FishChannel Poll Result


Nothing has stopped me. I keep a saltwater fish-only and/or reef tank.	(43.24%)
I’m not interested in keeping saltwater tanks.	(6.69%)
I don’t know where to start/I have a difficult time understanding what I should do (how to test water, what equipment to use, etc.).	(14.86%)
I don’t want to deal with the extra labor or time involved.	(7.28%)
Animals and/or equipment are too expensive	(17.98%)
Animals are too delicate	(1.04%)
I tried before, and the tank was a failure.	(1.34%)
Systems are too noisy/have too much equipment.	(0.30%)
Tearing down or moving a marine setups is a nightmare.	(1.19%)
Other	(6.09%)

Previous Poll Results

What is your favorite saltwater goby?


Yellow Watchman Goby Fish (Cryptocentrus cinctus)	(11.50%)
Diamond Watchman Goby (Valencienna puellaris)	(4.42%)
Pink Spot Shrimp Goby (Cryptocentrus pavoninoides)	(8.85%)
Yellow Clown Goby (Gobiodon okinawae)	(8.41%)
Twinspot Signal Goby (Signigobius biocellatus)	(3.98%)
I don't keep a saltwater tank	(58.85%)
I keep a reef only tank	(3.98%)

Previous Polls


What type of aquarium would you like to set up next?
Do you use a UV Sterilizer in your saltwater tank?
Were you aware that Emperor Akihito of Japan is an expert on gobies, and especially Japanese gobies?
Which of the following fishes have you kept with your coral?
Have you ever fragged any coral?
What is your favorite captive bred marine fish?
Have you ever had trouble with keeping your corals colorful?
Have you entered the Aquarium USA 2013 Contest to win a fish-care gift basket from Wardley?
Have you entered the Aquarium USA 2013 Contest to win a fish-care gift basket from Wardley?
What is your favorite type of leather coral of the species Sarcophyton?
Do you maintain a population of copepods in your tank?
What type of lighting do you have over your saltwater tank?
If you are a SCUBA diver, where would you like to SCUBA?
Which of the following do you consider the best beginner fish for a freshwater aquarium?
Do you use a Reverse Osmosis/Deionization system?
How long have you been a fishkeeper?
Have you had an outbreak of Aiptasia anemones and what did you do to control it?
Which of the following do you consider the best beginner fish for a saltwater aquarium?
How many aquatic animal species have you successfully bred and raised (including fish and invertebrates)?
In your planted tanks, what type of lighting do you use?
What type of plants do you keep?
What décor item do you keep in your aquarium?
What health problem have your fish experienced?
Do you treat your water with a water conditioner?
How did you cycle your aquarium?
Do you add aeration or water movement to your aquarium?
Have you ever kept a biotope tank?
How would you describe the lighting over your tank?
What level of reefkeeper do you consider yourself?
Have you ever seen an eel cat, Plotosus lineatus, in the wild?
Have you ever lost tankmates to a poisonous fish like the longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta?
What is your level of interest in ponds?
Are you a father?
Which of the following is your favorite coral goby?
What type of lighting do you have over your main tank?
Do you vacuum your aquarium substrate?
Do you have a koi pond?
Have you added GloFish, those genetically modified black tetras or zebra danios to your freshwater aquarium?
Have you gotten into hydroponic gardening?
What kind of filter do you use?
Do you add supplements to your aquarium?
Is your aquarium an all-in-one kit?
Do you have any fish that are finicky eaters?
How many different types of fish food do you have at the moment?
Do you overfeed your fish?
What type of food do you feed your fish?
How many times per day do you feed your fish?
Your next aquarium setup will be
What would you consider the ideal size aquarium for your fish?
What live foods do you feed your fish?
Have you used the new Kordon Resource Center
Have you watched the new reality series "Fish Tank Kings" on Nat GEO WILD?
What saltwater fish do you keep?
Would you read Aquarium Fish International magazine in digital form?
What do you do to prevent disease in your aquarium?
What is the worst disease/outbreak that occurred in your aquarium?
Where do you usually shop for your pet products?
What type of water filtration do you use?
What live food do you feed your fish?
Do you have or plan to install a backyard pond or water garden?
What type of content would you like to see more of on FishChannel
How often do you feed live food to your fish?
Do you use an aquarium maintenance service?
Do you have an eReader?
What was the size of your first saltwater aquarium? If you haven’t kept saltwater, what size aquarium would you get?
If you keep a saltwater aquarium, what drove you to set up that tank?
If you keep freshwater but not saltwater tanks, why do you keep freshwater instead?
What is holding you back from getting into the saltwater side of the hobby?
Which other pet would you welcome as a hobby in your home?
Where do you usually shop for your pet products?
What do you think of the blood parrot cichlid?
What do you think of dyed or color injected tropical fish?
