FishloreReviews of fishlore.com

I joined Fishlore back in October, and in just that short amount of time, I’ve learned a HUGE amount. It’s probably the best forum I’ve ever been on! It’s incredibly active, and you’re likely to get help with most problems within 20 minutes of posting. You will get very good advice (most of the time). It’s a very welcoming environment, and I frequently find myself logging on just to chat! Yes, you will occasionally get poor advice from inexperienced people, but that’s to be expected in any public forum. The good thing about Fishlore is its intolerance of this poor advice. Other members will quickly correct false information and provide more accurate facts instead. It is also HEAVILY monitored by a team of wonderful moderators who work very hard to ensure a pleasant and family-friendly environment. Excessively rude or aggressive comments are either deleted or edited by a moderator very quickly if necessary. The mods understand that kids are able to view this forum, and do their best to keep things clean. They also participate in the conversations and add their own knowledge and experience, unlike some other forums I’ve been on. Some members can be quite direct, but they don’t mean to be rude. I’ve seen many people get offended by some of these members, only to find out it was a complete misunderstanding. When you get to know these members, many are honestly wonderful people. This site is filled to the brim with knowledgeable and helpful people, and there is always someone around willing to answer your questions. They saved the lives of some of my fish, and I am incredibly grateful. It isn’t even entirely centered around fishkeeping. Many people there also keep reptiles, birds, amphibians, invertebrates, mammals, and houseplants of all sorts. You can ask a question about a lizard or a monstera, and still get plenty of good advice. I can’t recommend this forum more to new or experienced keepers. It’s a friendly place filled with great people.

Amazing! Love this place, it has a ton of very helpful people on there, and I love discussing fish with people. The mods are great! And for all the negative reviews about mods. They can be very strict, but there are kids, they need to keep it clean. And for other people on here, we all try to be as kind as possible, and I have only ever seen 1 fight break out and I've been here for a year. And I've seen reviews about the well known tags mean nothing and stuff, they aren't supposed to mean anything, see how long they've been in the hobby, and go off that.

I am a new fish keeper so I have limited basis to evaluate the accuracy of advice I have received. However, I do research other sources and consider supporting rationale and evidence. in doing so, I think I get good information from Fishlore. I also get conflicting information. But I see that as the essential nature of public forums. People are free to share their opinions. Some opinions are based on more evidence and experience than others. Everybody taking information from public forums must take anything they hear with a grain of salt. I have been to a few fishkeeping forums. I find myself coming back to Fishlore. I get high quality replies to my questions. I also get low quality replies. It is my responsibility to sort out the high quality from the low quality. I am not paying for professional quality advice. I am getting free advice. In so doing, I must understand that some of the advice I am getting is bad advice. That is the nature of public forums. I would suspect that to be true in any public forum. I feel like my fish keeping knowledge has been accelerated through my participation on Fishlore.

Everyone I have met over the past year on this site has been very friendly and helpful, the moderators are very fair and don't play favorites and are very friendly overall. Everyone is very willing to help beginners, the only "problem" I've noticed is that people can get a bit frustrated with people who refuse to learn and continue to do things that will harm or kill their fish, but that's perfectly understandable since fish are still live animals with feelings. Experience ranges from getting started to 20+ years, there are even some experienced breeders on the site who are very helpful too. If you want nice, helpful, and experienced fish keepers, this is the first place I'd send you.

Need ask some questions i have small 11 sec videos of my 5 gallon betta fish tank. White stuff keeps building up top water and filter. I change water but seems come back in a week. Had my betta 15 months

Unlike some fish keeping forums, Fishlore doesn't promote Parroting...where some members repeat remarks they've seen elsewhere but don't have a clue about what they're saying. The level of real expertise on this forum is its main feature

I really like it! It almost feels like social media! The members here help answer my questions. This place feels like home.

i think Fishlore is amazing, i have gotten to know so many people and so many great information and helpfull folks! yeah the moderators can be a little strict but thats a good thing, this is a website where kids can go on and they have to make sure its kids friendly. People giving nagatives reviews here are just immature, like the comment left by Debbie who would always be rude to others who didnt agree with her, but the minute the moderators call her out then she ran to this website to leave negative reviews? dont believe everything you read.