FishloreReviews of fishlore.com

Fishlore is mostly what it claims to be - it's fun, friendly and active. As of recently, however, there have been some... political issues with it. It seems that some moderators behave in a questionable way; banning large amounts of members for little reasons. Fishlore itself may not gain anything from banning members as Mike says, but moderators as individuals may get a little up themselves, in regards to their power over regular members. Think of it as a power trip. I've been using Fishlore for about 7 months, and this October is the first time I've had issues with the forum and how it's run, except for some slight discomfort at the amount of content that is removed/locked by moderators. Most reviewers here seem to be biased, be it towards Fishlore or against it. Fishlore is a great place, but some people there need to grow up, to be honest. I actually left a 5-star review on this very page a few months ago under a different name, but that is sadly no longer opinion. As you may have heard, FL posted this on their news bulletin: "Fishloreans - Unfortunately some banned members have put out some bad reviews of our forum. Let's drown them out and show the world that this is a safe, friendly and fun place for all hobbyists.If you have found fishlore.com to be helpful, please rate us here: Fishlore on Trustpilot Thank you!" First of all, this seems a little corrupt. I understand that some reviews have an emotional bias but some are pretty reasonable. Instead of trying to "drown out" bad reviews, Fishlore should dig deeper and find out what is making so many people unhappy. I'm also concerned by a response left by Mike here: "Thank you! Glad to see people are able to see through what the competitor forum is trying to do here." I can confirm that the "competitor forum" (FishForums.net) is NOT trying to undermine Fishlore or gain more members. I know this because I am a member on both forums and I know the group that moved over there, as well as the banned members. Overall, I really do like Fishlore, but I feel that it's turned sour. Hopefully that's temporary.

Safe place for children and experienced people to ask questions and get answers about aquariums. Foul language is blocked and abuse is not tolerated. Bring your civil, curious self and you will be satisfied with the community.

Very helpful. A few rude people, but over all very nice community.

I found the forum overall wasn't as large as i expected, a few members accounting for much of the activity. This wasn't an issue until I realized several we're pretty biased and not very well informed, some even borderline rude. It also seemed the staff harrassed certain members, just poor tact. I'm still a member but never use the site anymore, between YouTube channels, Facebook groups and other forums there are just simply better resources available.

Love this, look into the member profiles when asking questions and especially getting answers for accurate information

Find people really helpful will recommend to my fish friends 🖒🖒

Awful Admin . Very Childish Forum .

I’ve been a fishlorian for a few years now and can tell you this is the best fish forum on the net. I want to be fair here and note that before I wrote my review, I read through the reviews posted by fellow members, it’s sad to see 90% of the negative reviews were posted by “banned” members. I mean, how hard it’s it to follow the rules? I do recognize some of the avatars and names from some of these banned persons and can tell you that they will only continue their online shenanigans elsewhere. Good riddance! That just leaves the good aquarium peeps on Fishlore!