r/Aquariums • u/LoachLicker • Aug 26 '17
The 100,000 Subscriber Update! Announcement
The 100k subscriber update!
Wow! We actually made it to 100k subs! I don't think any of us mods thought the subreddit would gain the traction that it has in the past couple of months and we are so grateful to be here to celebrate this with you all. We are no more a small tight knit community of weird fish nerds but we are a huge family of die-hard hobbyists, newcomers, and admirers and fish nerds.
To celebrate the huge milestone of reaching 100k subscribers we are doing a giveaway!
Entrance to the giveaway will be open until 23:59 EST 09/02/2017
Prizes include:
1. (4) $50 gift code for Aquatic Arts
2. (5) $25 gift code for Tampa Aquaculture
3. (2) Swag Bag from The Wet Spot
- Each swag bag will include a reusable tote, a set of branded coasters, a bottle opener, a t-shirt, and a $15 gift card for their shop
4. (2) Aquarium Vinyl Decal Package
full disclosure: this shop is owned by u/thefishestate
- Pack 1 includes a Writable Weekly Schedule Decal, a Writable Speech Bubble Decal, a Tang Police Die-Cut Decal, and a Fill Line Decal.
- Pack 2 includes a Writable Instructions Decal, a Writable Speech Bubble Decal, a No Chemicals Decal, and a Don't Tap On Glass Decal.
5. A Green Leaf Aquariums EI Fertilizer Kit w/ Jars.
6. A Seachem Medical Package
- Includes Stability, Cupramine, Prime, and Stressguard
7. A ZEOvit Reef Package
- Includes 4 bags of Zeolite, Coral Vitalizer, Pohl's Xtra Special, ZEOstart 3, ZEObak
8. An Aquaclear 50 filter
Special thanks to u/ka0tik
Note: Giveaway is USA only. 1 entry per user.
>>Fill out this form to enter the giveaway<<
Several Discounts are also being offered to help us celebrate!
- Tannin Aquatics 15% off with coupon code "raquariums100k" offer ends 09/10/2017
- Planted Aquariums Central 10% off with coupon code "redditaquariums"
- Aquarium Vinyl 10% off with coupon code "raquariums100k" offer ends 09/10/2017
- Shrimp Fever Serves US and Canada 10% off with code "shrimpfeverredditdeal"
Changes
Updated post flairs
We are changing the post flairs a tiny bit as well. We're going to merge saltwater and reef together because we've noticed that a lot of the times the reef tanks also got flaired saltwater, so now it will be Saltwater for both. On top of that, we've also added a DIY/Build flair for people that have nice DIY projects or are building something.
New User Flairs
Another gift from us to you are new user flairs. Several people have asked us for flair, so we've added them! The new flairs are:
| Name of fish (scientific name) | |
|---|---|
| Blue tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) | Leopard bush fish (Ctenopoma acutirostre) |
| Pincushion urchin (Lytechinus variegatus) | Denison barb (Sahyadria denisonii) |
| Steel-blue killifish (Fundulopanchax gardneri) | Emperor tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri) |
| Copperband butterfly (Chelmon rostratus) | Forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus) |
| Diamond tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri) | Blue geo (Geophagus altifrons) |
| Desert goby (Chlamydogobius eremius) | Golden wonder killifish (Aplocheilus lineatus) |
| Boeseman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani) | Dwarf rasbora (Boraras maculatus) |
| Bird wrasse (Gomphosus varius) | Silver mooneyfish (Monodactylus argenteus) |
| Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) | Black phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon megalopterus) |
| Agassizi's dwarf cichlid (Apistogramma agassizi) | Red head geo (Geophagus sp. Tapajos 'Red head') |
| Betta (Betta splendens) | Teacup ray (Potamotrygon reticulata) |
| Cockatoo cichlid (Apistogramma cacatuoides) | |
Rule updates
As a subreddit grows it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain high-quality content. First and foremost, we are a husbandry subreddit and we would like to maintain a presence as a fantastic source of knowledge and discussion for aquarists of Reddit. With that being said, to reach this goal rules must be changed to adjust for growth.
We are expanding rule 7 (No direct links to social media) to now include barring of emojis and hashtags within post titles and descriptors. These are not supported on all devices, and they have limited functionality on Reddit.
If a submission is not OC a source must be included unless you are asking for identification. Posts that are not OC and do not include a source will now be breaking Rule 5: No low effort posts and will be removed.
We also want to clarify some YouTube rules that we have instituted on the sub, an extension of rule 2. All YouTube videos are subject to Reddit's suggested 10% rule (YouTube posts must only comprise 10% or less of your total posts to the sub). This is to prevent YouTube channels from taking advantage of the subreddit to advertise their channel when they do not contribute to the community otherwise. Help YouTube videos are not necessarily subject to the 10% rule and will be individually reviewed by moderators.
Wiki
Our Wiki has had an enormous change in the last couple of months. It's turned out to be a truly fantastic knowledge base with material that people can reference without having to be afraid of getting wrong or conflicting information, like one may get from a simple Google search. Between the Mods and several knowledgeable Subscribers, we have come together to create a critical source of information that could be invaluable to many hobbyists.
We'd like to thank /u/Ka0tik for extensive work on the wiki. Of course, this wasn't something done by the mods alone, but users have helped us as well, so we'd like to specifically thank /u/extra_silence and /u/Air-Quotes for submitting wiki pages. We still accept user-submitted wiki pages and love to add them if they're deemed useful to the subreddit in general and to the wiki specifically.
Welcome A New Member to Our Team
We'd like to welcome a new member to the moderator team, /u/extra_silence! He will be assisting us with standard moderating tasks as the subreddit grows. He wrote an introduction for the post:
Hey guys, I'm excited to be joining the mod team on r/aquariums. It's been cool watching the sub grow over the past few years and seeing totally new aquarists and veteran ones becoming regulars. My first fish was a comet goldfish in a bowl - followed shortly by two Oscars in a 29g. I've made my fair share of mistakes in the hobby like everyone does. The important thing is to get better. I believe that's the reason why we all stick around here - and that is why this sub is great.
Thank you
The /r/Aquariums Mod team wholeheartedly thanks our generous sponsors for participating in the Giveaway. Please check them out!
- Aquatic Arts
- Tampa Aquaculture
- The Wet Spot
- Aquarium Vinyl
- Tannin Aquatics
- Planted Aquariums Central
- and last but not least Shrimp Fever
Most importantly we would like to thank all of you guys for subscribing and contributing to this awesome subreddit and we look forward to seeing how the sub will grow from here!
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