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Re: [AGA-mcm] Input from stores
Hi Paul,
If you'd like to write an article on that subject (or any other!) I'd love
to get it. (actually, I think you promised me something a while ago ;-) I
agree that it is important to have articles for beginners too, and there are
still people (not all of them beginners...many beginners are choosing a
high-tech entrance into the hobby) who prefer working with low light/non-CO2
supplemented tanks. However, I get almost NO articles from these folks. I
can't print what I don't get.
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Krombholz" <pkrombholz@bellsouth.net>
To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Input from stores
It would be a good idea to have a sort of cycle running in TAG that covers
beginner problems and concerns. These articles could concentrate on low to
moderate light tanks and the good old standby plants that thrive in them
without CO2 additions. Some of these plants have been neglected as of
late. There is nothing like a big old amazon sword or two for eliminating
green water problems and maintaining a healthy tank. The big guppy
breeders used to use only water sprite in their tanks and claimed many
benefits. Maybe they still do. There could be quite a few articles about
low tech planted tanks.
Over the past few months I have been giving retail stores I sell to copies
of TAG, and flyers, and tried to get them to sign up some new members for
us. The response has been, as we are well aware, underwhelming. I've sat
down and chatted with a few of the guys I know best, and they have all had
the same reaction. The magazine is very nice and well done, but the
articles are too technical. They all said that they think it would go over
better if there were some simple helpful hints for beginners -- that the
vast majority of hobbyists who frequent retail stores just want to be able
to keep a few plants alive in a tank with fish. Sotat's what I'm doing.
Thweir comments are pretty well justified, and I think we need to decide
if we do want to go after the newbies out there or keep concentrating on
the advanced plantkeepers.
I throw this out for any discussion that might preove fruitful.
David
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Paul Krombholz in sunny central Mississippi
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