What would you like to see here?

[titus]

Hello

Soliciting ideas and feedbacks here. What are the top items you wish to see here on Canreef but are not available or not done quite as good as how you think can be.

It's an open discussion I want to have. As long as it's related to the hobby, not criminal in nature, and can help or enhance your experience or make your time more enjoyable, I'd like to hear it.


Ideas captured and my responses are logged here (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=104127).

Titus

[Aquattro]

not criminal in nature

There go all my ideas! :)

[Proteus]

I would like to see more write ups on different types of systems weather Berlin, zeo, prodi. Cryptic.

Canreef is by far my go.to place to get info and would like to.have discussion and info here rather than being redirected to RC R2R OR ZEO forums. I know we are a small community but believe it can grow if information is localized

[Reef Pilot]

First, would like to say thank you to you, Titus, for making such a great forum available to us. I have participated (and even mod some) on quite a few forums, incl other hobbies, and have to say, this is one of the best, if not the best, in terms of functionality, great people, and overall value to me as a reef hobbyist. I think a lot of credit has to go to the mods as well, esp Brad, for keeping us all in line. Hope you look after them, too.

Not much more that I could ask for. But a couple things that I might be interested in involve subscriptions. Would be nice to be able to subscribe (and get emails) to a thread without having to first post on it. Also would be nice to be able to subscribe to a member, so I can follow their posts. Of course, it is entirely possible that these capabilities already exist, and I just haven't figured them out yet...

[Aquattro]

Would be nice to be able to subscribe (and get emails) to a thread without having to first post on it.

Pretty sure that already exists under Thread Tools.

[Aquattro]

Pretty sure that already exists under Thread Tools.

Yup, it is an option.

[Reef Pilot]

Yup, it is an option.
Hmmm, and where would I find Thread Tools?

[Aquattro]

Hmmm, and where would I find Thread Tools?

Should be right at the top of the thread, right hand side.

[Scuba Diver Gal]

Maybe this is here, but I would like to be able to find threads that certain users start. A compiled list….people are always saying "have you seen _____ tank build thread on Canreef?" Then I take forever trying to track it down.

Also, how to post photos…I have looked around and can't seem to find that….

And maybe both are here, but I just haven't found them yet. :)

[Aquattro]

Maybe this is here, but I would like to be able to find threads that certain users start. A compiled list….people are always saying "have you seen _____ tank build thread on Canreef?" Then I take forever trying to track it down.

Also, how to post photos…I have looked around and can't seem to find that….

And maybe both are here, but I just haven't found them yet. :)

Search allows you to find all posts by username or threads started by username.

We did a thread on posting photos, but it's quite old and probably inaccurate now.
I think most people prefer using outside hosting sites then linking, but we can work on a how to

[Reef Pilot]

Should be right at the top of the thread, right hand side.
Ahhh, there it is...., learn something every day. Thanks.

Would also be nice to subscribe to a member. Maybe provide that option when you click on the name?

[Slyguy00]

I think it would be nice to see where the person is from before having to click the link, just to find out the seller is in ontario or alberta. Would probably save a lot of hassle.

[Aquattro]

I think it would be nice to see where the person is from before having to click the link, just to find out the seller is in ontario or alberta. Would probably save a lot of hassle.

You're from Abbotsford, right there in your post.

[Reef Pilot]

I think it would be nice to see where the person is from before having to click the link, just to find out the seller is in ontario or alberta. Would probably save a lot of hassle.
+1, maybe show Location right beside the name under the thread name.

[Slyguy00]

You're from Abbotsford, right there in your post.

Yea and the only way to see that is to click on my name or my post. And that to me seems silly. There is no separation between local and distant posts.

[Aquattro]

Yea and the only way to see that is to click on my name or my post. And that to me seems silly. There is no separation between local and distant posts.

Not really an option for that unless the poster suffixes their title with location. We can't enforce that, so it's up to the poster. Some do, some don't.

Also, if I'm willing to ship an item, I wouldn't put location as it's not important to me, and I want the whole country to see it.

But really, clicking a link and then clicking the back button doesn't constitute a hassle in my mind.

Overall, I think it's best left to the poster of the item to decide how they want to advertise. The buyers can then decide (after clicking) whether they want to engage in shipping. I do agree that if you don't want to ship, add location to title, and more people are doing that these days. But from a manual intervention/enforcement view, I'm not checking each post for this.

[Slyguy00]

You can't just make a bc for sale, an alberta for sale etc? Doesn't seem like it would be to hard. People would still have the option,and it would save time going through the posts.

[reefwars]

Contest for junior members

Featured items of the month like zoanthid of the month or fish of the month

Would like to see the library updated

Search function rarely narrows things down to a specific

How about a I'd category just for identifying things people may not know about

I would like to see more important things sticky so they don't get lost in threads

For free category that equipment or livestock can go in



Lot's of things we can do and easily applied to both make the site fun and more user friendly

[Aquattro]

You can't just make a bc for sale, an alberta for sale etc? Doesn't seem like it would be to hard. People would still have the option,and it would save time going through the posts.

