Hi all,
Even though I have only been on this forum for less than a month, I have a few ideas that might help others in the future that may come here, and even get more people to enjoy this forum as well.
I am a member of at least 4-5 forums that I visit on a daily basis. One of my favorite is the www.300zxclub.com forum for my 1990 Nissan 300zx car (that I cherish dearly
). In that forum, there is an Installations/How-to's section to help members fix things like electrical shorts, engine cleaning, washing the body, even simple stuff as oil changes.
I have been through the DIY Aquarium Project section, but those are mostly questions that people ask when their DIY does not work or having problems. When I first got this aquarium bug, I was hoping to go into the DIY and learn a lot of stuff to help 'start-up and build' my tank right away. However, it was extremely hard for me to do so. All I basically found was how to do the DIY CO2 from a 2L bottle. I was hoping for more like- setting the substrate, planting, easy water changes, setting how long light timers should be, building filtrations, etc. (secrets of the planted aquarium trade).... I searched through that section (DIY Aquarium Projects) for an hour but it was not as helpful as I hoped it would be, jsut a lot of questions from other users.
So yeah, enough of my rambling, what do you (members & moderators) think of a section where it's an actual write up of how to do things? I know some things are straight forward, but to some members (especially newbies like myself), it is not as 'straight forward' as it is to others!
Maybe not a complete whole new section, maybe a rule to put "HOW TO" in the Title of the thread to help distinguish it as a real "DIY AQUARIUM PROJECT" instead of a question relating to a DIY aquarium project.
Thanks for reading! oh yeah, HAPPY TET! (Lunar New Year!)
Even though I have only been on this forum for less than a month, I have a few ideas that might help others in the future that may come here, and even get more people to enjoy this forum as well.
I am a member of at least 4-5 forums that I visit on a daily basis. One of my favorite is the www.300zxclub.com forum for my 1990 Nissan 300zx car (that I cherish dearly
). In that forum, there is an Installations/How-to's section to help members fix things like electrical shorts, engine cleaning, washing the body, even simple stuff as oil changes.I have been through the DIY Aquarium Project section, but those are mostly questions that people ask when their DIY does not work or having problems. When I first got this aquarium bug, I was hoping to go into the DIY and learn a lot of stuff to help 'start-up and build' my tank right away. However, it was extremely hard for me to do so. All I basically found was how to do the DIY CO2 from a 2L bottle. I was hoping for more like- setting the substrate, planting, easy water changes, setting how long light timers should be, building filtrations, etc. (secrets of the planted aquarium trade
).... I searched through that section (DIY Aquarium Projects) for an hour but it was not as helpful as I hoped it would be, jsut a lot of questions from other users.So yeah, enough of my rambling, what do you (members & moderators) think of a section where it's an actual write up of how to do things? I know some things are straight forward, but to some members (especially newbies like myself), it is not as 'straight forward' as it is to others!
Maybe not a complete whole new section, maybe a rule to put "HOW TO" in the Title of the thread to help distinguish it as a real "DIY AQUARIUM PROJECT" instead of a question relating to a DIY aquarium project.
Thanks for reading! oh yeah, HAPPY TET! (Lunar New Year!)
