Plant-specific threads with pictures?

[Art]

The staff has been discussing whether the community would want to have plant-specific threads that would consolidate plant-specific pictures with data from the community.

For example, we could have a forum entitled Plant Database. Therein, there would be a plant-specific thread such as Staurogyne repens.

We would all “contribute” a post (if you have Staurogyne repens) with a picture of our plant. Of course, we would add how we are keeping it - parameters, trimming, anything related to keeping and growing the plant. Questions and answers on the plant would also be posted here.

At the top of the thread would be a carousel of the pictures from that thread showing all the pictures of the plant. Throughout ScapeCrunch, any time someone posted the words Staurogyne repens, they would automatically link to the plant-specific thread. This would apply except for @Burr740’s forum that would obviously link over to his shop.

Also, our Media Gallery will have an album that captures all the pictures from the thread into a specific album (Plant Database) so we can all see pictures of the plant.

Does the community think this would be helpful?

 

[Kwyet]

It would! I think you’ll need to include common abbreviations of the name though. Most would say “S. Repens” for instance. I also wonder if you could just make the links visible in blue instead of having the link symbol behind them. I think it gets cluttered if link symbols are scattered all over the text.

 

[Phish Tank]

It would help a lot. One challenge I have in deciding which plants to try a lot of plant retailers tend to show the emersed growth, not what it will look like in the tank. I’d love a resource of tank grown plant photos, as well as how folks are using it in their scape.

 

[Joel Armstrong]

Great idea, very helpful

 

[Art]

Thanks all. So we started a test to see if we can get this to work as we hope.

Please help us test the system.

Go to my fictitious plant post and add a post to that thread with a picture of any plant in your aquarium. Doesn’t have to be fancy. In fact, let’s have fun and take a picture of your ugliest plant (if there are any!). Thank you!!

Plant Thread 'Postyourplant testerae'

Apr 27, 2025

Please post a picture of any plant in your aquarium so we can test the “Plantopedia” we are preparing to start building.

The concept behind the Plantopedia is to have a curated database of plants grown underwater in our aquariums. This should provide you with a broad view of how a plant will look when grown in real aquarium conditions.

• Art
• Replies: 7
• Forum: Plantopedia

 

[*Ci*]

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[Kwyet]

Must be nice not to have any ugly plants, lol!