When was the last time you performed a water change?
What is your favorite column of Aquarium Fish International Magazine?
When was the last time you visited your local fish store?
What kind of foods do you feed your fish?
How often do you feed your fish?
When is the next time you will visit an aquarium?
Of the species below, what marine fish do you consider the most beautiful in the hobby?
What fish ailment has affected your fish in the last year?
What cichlids have you kept?
What kind of fish do you keep to help with algae in your freshwater tank?
How do you acquire your fish?
What size will your next fish tank be?
What Barb is your favorite?
What is your favorite kind of Tetra?
What type of test system do you use?
How often do you test the water for Nitrates/Nitrites, ammonia and pH levels?
When setting up a new aquarium, do you
When was the last time you had sick fish?
How many aquariums do you maintain in your household?
Do you keep a freshwater or saltwater aquarium?
What do you think of betta splendens?
At what age did you start in the fishkeeping hobby?
How do you treat Ich?
What Aquarium item is next on your purchase list?
When was the last time you purchased new fish for your aquarium?
What type of food do you feed your fish?
What size aquarium do you have?
What do you think of San Francisco's proposal to ban the sale of tropical and marine aquarium fish and other pets in the city?
What is your favorite part about fishkeeping?
Have you seen FishChannel.com’s new saltwater fish and marine invert species profiles yet?
Do you subscribe to magazines other than Aquarium Fish International?
Do you look for aquarium-related definitions in FishChannel.com’s Word of the Day section?
Have you uploaded a video to the Fish Videos section?
Who feeds your fish besides you?
Do you think you will be a fishkeeper ten years from now?
Do you use any apps that feature fish or that help you care for your fish?
Now that spring is here, will you be starting a fish pond?
Would you be interested in trying Aquarium Fish magazine?
Do you get the twice-a-month FishChannel newsletter (packed with useful information), and if you don't, why not?
Do you generate income through your fishkeeping hobby?
Do you find the In The Fish Room column in Aquarium Fish International magazine helpful?
Do you have an eReader?
Ever had a fish outgrow your tank? What did you do with it?
Does your love for fish and the aquarium hobby, keep you from eating fish?
What do you think is it about tetras that make them a popular freshwater fish?
Which fish type would you be least likely to read articles about?
How often do you spend time with your fish?
How often do you use medications and supplements for fish health care?
Do you plan to do anything special for your fish valentine?
What do you think it is about danios that make them a popular freshwater fish?
What’s your favorite clownfish species to keep?
Do you quarantine new fish?
What’s your single biggest monthly expenditure when it comes to maintaining your marine reef tanks?
Do you think huge fish like arowanas belong in aquarists' tanks?
What do you think about laws governing the aquarium hobby?
Have you ever had goldfish breed unexpectedly in your pond?
Do you like the new format of the FishChannel homepage and left navigation bar?
Do you keep oxygenating plants in your pond? (e.g., Elodea canadensis, Ceratophyllum demersum)
What's your favorite brackish fish?
What's the best part about being in an aquarium society?
What percentage of your saltwater species are wild-caught and what percentage are aquacultured (captive-propagated)?
Are you a fan of FishChannel and Aquarium Fish International magazine on Facebook?
Have you ever bought any aquarium livestock from a foreign country?
Do you like the expanded marine aquarium content in Aquarium Fish International magazine?
Do you have an iPad?
Would you be more interested in
Which of these fish would you be most interested in learning about?
Would you be more interested in
Which would you rather see on the cover of Aquarium Fish International?
Which of these fish would you be most interested in learning about?
If you’re interested in breeding fish, which would you rather learn more about?
Which of these fish would you be most interested in learning about?
What would you like to read about?
What kind of décor (excluding any live plants) tends to dominate your fish tank?
Which of the following best describes your fishkeeping habits?
Which of these statements best describes your water-changing habits?
Which is your favorite method of removing algae?
Do you use RSS Feeds?
Are you more interested in
Do you have an iPad?
Do you have an outdoor fish pond?
Would you rather read about
Have you ever purchased a fish through an online classified section or auction?
Are you more interested in breeding
Which of these fish would you be most interested in learning about?
Do you ever post on the FishChannel Forums?
Have you ever kept lionfish?
Do you own a fish net?
Do you keep, or are you interested in keeping, poisonous species?
Do you keep fish in enclosures that are primarily outdoors?
