they may be) can be reviewed and then those reviews rated and commented on by others? Personally I would find this very useful, but the more adept and experienced of you may disagree on need for something like this (but ironically would likely have enough experience to actually write balanced reviews)
Either way would be interested in hearing your thoughts. IF theres enough interest it would be something i'd be interested in taking forward (obviously with help
Either that or call me silly and i'll fade back into the background

