FishloreReviews of fishlore.com

I’ve been reading Fishlore’s poor reviews here and find it concerning that Fishlore’s response to the majority of them is to report the negative situation/post to a Fishlore Moderator. News Flash: The customer service at Fishlore is poor and the problem IS the moderators. My personal experience has been that the moderators often address novice fish-keepers with judgemental assumptions if they address them at all, and they often address experienced fish-keepers with condescending debates that serve no purpose but to confuse the novice OP. Also, I’ve personally found the knowledge / skill level of the Fishlore moderators to be alarmingly low.

For a fish info forum, this site is the last one I will go to from now on. I made an account in hopes of getting some helpful tips in regards to a new tank I had set up. Keep in mind, I've had 10 gal to 60 gal tanks for the past 10 years (I've had everything from community tropical fish to cichlids to Oscars to newts/axolotls to goldfish to angelfish). But only recently have I began introducing a large amount of live plants and fresh water shrimp. If you ask a simple question, it's almost a guarantee you'll get some snappy rude comments. Not only that, but even after you create an account and post a few threads, your access to simply replying to certain threads/topics is restricted! You have to post a thread 50 TIMES before you have full access to replying to the forums. So unless you spam the threads (which is against the rules obviously) you might not be able to respond to a sale/trade thread for MONTHS! There are far better fish forum sites to go to for help or info.

i don't like this website at all and i hate that it always shows up a the top of my searches. Most of the members are know it all's. It's very cliquey, the mods have enormous ego's (hello it's a fish forum relax), the members are so quick to be mean and unwelcoming to new members, they treat people who don't know and make mistakes horribly and most people give horrible horrible advice! better off just following youtubers and get info from reliable resources.

NEVER SEEN SUCH MEAN AND UNPROFESSIONAL MODERATORS MANAGING A FORUM. THEY ENJOY BANNING PEOPLE INSTEAD OF OFFERING A WARM ENVIRONMENT. . I WAS BANNED WITH NO WARNING FROM the admin Rivieraneo because i POSTED A PHOTO THAT WAS NOT MINE AND I REPLIED TO THIS MOD BY SAYING THAT THE PHOTO ACTUALLY WAS PART OF THE LINK I INSERTED ON MY POST BUT THAT MISERABLE HATEFUL person, STILL BANNED ME. NOW I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THESE GUYS. SHAME ON YOU AND I HOPE PEOPLE REALLY LEARN WHAT THEY REALLY ARE.

I read this in the section today about the history of fishlore.com "I wanted to create a place where those new to the hobby could come to ask questions and not feel stupid or get ridiculed for asking those questions. I also wanted a place where there was an underlying respect for ALL of the members, not just the senior members. On some of the other boards it seems like the senior members have forgotten that they too were new to this hobby at one point. Some of those senior folks really thought of themselves as experts, I mean really, how could anyone possibly be an expert in this hobby - No way Hose A. " They are rediculously strict on what language their members can use HOWEVER on their very site written by the founder, MIKE he uses a derogatory term for the Spanish pronouciation of Joseph (Jose) and turns it into HOSE A. I got banned for life because I called a fish a little turd because it is hard to catch. I can understand wanting to keep bullies out and make it a safe and welcoming place for everyone to join in but I think they have taken this to a level where they themselves are bullies