Want to start an aquarium journal

[luke22]

Hello everyone,

I want to start a free (free to submit articles, free to read) scientific journal for aquarium research. I looked online but could not find any such journal. I was wondering if you all think it would be useful and work.

All articles would be written like in real science journals. Not essay type, but journal articles with a hypothesis, abstract, intro, methods, results, conclusion, etc.

I know, you must be thinking, but what will the articles be about? Well, this is a very interesting time for saltwater aquariums. We are seeing:

-- Tank bred saltwater fish. Many species of fish are being bred in aquariums for the first time! This is very exciting. This new science could greatly change the world of aquarium fish and the ocean itself. For example, maybe rare species could be bred and introduced back into the environment.

Maybe one of you had success in this, and would like to share your findings with others

-- New lighting technology. LED lights are new. Maybe an aquarium owner has done experiments on what gives better results: LED of metal halide? Suppose he gets results, how will he inform others? In my view, the best way would be a peer reviewed journal.

Others could real his methods, etc. and critique and conduct their own experiments and report them.

-- New filtration methods. For instance, how effective are certain filter methods or material? Was adding a protein skimmer useful? Did you have success with one particular method? If so, it would be interesting to publish your results, and let others learn about it.

-- Did you have success growing coral? If so, what do you do differently?

I could not find a similar journal.

In my opinion, it could be useful. I used to work in a aquarium store, and most of the knowledge was through personal experience, and word of mouth.

Of course, books have been written, but that is one one person's view.

In all science subjects, research can only advance through the journal. The journal is a place to talk about new findings. Research cannot only be reported through blogs, forums, etc. Those are not reviewed or validated.

About me: I love fish and aquariums, but I don't have a saltwater talk because it is too expensive. I am a student now studying molecular biology, so I have to read a lot of such journals. I would like to create one for aquarium fish, but I am not sure if I could get papers and readers, so I was wanting to ask you.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration

 

[luke22]

Why is no one responding?

 

[D-Nak]

Why is no one responding?

Probably because most people on this forum are hobbyists, not scientists. Keep in mind that a lot of what is discussed here is based on anecdotal evidence.

 

[luke22]

Probably because most people on this forum are hobbyists, not scientists. Keep in mind that a lot of what is discussed here is based on anecdotal evidence.

Oh ok thank you sir. But don't you think that they would be interested in reading about proven findings? Like, I was wanting to start a journal where people could report their personal findings.

 

[D-Nak]

Oh ok thank you sir. But don't you think that they would be interested in reading about proven findings? Like, I was wanting to start a journal where people could report their personal findings.

Proven findings via the scientific method is a lot different than personal (anecdotal) findings. I think you're confusing the two. I definitely think people would be interested in reading a collection of proven findings -- creating this repository then translating it into simple English that hobbyists can easily absorb is the difficult part.

For example, I am reading a book called "A Functional Biology of Sea Anemones" by J. Malcolm Shick. It's very much like a college text book. A lot of it is "over my head" but I enjoy reading it.

 

[luke22]

Proven findings via the scientific method is a lot different than personal (anecdotal) findings. I think you're confusing the two. I definitely think people would be interested in reading a collection of proven findings -- creating this repository then translating it into simple English that hobbyists can easily absorb is the difficult part.

For example, I am reading a book called "A Functional Biology of Sea Anemones" by J. Malcolm Shick. It's very much like a college text book. A lot of it is "over my head" but I enjoy reading it.

Thank you sir, yes you are right. So, like in many journals, I will have both types of articles, you know? Like, a section where people talk about their personal findings, and experiences. So, suppose someone has success with a particular sump filter set-up, they would just talk about it in that section. Like, they would describe the system, show their numerical values etc.

And then their would be a (smaller) section with experiments. Like, someone tries something new and documents the changes.

So I don't think that it would be too hard to read. It would not be molecular biology or anything. Thank you, what do you think about this?

 

[Ben_1313]

There are just so many variables in our tanks that make it hard to determine with certainty what the cause and effect is.

 

[mixedreefjunky]

To me, RC is this journal you speak of. Hobbyists are posting their personal experiences and questions with a database of answers we can search through. I personally use RC along with another forum that I see answers for some of my questions on tho I am forgetting the name right now as I do not use it as often as RC.

 

[shaginwagon13]

To me, RC is this journal you speak of. Hobbyists are posting their personal experiences and questions with a database of answers we can search through. I personally use RC along with another forum that I see answers for some of my questions on tho I am forgetting the name right now as I do not use it as often as RC.

+1

And if I really want hard scientific evidence, I post a new thread and hope Randy chimes in lol