That's something I suppose we could look at, although for me, and a lot of people, I hit new posts and it isn't sorted like that. I guess it would work for people that use the board more for buying/selling, but that's never been a priority concern for us. I'll give that some thought though.

[Reef Pilot]

Not really an option for that unless the poster suffixes their title with location. We can't enforce that, so it's up to the poster. Some do, some don't.


I always use the New Posts button on top where it lists all the newest threads. Couldn't Location be added right beside the Member name, underneath the Thread name?

It's not a big deal with me, but if it is a simple change, might be helpful to some.

[reefwars]

My location is places lol :p

[Slyguy00]

Thanks brad that would be cool. I also use the new post button a lot of the time, and totally agree with reef pilot. Just a lil location tag beside there name or something.

[Aquattro]

I always use the New Posts button on top where it lists all the newest threads. Couldn't Location be added right beside the Member name, underneath the Thread name?

It's not a big deal with me, but if it is a simple change, might be helpful to some.

I don't think that's an option. There are also a lot of people that sign up with province or country instead of city.

[Reef Pilot]

Another capability that might be helpful is the ability to change the original thread title (not posts) for a number of reasons.

1. On a FS thread, could add Sold to the end of the thread name, and people wouldn't have to open it, just to find out that the item(s) are sold.

2. Some FS threads might change over time. Eg., the thread name might originally incl several items, some of which might be sold or not available later. Would then not be necessary to start a new thread, or have multiple FS threads to start, which just clutter up the forum.

3. Some topics change with time, and a name change could better reflect the current postings, again, without having to start a new thread. It is still nice to retain the original posts, to see where the thread has gone.

[Aquattro]

Another capability that might be helpful is the ability to change the original thread title (not posts) for a number of reasons.

1. On a FS thread, could add Sold to the end of the thread name, and people wouldn't have to open it, just to find out that the item(s) are sold.

2. Some FS threads might change over time. Eg., the thread name might originally incl several items, some of which might be sold or not available later. Would then not be necessary to start a new thread, or have multiple FS threads to start, which just clutter up the forum.

3. Some topics change with time, and a name change could better reflect the current postings, again, without having to start a new thread. It is still nice to retain the original posts, to see where the thread has gone.

Again, another thing that I don't think is possible with the software. Editing is an all or nothing option, and All never worked out well. Perhaps Titus can look at available options for granularity in this area.

[titus]

Hello

Okay assume for buy sell classified whatever you call it will be built from the ground up and we aren't working within the confines of the current software.

As for write ups yes I'm looking into having a series of different types of write ups from a panel of SMEs in house on Canreef. So nominate some names of who you wish to see doing the writings, from hardware reviews, chemistry, breeding, blah.

Shall we subsidize a university biology or chemistry or fisheries dept so they can identify ways to better do things like controlling algae or whatever? I don't know but maybe Canreef donate a tank setup and let them do their research on it? How should we set it up? What experiments we should do? Any universities or official bodies will be interested?

And then there will be reference libraries of corals, fishes, algae with pictures and characteristics. Each time someone post an ad it'd contribute photos to build this library?

I don't know what we will end up doing, how exactly yet but I want to invest in Canreef this year with some projects. I need some help here with ideas, or maybe even someone to help with running or writing or contacting universities, labs, whatever.

The more crazy ideas we throw in here the better we can do. Don't let the confines of vBulletin 3 / 4 / 5 limit what we can do.

Canreef member QR codes on a Canreef app so you get discounts from participating sponsors? I don't know. Sponsors broadcasting coupons to first 5 responding members? Put your brain muscles to work. Ideas.


Titus

[titus]

Hello

Also for the location of seller thing, I think there is a way to find out via IP very accurately. Just that I have to pay to subscribe for a service. I'll look into this. It's almost 02:00 here so bed time for me. Go on please.


Titus

[Reef Pilot]

Shall we subsidize a university biology or chemistry or fisheries dept so they can identify ways to better do things like controlling algae or whatever? I don't know but maybe Canreef donate a tank setup and let them do their research on it? How should we set it up? What experiments we should do? Any universities or official bodies will be interested?

Maybe free sponsorship for some non-profit or public organizations might incent them to participate on Canreef. That would be great.

Also would be nice to get Vancouver Aquarium and Ripley's (in Toronto) to participate. I am sure they have a few little secrets about reef keeping that we would all like to read about.

[Reef Pilot]

Again, another thing that I don't think is possible with the software. Editing is an all or nothing option, and All never worked out well. Perhaps Titus can look at available options for granularity in this area.
I guess you guys don't have access to the source code, or the ability to add macros, hooks, etc? Of course, I realize that is often not a good idea, with upgrades, testing, etc,...

