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[Lotus]

I think I'd like to see some more of the silly add-ons that I've seen on other sites (like gifts, karma, games, etc.). It's not that I really want them personally, I just think it would suit our membership.

Another thing I'd really like is custom titles. Maybe for members that reach 2,000 posts or 1,500 posts (something after Super Fish). More "standard" avatars to choose from would be nice.

A lot of people spend a lot of time on this site, and we may as well make it more fun

I know we used to have some Lounge games (like What Fish Am I and This or That), maybe we need to start those up again.

[Cichlid-Man]

We need to start the Whos shoes are these game again!

Johnny, you would of gotten a much better response to this if it had been an MFT Thong.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Cichlid-Man

Johnny, you would of gotten a much better response to this if it had been an MFT Thong.

Because T-Man wants one really bad.

[Cichlid-Man]

I really really do. If you need someone to model them for all the members let me know

[Airborneguy]

I like the Karma option.

[pwrmacG4]

I think that there should be a aquatic plant profiles thread. where you can look up plants and learn about how to take care of them. also.. When we look up a plant/fish in the plant/fish profiles, it'd be nice to have a button to add it to a list of species we own. It is kinda hard to remember all the latin names. It would help out other members too when they look at your journal or profile.

[silver dollars]

I get on MFT everyday like 5-6 times!! I come on to see if there are any interesting threads about cichlids, breeding, Rate my Tank, etc. I look forward to these threads so I can learn more and more about different kinds of fish so that one day if I ever get one of the fish i will already know about them because of a thread on here If i never found this website I would probably given up on the hobby. But im glad I found it! And mostly everyone on here is friendly and very helpful to everyone. I love MFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remembered how i found MFT I went to one of my lfs and got Blue Rams and Gold Rams. I remeber both pairs started to breed and i looked up information about them. Then i came across this place and decided to join. And I've been hooked ever since

[Sweetpeas_mom]

Hi everyone!
I am brand new to this forum and love what I see regarding other fish-owners. I plan to visit often and see what people have to say about their "scaley-kids". I have a few non-fish pets... 2 dogs, 1 parrotlet and an African Fat_tailed gecko.
My fish-kids are:
3 Albino cory-cats
1 Green gold cory
1 Cardinal tetra
2 neon tetra
1 Red Serpa tetra
2 Black skirted tetras
1 Mountain minnow
1 Male Cherry barb
1 HUGE platy
all in a 10 gallon tank
I've had these little guys for 3-4 years now. I have seen eggs on the side of the tank and now know they were cory eggs. I hope to breed corys in the future, so I know at least ONE is a female (one albino is huge and fatter than the rest.)
Any good pointers folks? Water is fairly cool and I add water each week to keep the temp cool and replace any evaporated water.

This is a great website and would like to see more cool avatars.
Cheers!

[arcab4]

thanks for the suggestions! keep them coming! there's only 2 days left!

[Big Vine]

Many folks mentioned the tightly-knit community of friendly people who go a long ways in making this site a great place to be...and I agree completely.

There are plenty of places on the net to find the fish-related information you're looking for, but it doesn't mean squat when the information you get is questionable/inaccurate. Or even worse, when the people treat you with anything less than the respect you deserve. Oftentimes folks on other forums I've looked into are much too quick to jump down the throats of newcomers (and each other's throats) whenever something is questionable. All too often I've seen new members on these sites receive a scolding before they even knew what they had done wrong---and many of them fail to return (without receiving solutions to their problems) at all. Even worse---a great deal of these folks quit the hobby altogether out of frustration.

I'm very happy to say that MFT offers a much more personable atmosphere.
Visitors and new members to the site are treated with respect and are given the advice they need for further advancement within the hobby. In the rarer instances in which advice is off the mark, other members are quick to chime in and clear things up without alienating others. MFTers are treated as unique individuals (which is what we are!) and not just mere numbers or bits of data flowing across the myriad of interconnected networks which make up this vast 'universe' we call 'the web.'


As far as any suggestions on changes/improvements to MFT...
I really don't have many, because I think this site is already steaming ahead just fine and dandy! Something that comes to mind is along the lines of others' suggestions regarding more smilies...

I would take this even further and suggest that we categorize smilies so that you don't have to wait nearly as long whenever you click on 'More' to see the ones that aren't sitting available on the screen right in front of you. In other words, we could maybe list 'Happy/Positive Smilies' (using the standard smile as the icon for the clickable link which then expands a window full of happy faces, thumbsup, and the like) under one category. Another category could be 'Sad/Negative Smilies' (using the standard pouty face as the icon for the clickable link which then expands a window full of pouty faces, thumbsdown, and the like). This could be continued for 'Surprise/Shock' Smilies, 'Sarcastic Smilies,' and the rest could then be 'All Other Smilies.'

Keep in mind that those ^^^ are just examples of how we could categorize things. The main advantage in doing something like this would be in the loading times saved by expanding a window of one category of smilies versus the current method which involves clicking on the 'More' link, which then brings up a window of all the smilies.

Anyway, I think this site is great Johnny, and I really can't think of a whole lot else that can be improved upon. I'm happy with things as-is, which is why choose to keep sticking around.

BV