Rather strange suggestion- an AA fish show!

[SpaceFish42]

I'm not at all a cichlid expert, but wouldn't it be easier to condense SA and African cichlids into just one category?

 

[ImACoolguy]

I'm not at all a cichlid expert, but wouldn't it be easier to condense SA and African cichlids into just one category?

That's what I was thinking.

Salty:

-inverts
-damsels (including clowns)
-predators (lionfish, puffers, etc)
-eels
-tangs
-wrasse
-Angels
-larger fish(groupers, large Angels, etc)


Caleb

 

[PoppaRyno]

That's what I was thinking.

Salty:

-inverts
-damsels (including clowns)
-predators (lionfish, puffers, etc)
-eels
-tangs
-wrasse
-Angels
-larger fish(groupers, large Angels, etc)


Caleb

Love this idea. Make it happen called, your that man.

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[Fishobsessed7]

I'm not at all a cichlid expert, but wouldn't it be easier to condense SA and African cichlids into just one category?

Think that that would be too broad. Their are tons and tons of different cichlids and I think that having the two categories would just be better.


Fishobsessed7

3 tanks and counting! (6 if you count the bettas)

 

[emerald76]

I'm not at all a cichlid expert, but wouldn't it be easier to condense SA and African cichlids into just one category?

Too much difference in the two- especially since your discus and angels would be lumped in there too.


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[SpaceFish42]

Okay, that makes sense.

 

[NatureFish]

I'm glad we are planning things like this. If we didn't it would probably not be as successful.


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[sinibotia]

Honestly angelfish and discus should practically have their own category. And there's no loach category!

 

[ImACoolguy]

Honestly angelfish and discus should practically have their own category. And there's no loach category!

I suggested loaches/eels in my suggestion for catagpries I believe

EDIT: I said scaleless and lumped them with bichir and pleco's and stuff

Caleb

 

[sinibotia]

I suggested loaches/eels in my suggestion for catagpries I believe

EDIT: I said scaleless and lumped them with bichir and pleco's and stuff

Caleb

Why wouldn't plecos be with catfish?

 

[Macscale]

If you guys really want to attempt this, then it shouldn't be so complicated. If it takes so long to find your category and such, people won't enter.
I believe it will be easiest if you just have 3 to 5 categories max.
I don't know much about freshwater anymore, but for saltwater you could do.
1. Bottoms dwellers and perchers (includes gobies, blennies, jawfish and eels.
2. Tangs and Angelfish
3. Predators (includes pufferfish.)
4. Variety Fish (clowns, damsels, cardinals, anything not elsewhere listed.
5. Wrasse.
Just my opinion though.

 

[ImACoolguy]

Why wouldn't plecos be with catfish?

I put them all together? Your exams are messing with your head lol


Caleb

 

[sinibotia]

I put them all together? Your exams are messing with your head lol


Caleb

My exams are way over. I'm paying more attention to baseball and fishing lol

 

[Fishobsessed7]

I think a bottom feeder/catfish as a category?


Fishobsessed7

3 tanks and counting! (6 if you count the bettas)

 

[emerald76]

If you guys really want to attempt this, then it shouldn't be so complicated. If it takes so long to find your category and such, people won't enter.
I believe it will be easiest if you just have 3 to 5 categories max.
I don't know much about freshwater anymore, but for saltwater you could do.
1. Bottoms dwellers and perchers (includes gobies, blennies, jawfish and eels.
2. Tangs and Angelfish
3. Predators (includes pufferfish.)
4. Variety Fish (clowns, damsels, cardinals, anything not elsewhere listed.
5. Wrasse.
Just my opinion though.

I like this list for saltwater. It's just hard categorizing in great lumps because then what do we judge on? You've got to separate it to some degree and jut by continents isn't going to fly. I agree with sinbotia in that we probably could use a discus/angels category. Thing being, freshwater is bigger here to be honest, so we need a little more wiggle room with categories so we don't end up judging a guppy against a Cory. On the same note, should we even include schoolers? How does one judge a schooler? We definitely need our showpiece fish- livebearers, SA and African cichlids, discus/angels, and maybe catfish/plecos, but I'm not sure where to put or even if we should include schoolers. We need an oddball section (BGK, anyone?) for sure though.


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[NatureFish]

I think this needs to be a little more organized. Someone put together a list that has everyone's suggestions included into the list so everyone's happy and then we can vote yay or nay on the final list.


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[PoppaRyno]

Ugh... I'll see if I can find the category template from some of the shows I've done. It'll at least be a good guideline with which to start.

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[SpaceFish42]

Would it be better to have two separate fish shows, one for FW and one for SW?

 

[ImACoolguy]

Would it be better to have two separate fish shows, one for FW and one for SW?

+1 to this. Keep this separate and have less confusion.


Caleb

 

[NatureFish]

Ok let's just do freshwater for now then. If it goes well we can add the salties.


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