[kien]

I would like to see a new logo. It would give the site a freshened and updated look :-)

[SteveCGY]

1. Quick Reply
2. Cleaner advertising
3. More mobile friendly/App
4. Easier to post photos/have more photos. Not everyone wants a photobucket.
5. Sold button for Buy/Sell
6. Buy/sell based upon province/main cities
7. Less boring colors and layout

[kien]

1. Quick Reply


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[craigwmiller]

Ability to have replies to subscribed threads *always* be notified to e-mail (instead of just one, and then needing to visit the site to get more).

(might be a limitation on this version of the software)

[kien]

Ability to have replies to subscribed threads *always* be notified to e-mail (instead of just one, and then needing to visit the site to get more).

(might be a limitation on this version of the software)

It's a strange thing but I have noticed this behaviour as well. Sometimes I'll get EACH AND EVERY SINGLE reply to a thread that I've subscribed to emailed to me, but then there are times when I'll get NONE. Or sometimes I'll get one, and then subsequently posted replies I won't get. I suspect it's the algorithm within the software which gets buggered up. Maybe it thinks that it's doing you a favour by trying to avoid spamming you? I dunno. :noidea:

[SteveCGY]

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Yes I hit that then it tells me to hit some other quick reply icon. With all this icon hitting it's not that quick. I should just be able to type in the box then hit post quick reply.done.

[kien]

Yes I hit that then it tells me to hit some other quick reply icon. With all this icon hitting it's not that quick. I should just be able to type in the box then hit post quick reply.done.

You're right, the post quick reply box does appear to be broken ! I've nver used it so never noticed but you can't just click into the boxx and start typing, then submit as you suggested. That's how it should work. Titus, fix it! Please and thank you :-)

Although, you're really only saving yourself from 1 additional click. 2 clicks to post a "quick reply" rather than 3 clicks to post a normal reply :lol:

[Proteus]

Should have a logo contest. ;)


As for the buy and sell I dont think it should be a bigdeal if you cant see the op location until youread ad. As braf said some/most are willingto.ship and some like myself post city within my headline.

After all its probably accurate that most of us have bought from online vendors anyway

A app other than taptalk would be cool

Also. R2R post alot of cool threads on there fb page this could bring alot more people to the site

[ScubaSteve]

As for write ups yes I'm looking into having a series of different types of write ups from a panel of SMEs in house on Canreef. So nominate some names of who you wish to see doing the writings, from hardware reviews, chemistry, breeding, blah.

Shall we subsidize a university biology or chemistry or fisheries dept so they can identify ways to better do things like controlling algae or whatever? I don't know but maybe Canreef donate a tank setup and let them do their research on it? How should we set it up? What experiments we should do? Any universities or official bodies will be interested?

And then there will be reference libraries of corals, fishes, algae with pictures and characteristics. Each time someone post an ad it'd contribute photos to build this library?

I don't know what we will end up doing, how exactly yet but I want to invest in Canreef this year with some projects. I need some help here with ideas, or maybe even someone to help with running or writing or contacting universities, labs, whatever.

The more crazy ideas we throw in here the better we can do. Don't let the confines of vBulletin 3 / 4 / 5 limit what we can do.

Canreef member QR codes on a Canreef app so you get discounts from participating sponsors? I don't know. Sponsors broadcasting coupons to first 5 responding members? Put your brain muscles to work. Ideas.


Titus

I think having a university (or professional public aquarium) on board would be cool. Depending on what sort of time you could get from them, there are a few cool things you can do:

- Reef Mythbusters: there's a lot of BS hocus pocus in the hobby, as well as a lot of truly great stuff that gets passed off as anecdotal and snake oil. Universities are pretty bad for just passing off anything that comes from the hobby as a bunch of bologna (even though there is a lot more daily experience and creative power behind the collective hobby than there is in university settings), so having them prove/disprove some of the myths, methods, additives, etc would both help us as hobbyists and would also help the universities take us more seriously.

- Have the universities help us pioneer into better husbandry and help lower the bar on breeding programs. I think at least once a week I read or hear someone mention that for the hobby to be sustainable, and for us to start giving back to the oceans we love so much, that we need to up the game on breeding. For me, personally, I see my tank as a sort of Noah's Ark where I can show friends and family this amazing world that they never see and is quickly disappearing. Of all people in the world, we hobbyists should be the champions of preservation - not being accused of being parasites on the ecosystem (cough*** Snorkel Bob *** cough). For many species there is little to no financial incentive for breeding efforts, so free enterprise isn't going to step in to fill that roll. But if universities could teach us hobbyists, who arguably may love the ocean world more than our own children, we would tackle breeding simply as a labour of love. If we can make breeding easier so that it could easily be incorporated into an existing reef tank some how (ie. make it sexier than smelly fish rooms) we could start to make leaps and bounds.

- Public Institutions and education: I think this is where we could pair up with places like the Vancouver Aquarium. I've volunteered with the Aquarium in the past but (because they don't take hobbyists seriously) they weren't overly keen when I kept telling them that I'd happily bring in my own demo tank, teach reef classes and even personally take care of the reef tanks (often their corals make me cringe... They make so many rookie mistakes!). There is a lot they can teach us, a lot we can teach and give them - and together there is a lot we could teach the wider public. If the Vancouver Aquarium let a group of us look after the reef tanks I'm pretty confident they'd have the most pimped-out, sexy, spectacular tanks of almost any aquarium - and they'd have the most enthusiastic (maybe overly-enthusiastic) bunch of volunteers that would probably walk around the complex dragging people to come see said sexy reefs.

