Idea: Website Educating Aquarists

[ClamIAm]

I have long been pondering why there seems to be no comprehensive website covering the care and biology of aquarium species. Fishbase is a great resource, but is very scientific and doesn't provide specific information useful to aquarium keeping. I am interested in starting a website that will have detailed profiles of as many aquarium species (fresh and salt) as possible with all relevant information available which will give aquarists an easy place to look up fish they are considering adding to their aquarium and whether or not these fish are really suitable to their experience level and aquarium setup.

I hope to gather this information by allowing community members to comment on fish profiles so we can all learn what has and has not worked in the past. One way I thought of potentially offsetting the cost of the site is working with retailers to provide links to those that sell each species on the species profile so that it will also serve as a portal for those searching for harder-to-find fish.

I cannot do this alone however. I have only kept a small fraction of aquarium species and thus cannot be the source of the infromation needed for all species. I do really hope to work on this, and how long it takes will depend largely on the degree of help I receive. If anyone at all is interested in contributing pictures, data, or time, I would be extremely grateful. Just send me a PM or reply here if you're interested at all or have any thoughts on the idea.