How do you vet information you receive here on Reef2Reef?

[TangerineSpeedo]

And so we sailed with a pirate as our captain....

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Don't worry I have never confused you for an expert...
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[MnFish1]

It doesn't matter. You give it a go and evolve along the way. If somebody is going to get hung up on this, then it will never work. If it was my board, I would pick and also ask a few others for their opinions.

This is kinda like picking a leader... if you don't know how then you don't know how... but the good ones know how to do it.

IMO, curated forum is the next step in keeping this relevant. There are too many other places where people can go for a free-for-all, confirmation and all of that.

They kind of already have this - except without the limitation on who can respond. I.e. the Reef Squad, Fish Medics, Moderators, Staff Members. Part of a discussion board is 'discussion'. In fact many of the staff do not accept PM's because they want the discussion to be open and learn from it.

Take a fish disease: Someone posts: My fish has Ich In a curated forum. The answer is look - do this and this and this.

But someone else wants to know 'How do you tell if it's ich vs. velvet', or 'could I use this medication instead? etc etc. There are very few 'curated' boards of this type exist, because IMHO they don't provoke more information/interesting discussion.