Aside from the universities, there are a lot of smart people on this forum. I know a number of them have published works with Advanced Aquarist and the like. We should be encouraging them to broadcast and share that knowledge here rather than sending it off to some place where most of our members won't see it. We need to incentivize them to stay here and be our experts.

I could keep going but need to get back to work (maybe Canreef should have a built in timer so we can only procrastinate for so long each day:razz:), but before I do I have two items I'd love to see change on the forum:

- Search function: it'd be smashing if the search function could take me to the exact text I am looking for rather than just show me the thread it's in and highlight it in red when I actually find it. I had to pour through a 24 page thread the other day to find one sentence I was looking for - should have been a 2 second search but instead was 15 minutes of frustration.

Advertising: I'm totally cool with ads here and I often click the ads to go see what sexy corals people have in stock right now (I honestly think this is the first time I've been aware of advertising actually having an effect of me). I like seeing the sponsors displayed - those guys make this site possible! But we really need something better than that ****ing sponsor thread summary monstrosity that plagues the front page - it really detracts from the site and I now often just use a bookmark that links me right into the forums (because I really just look at the buy/sell these days). The Monstrosity is particually a pain in the ass on a mobile device (where most of us spend our Internet lives these days). I've noticed that because I'm annoyed with the front page and just bypass it, I don't see what discussions are happening and don't participate anymore. I stumbled on this thread today accidentally by click the wrong forum link (like the Internet equivalent of taking the wrong turn at Albuquerque).

- Bring the library for the beginners out from being in the dark and buried annals to the front page and make it more than just stickied topics. People new to forums have no idea how to navigate these things and new reefers are so overwhelmed with jargon and just getting a grasp of what the heck is happening, they they never find or never think to look for the stickied articles. So we get the "how do I ...." posts and then someone makes some dick comment saying "Well, if you had ACTUALLY just used the search function..." (and we know how awesome that search function is:neutral:). Same as the idea above with having contributing writers to Canreef - let's make this site a repository for information. Let's find the best way to teach people interested in the hobby, people new to the hobby, people expanding their reefing skills and even helping experts who are pushing the boundaries of the hobby - buried forums and stickies are not the answer to that.

Thanks for the chance to bounce some ideas!

[The Guy]

Another capability that might be helpful is the ability to change the original thread title (not posts) for a number of reasons.

1. On a FS thread, could add Sold to the end of the thread name, and people wouldn't have to open it, just to find out that the item(s) are sold.

2. Some FS threads might change over time. Eg., the thread name might originally incl several items, some of which might be sold or not available later. Would then not be necessary to start a new thread, or have multiple FS threads to start, which just clutter up the forum.

3. Some topics change with time, and a name change could better reflect the current postings, again, without having to start a new thread. It is still nice to retain the original posts, to see where the thread has gone.

Totally agree with this Walter, I have asked for this as well and seems to make a lot of sense to streamline the forum more. I like the idea and also would like to see a persons location when a thread is written without having to open it to find out.
I must say that Canreef is very well run/moderated and enjoy it a lot, :thumb: keep up the good work.

[kien]

1. On a FS thread, could add Sold to the end of the thread name, and people wouldn't have to open it, just to find out that the item(s) are sold.


YES!! This would be so handy. In the past couple of weeks I've had a half a dozen or so people PM me asking for frags from a for sale thread that I posted months ago that clearly stated that ALL ITEMS WERE SOLD! :twised:

[Madreefer]

I think the buy/sell thread should be the only ones that should be able to be edited. There's some posts in the lounge that have been edited in the past with guys back peddling on things they've said after being called out on something. Specifically the Random Thoughts Thread. I've asked for it to be removed from Canreef with no luck. I just don't read the garbage thread anymore, it's just that easy. Other than that there's nothing really needed for the site. It's good.

[Starry]

What about a live chat room?

[mseepman]

What about a live chat room?

This would be interesting. It would probably get off topic fast...but interesting none the less.

[Aquattro]

I think the buy/sell thread should be the only ones that should be able to be edited.

The thing with that, and a pet peeve of mine, is that people remove items as they're sold, or adjust pricing in place, etc. I really like to have a historical database of what sold for how much. It's a good reference when buying or selling. I don't think we can just allow titles without body content getting edited, and regardless of us asking people not to remove things, they still do.

[Aquattro]

What about a live chat room?

We had that for a while. It went off track in about 5 minutes and got forgotten in a couple weeks :)

[BlueTang<3]

Nicer/ friendlier staff... :biggrin:

I miss the buy sell on the front page the 3 extra clicks kills me.

[Aquattro]

It's a strange thing but I have noticed this behaviour as well. Sometimes I'll get EACH AND EVERY SINGLE reply to a thread that I've subscribed to emailed to me, but then there are times when I'll get NONE. Or sometimes I'll get one, and then subsequently posted replies I won't get. I suspect it's the algorithm within the software which gets buggered up. Maybe it thinks that it's doing you a favour by trying to avoid spamming you? I dunno. :noidea:

I always thought the design was you get the first notice, then have to visit the thread to get further ones. I never use it, but RC works that way.

[Aquattro]

YES!! This would be so handy. In the past couple of weeks I've had a half a dozen or so people PM me asking for frags from a for sale thread that I posted months ago that clearly stated that ALL ITEMS WERE SOLD! :twised:

Do you have any frags left??

[Aquattro]

Nicer/ friendlier staff... :biggrin:



I think we offered upgrades and features, not miracles. Sheesh..

[Doug]

Nicer/ friendlier staff... :biggrin:.


:rant:






:kiss:

[StirCrazy]

I think we offered upgrades and features, not miracles. Sheesh..

your telling me :wink:

I kinda like the university idea, but the problem comes up that is it going to be a Canadian university?, if so there won't be a lot of stuff applicable to us as most of there studies are cold water stuff, so a lot of differences, so that would be my only question. the other issue is to get a regular post on related topics from a university, it is going to take more than a little donation, to get a large segment of there time and dedication it would take some big bucks.

there are other ways to "piggyback" on articles and such with subscription services, but I have know idea what they would cost and so on.

I know years ago when ever some one would find an interesting read they would post a link to it and there used to be a lot of discussion on it, but that doesn't seam to happen anymore.

so I guess what I would like to see is a lot more user posted stuff like the old days, we all learned a heck of a lot in a short period of time, mind you we didn't have to many sponsors that we would upset by posting how to make stuff in the DIY forum. so I don't know how much of a concern that would be, and I don't want to be banned for two years for exposing the reality of a deceptive product like I did on reef central .

Steve

[gregzz4]

Just an example of the kinds of threads started that revamping the site would help
I'm sure many of us would benefit from stickies and an up to date library

Setting up a new sump (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=104097)

I've seen many posts on this particular topic over the last quarter, and I've seen many helpful responses from our members
I've personally responded to enough of them on sumps over the last year that I've stopped getting involved

It would definately help everyone if these kinds of topics/answers were easier for everyone to find

[mark]

for buy and selling location simply have people put city in post title. As for entering SOLD, extend time before edit feature is locked out.

[kien]

Do you have any frags left??

For you, yes, lots of Limited Edition Snowapora!!

I've noticed that sometimes I'll get emailed a burst of replies to a thread. So I dunno..

[Aquattro]

For you, yes, lots of Limited Edition Snowapora!!



That would be great, we don't have any of that here :)

[Proteus]

I would like a like button for liking post

[rival10]

Did not read all of the replies so do not know if this was suggested or not. Is there an option to look at posts that are a week old, or a month old....sometimes I read a post, and want to go back to it and the search option has not helped. "New Posts" is great. But sometimes the post is a day or two old. As a newer member I find the site very helpful.

[StirCrazy]

Did not read all of the replies so do not know if this was suggested or not. Is there an option to look at posts that are a week old, or a month old....sometimes I read a post, and want to go back to it and the search option has not helped. "New Posts" is great. But sometimes the post is a day or two old. As a newer member I find the site very helpful.

yup, go to the main log in page, scroll down to the bottom and there is the view threads buttons, you can pick last day 2 week 2 ect....


Steve

[Dearth]

I would like to see a new logo. It would give the site a freshened and updated look :-)

+1



Other random thoughts

Online store I would love to buy some Canreef trinkets(t-shirts, hats, pens, key chains and so on.....) might have to be on a trial basis though as it costs to do this

Newbie contest those starting up first time tanks probably would appreciate the notice prizes not necessary but just having their picture posted is pride enough only open to first timers though those who have been in it a year or more would have an unfair advantage

As social media is huge might be worth looking into advertising the site on mainstream but again is cost involved and is it worth it

Buy/Sell forum is one that has its use but at the same time seems to be a massive thorn in many people's sides I haved used the Buy/Sell before but its a forum I can also live without maybe look into linking it to its own site as it appears to fusterated a lot of people having a link to it's own site might be easier to maintain

Just my 5 cents(seeing as we no longer have the penny)

[Phil]

Canreef is a business and exists with help of Vendors

First u need to bring back vendors lowering the fees helps bring new vendors

New vendors from different areas will bring more members
Yes u make less money but with more vendors= more money anyway

Look how many vendor left due to the increasing costs.
Most of the members In Edmonton also left do to the vendors leaving.
(Using Facebook instead)

More vendors = more members = more money

It's sad to say but without vendor canreef will not be here.

Me and reefwars tryed to explain this before and the thread got off topic really quick and got deleted.

I will say it's nice to see Titus on here actually looking at the problem we told u was going to happen.

[Phil]

Last post for the night lol

Let's brake down the vendor lists

Wholesales(don't really count)
Aqua digital
Reef whole sale
Seacare

Home based

Reef supply's canada
Kraken
Frag cave
Madjelly
Modular led
Fijirock

Brick and morter

Concepts (onley still he because of Denny)
Reef supplies (go reef)
BRS (USA)
Fragbox
Pets and ponds

Now let's say I talk to aqua digital I want some tropical marine stuff I get sent to aquarium illusions (non sponsor ) so now I have to switch to Facebook as there on there to talk about a product. (I'm no longer on canreef)

As this grows it's a snow ball effect.

Now let's look at who left

Brick and morter.

Aquarium illusions
Redcoral
Blue world
Marine experience
Marine aquaria

Home based

Snappy (back with concepts but still a lost store)

There's more I can't remember off the top of my head.

And I know your gonna see more leave befor more come back.

[titus]

Hello,

Guys and gals, I've read through all your comments and ideas. I've started a separate thread to capture and responded to them here (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=104127).

Please have a look and continue to discuss. If you have ideas, please voice out. If you can help to contact the aquariums and academics, please put some proposals here. I can't do everything on my own and not all ideas will be implemented but I do want to hear what you think and have to suggest.

Titus

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

My four main suggestions have already been discussed:

Make surfing canreef on my smartphone more accessible/user friendly

Make it easier to post pics on the site

On another fish forum I belong to, we can look up the list of members currently on, click on their name and start chatting/IMing immediately. Very painless process. This would be a good way to build a stronger community, cause IMing increases communications.

Editing function - sometimes its a bit of a pain that you can only change or add to a post in the first 15 minutes. At least change this for the classifieds so sellers can edit items off their list or change prices over time.

[The Guy]

My four main suggestions have already been discussed:

Make surfing canreef on my smartphone more accessible/user friendly

Make it easier to post pics on the site

On another fish forum I belong to, we can look up the list of members currently on, click on their name and start chatting/IMing immediately. Very painless process. This would be a good way to build a stronger community, cause IMing increases communications.

Editing function - sometimes its a bit of a pain that you can only change or add to a post in the first 15 minutes. At least change this for the classifieds so sellers can edit items off their list or change prices over time.
I agree, especially with the last editing function statement, it would sure help to streamline the classified section.

[titus]

Hello,

Okay in terms of being able to edit the first post, the current behavior of only able to edit within the first 15 min was really brought about with us having to maintain some sort of trail of what have been posted to prevent people from completely deleting the contents after items have been sold or pulled.

If we introduce a new area where any items posted can be flagged with the appropriate statuses, then there should be no more concern here. However because we see merits of leaving the 15 min to prevent people from back tracking what they has been said.

Can we start putting together a list of names to be nominated as our resident SMEs? I'd like to see us having streams of periodicals written in the themes of Breeding, Chemistry, etc. Any nominations from the academia or the aquariums?

Titus

[MitchM]

I have the general impression that quality information is hard to find here.
I see lots of posts regarding colours, appearance and photography, but specific coral care information is hit and miss.
The quality of the membership is the most important, and I would like to see a better organization of information so that if someone wishes to get into the finer details of coral growth and breeding, the information can be found quickly. The search function is fine, but you can spend a lot of time, especially if you are new here, going through irrelevant posts.

The hobby has come so far in the last 10 years, I would like to see people take it to the next level. I can get together what articles and information I have found valuable, and I'm sure there are others here that contribute a lot of valuable information as well.

There just needs to some sort of "tree" organization for all the great information and research that has been done over the years.

[Aquattro]

so sellers can edit items off their list.

Anthony, exactly the reason it isn't allowed. We don't want items removed.

[Reef Pilot]

Maybe free sponsorship for some non-profit or public organizations might incent them to participate on Canreef. That would be great.

Also would be nice to get Vancouver Aquarium and Ripley's (in Toronto) to participate. I am sure they have a few little secrets about reef keeping that we would all like to read about.

And Titus in his sticky thread (now closed) asked:
"I am interested and listening. Can you put together a case and if you know someone in these organizations who may be interested?"

I don't know people in those organizations, but possibly others on canreef do. The case would be to increase awareness of their programs and facilities. For universities, this might attract young canreef members to enroll in courses and studies that they otherwise may not have been interested in. And for aquariums, would increase interest in exhibits and events which would increase attendance and revenues.

[The Guy]

Hello,

Okay in terms of being able to edit the first post, the current behavior of only able to edit within the first 15 min was really brought about with us having to maintain some sort of trail of what have been posted to prevent people from completely deleting the contents after items have been sold or pulled.

If we introduce a new area where any items posted can be flagged with the appropriate statuses, then there should be no more concern here. However because we see merits of leaving the 15 min to prevent people from back tracking what they has been said.

Can we start putting together a list of names to be nominated as our resident SMEs? I'd like to see us having streams of periodicals written in the themes of Breeding, Chemistry, etc. Any nominations from the academia or the aquariums?

Titus
Hi Titus:
If items in the first post can be flagged as to there current status it would be a terrific upgrade. I could live with the 15 minute statement editing time if the flagging was added, my suggestions for flagging would be SOLD, PENDING SALE, PRICE UPDATE. Thanks for taking the time to address issues on the forum.

Cheers Laurie

[The Codfather]

I've looked through a lot of this thread, there are some good ideas.
One thing to keep in mind is this, I've noticed that quite a few people, myself included, don't really know what the site is capable of.
I've been on this site for years, I'm still finding out the "ins and outs" of the functions. I've found something that works and have never questioned it. Truth be told, if I knew the capabilities of the site maybe I'd do things a bit differently.
Then again, I'm old and lazy, so I'm sure I'll just keep doing the same old thing.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

And Titus in his sticky thread (now closed) asked:
"I am interested and listening. Can you put together a case and if you know someone in these organizations who may be interested?"

I don't know people in those organizations, but possibly others on canreef do. The case would be to increase awareness of their programs and facilities. For universities, this might attract young canreef members to enroll in courses and studies that they otherwise may not have been interested in. And for aquariums, would increase interest in exhibits and events which would increase attendance and revenues.

I know people within the Vancouver Aquarium and the non-profit Vancouver Aquatic Hobbyist Society (VAHS) fish club and can let them know to contact you, Titus.

Anthony

Edit: Have sent off appropriate notification emails to have them contact you, Titus.

[reefwars]

more pm's!!!!

i go through the 100 almost weekly lol

or have it so it was 100 inbox and 100 outbox


sucks that we have to use an external photo program to copy and paste pics, but at the same time at least its 30 img's vs 10 on RC lol

[The Grizz]

A person that grows there own coral and has there own web site to sell frags should be allowed to post a FS add on CanReef without being a sponser, period!! If we are all in this hobby together then the best way to keep it alive to buy from other hobbyists that have grown the coral and help let the oceans rebuild the reefs naturally.

I personally now of one person that has been banded because SOMEONE ratted him out for a website that had not been updated for over 3 yrs..........why.........simply because he was selling frags for a LOT less then the most. Stores/vendors that carry many many different items can make there profit in many ways to keep the lights on but this one particular person that I am referring to only sells frags to support there own tanks like I do in my other ventures that can not be named here.

Ok this might be just a rant but it bugs me so nough said.

[Aquattro]

I personally now of one person that has been banded because SOMEONE ratted him out for a website that had not been updated for over 3 yrs..........

No Greg, he was banned for his outrageous reply to PM. Get facts straight before you vent, k?

[Myka]

Awesome Titus, I'm really excited to see what you have in store this year! :D

I think there should be some sort of "supporting vendor" option that is more affordable for home-based or smaller businesses. Besides Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver most of the stores are relatively small and the current sponsor fees are too high for the revenue generated.

As far as updating articles - I've been wanting to update some articles I've written, but it's not easy for me to do this. I have to harass Brad to edit it for me. :D

[Aquattro]

I have to harass Brad to edit it for me. :D

Putting it mildly!! :) Ya, know, if you were interested in regularly updating/doing articles, we might be able to work something out.

[Myka]

I could do like a once a month or once every 2nd month sort of thing. Subject requests would be a good idea...

[Aquattro]

I could do like a once a month or once every 2nd month sort of thing. Subject requests would be a good idea...

I'll look at options and PM you in a bit, thx

[The Grizz]

No Greg, he was banned for his outrageous reply to PM. Get facts straight before you vent, k?
Redacted.........

[Aquattro]

Yes I know the reply was outrageous but what started it was what I was referring to leading up to the hammer

I've given you my reasoning via PM. Let's no ruin Titus' thread with it :)

[The Grizz]

I've given you my reasoning via PM. Let's no ruin Titus' thread with it :)

I will say no more about it.............or maybe anything at all........


carry on people........nothing to see here.........

[DAVE]

I think there should be some sort of "supporting vendor" option that is more affordable for home-based or smaller businesses. Besides Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver most of the stores are relatively small and the current sponsor fees are too high for the revenue generated.




This is spot on. Why don't you offer two types of sponsorship levels? Have greater perks for the higher fees (i.e. own sub forum, bigger ad in the banner, etc) The amount of small business that are starting up to support the demand of the hobby is growing at a an extremely fast pace. This forum can either keep up with the changing economics of the hobby or it can fall behind and be left in the dust.

We should be trying to support the small businesses trying to make it in this field, not raping them for a ridiculous sponsorship fee that will take months and numerous sales just to recoup the costs.

Whats going to end up happening is you will have businesses sign up for 1 year, get there name out, and then there gone! Doesn't seem very sustainable.

Sponsors bring in people, people bring in sponsors. Don't think I am right? Look at Reef2Reef.

[Seriak]

I miss the buy sell on the front page the 3 extra clicks kills me.

+1

I like perusing all new posts on one page and not have to go into the forum section to specifically look at buy/sell. I pretty much don't look at buy/sell anymore which is potentially a loss to sellers.

[Myka]

Personally, I have little use for the buy & sell forums.


- Search function: it'd be smashing if the search function could take me to the exact text I am looking for rather than just show me the thread it's in and highlight it in red when I actually find it. I had to pour through a 24 page thread the other day to find one sentence I was looking for - should have been a 2 second search but instead was 15 minutes of frustration.

There IS an easy way. Click "show results by post" instead of the automatic "show results by thread". That would take you at least to the post where the phrase was.


Sent from my Dungeon using mad Ninja Skillz.

[Aquattro]

+1

I like perusing all new posts on one page and not have to go into the forum section to specifically look at buy/sell. I pretty much don't look at buy/sell anymore which is potentially a loss to sellers.

If you click the new posts button at the top of every page, it shows ALL new posts, including buy and sell.

[spit.fire]

Personally the only 3 things I'd like to see changed are

1. Sold button (as you said it is being addressed)

2. Lower cost of sponsorship (lots of smaller stores don't have the budget to become a sponsor)

3. I'd like to be able to see posts/threads by individual members on tapatalk (option is there but it doesn't work)

[neoh]

(to quick reply, you would click on the third icon bottom right of each post next to the '' box) then you can type and click 'post quick reply.')

I would like to see a feedback system. And a way to donate to the site to pay for the upkeep of it, and to offset the cost to sponsors. Then a "Donator' badge.

[mike31154]

I would like a like button for liking post

Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but you can "add to a person's reputation" by clicking on the little scale of justice icon, top right corner of any post. This causes the green button count to increase in number/value depending on the number of reputation clicks a person gets. Most of us are mere mortals 'on a distinguished road'. A certain mod has way too many green lights, not sure how that happened :). He is superhuman.....or a diamond in the rough... words to that effect...

I'll even fix you up with a click for bringing up the subject.

EDIT: While on the subject, perhaps a method of accessing reputation info for members themselves might not be a bad idea. I've had a quick look & other than the pop up I get when hovering over my own 'green' button, there appears no way of knowing who has contributed to my reputation & what the associated comments were. Also no way of reviewing the comments I've made when adding to another member's reputation.

[Aquattro]

I've had a quick look & other than the pop up I get when hovering over my own 'green' button, there appears no way of knowing who has contributed to my reputation & what the associated comments were.

This is contained at the bottom of your User CP page.

Don't thank me, just add to my collection of points :)

[mike31154]

This is contained at the bottom of your User CP page.

Don't thank me, just add to my collection of points :)

Kewl, thanks! I guess I didn't look hard enough.

That shows threads & comments from reps received. Is there somewhere I can review the ones I left for others???

[Madreefer]

What this site really needs is a forum called

New To The Hobby

So many silly things being asked over and over in the Reef and Marine Fish forums. And start it out with a sticky on the dont's. I really don't understand why guys are constantly putting their hands in their tanks and fiddling around.

[Aquattro]

. Is there somewhere I can review the ones I left for others???


Sorry, I don't see anything like that.

[Aquattro]

What this site really needs is a forum called

New To The Hobby



http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=25

I do admit, your title sounds better, and might generate some traffic :)

[Aquattro]

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=25

I do admit, your title sounds better, and might generate some traffic :)

Ok, I stole your title and will look into how the forum works. Apparently new articles are reviewed by staff for relevance before publishing. Hmm :neutral:

[Aquattro]

New to the Hobby forum looks like the last post was 2006. Probably because it was closed.
I've opened it and get an email if anything gets posted.

So, anyone that wants to contribute, post away and let's see how it works :)

[Madreefer]

New to the Hobby forum looks like the last post was 2006. Probably because it was closed.
I've opened it and get an email if anything gets posted.

So, anyone that wants to contribute, post away and let's see how it works :)

Ummm where's it at?

[Aquattro]

Ummm where's it at?

sub forum of General. Or you can't see it :)

Go here, 3rd one down?

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/index.php

[Madreefer]

Or you can't see it :)



Nope

[Dearth]

sub forum of General. Or you can't see it :)

Go here, 3rd one down?

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/index.php

No forum is visible with that name

[Aquattro]

No forum is visible with that name

damn. Let me work on that :)

[Aquattro]

Ok, I think that got it. It's only been hidden for about 7 years lol

[The Grizz]

Don't know if it's been suggested yet but a way to upload or embed videos in tank journals would be nice.


Stay clear..... this Bear bites off limbs!!

[Azzkr]

Not sure if it posted anywhere but a sticky about HRV units, ways to remove moisture from the house or fish room as a bunch of new people might forget about this and create mold in the house.

[Aquattro]

Not sure if it posted anywhere but a sticky about HRV units, ways to remove moisture from the house or fish room as a bunch of new people might forget about this and create mold in the house.

Good idea, we'll look at that as an article.

[titus]

Hello,

Sorry I've been hiding in a dungeon working on a few things. Just posted my replies to some some ideas and feedbacks here (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=877567).

Continue to gather ideas, feedbacks, etc. If you don't hear from me that's because I'm really seriously busy working on stuff. But I know where I have left off so I'll pick up when I return.

Titus