Do any of your fish setups also contain reptiles or amphibians?
If you’ve had a fish die, what did you do with the corpse?
Do you have a
Do you have at least one hiding place in each of your aquariums?
What do you think is the biggest problem facing the fishkeeping industry today?
Have you earned a FishChannel Quiz Master icon yet?
Do you like to take quizzes on FishChannel?
Have you ever bought a used aquarium?
Have you ever had an aquarium spring a leak?
Have you ever kept a captive-bred marine fish?
Have you ever fed a fish to another fish?
Are you buying more or less treats and tank accessories for your fish compared to a year ago?
Do you know your fish’ genders?
Have you ever kept cichlids?
Are you planning on getting a new pet in the next 12 months?
What does your fish do to get your attention?
Which of the following do you consider your fish to be?
Will you ask for, or purchase, any fishkeeping-related items this holiday season?
Are you a member of our Fish eClub?
Have you ever kept GloFish? (FishChannel.com/GloFish)
If FishChannel had a user-generated video section, would you upload videos?
Do you follow us on Twitter?
Do you read, or share, the FishKidz section in Aquarium Fish International magazine?
Of the new pet products you try, how many of them work well for you and your pet?
Are you a fan of FishChannel on Facebook?
Have you ever kept pufferfish?
Do you have a cat?
Have you ever kept tetras?
Have you ever kept danios?
Do you have a dog?
How old are you?
Did you visit a public aquarium this summer?
Have you ever had a fish jump out of your tank?
Have you ever kept a brackish tank?
Have you ever tried haggling/negotiating prices with your pet store?
Do you think that the fishless cycling method is the only way an aquarium should be cycled?
Have you ever had an injury related to fishkeeping?
Do the increasing costs of electricity and water affect your fishkeeping?
Do you have an iPhone?
Do you have an iPhone?
Are you a member of FishChannel's Fish eClub?
Are you a member of an aquarium society or club?
How often do you read FishChannel’s Fish Blogs?
What would you like to see LESS of in Aquarium Fish International magazine?
What would you like to see more of on FishChannel?
When you shop for your pets, are you concerned about products being “eco-friendly”?
What do you think of FishChannel’s Fish News?
How likely are you to switch to a lower-priced pet food?
What would you like to see more of in FAMA magazine?
How important is fish news to you?
What would you like to see more of in Aquarium Fish International magazine?
Do you own any saltwater aquariums?
Have you ever kept clownfish?
Do you own a reef tank?
Should pet-care costs be tax-deductible?
Do you plan to use any of your tax return money for your fish / fish hobby?
What type of animal are you most interested in as a new pet?
Do you have driftwood in your aquarium(s)?
What type of background(s) do you mainly use on your aquarium?
What do you think of betta bowls?
Do you like the complete, all-in-one aquarium kits (the kinds that come with a tank, heater, filter, light, etc.)?
How do you plan to celebrate Valentine's Day with your pet?
How often do you skip feeding your fish?
Have you ever kept goldfish?
What do you think of the Responsible Fishkeeping Initiative (RFI)? (Visit FishChannel.com/RFI)
Have you ever kept bettas?
Do you quarantine new aquarium livestock?
Is algae a problem in your aquarium?
Are you a member of any online fishkeeping forums?
Do you have friends who are into fish?
Do you name your fish?
What is the farthest you’ve ever traveled to go to a good fish store?
What was the reason for your most recent pet store “impulse” purchase?
Do you provide live food for your fish?
Do you think your aquarium(s) is/are overstocked?
In my aquarium I keep
Do you check to see where a fish food was manufactured before buying?
How will a candidate’s view on pets affect your vote in the election?
Do you have an outdoor fish pond?
What does your significant other think about your fishkeeping?
How often do you go to the fish store, just to “look around?”
What type of food do you primarily feed your fish?
What do you think of cichlids with nuchal humps?
How has the state of the economy affected your pet care decisions?
How important is your relationship with your fish and aquarium store?
What’s the most important factor when deciding which fish food to buy?
Where do you purchase your fish food and treats?
Do you earn money in the fishkeeping industry?
Do you subscribe to Freshwater And Marine Aquarium magazine?
Who maintains your fish tanks?
Do you subscribe to Aquarium Fish International magazine?
What do you do to keep the temperatures in your tanks consistent during the summer?
Which is cleaner your house or your fish tank?
I also own a
Do you plan to use any of your tax rebate money for your fish / fish hobby?
Do your fish “beg” for food?
How old were you when you first started keeping fish?
Does it bother you if people breed fish to create hybrids?
Have you ever attended a large, multi-day fish conference such as MACNA, IMAC or ACA?
How many times would you like to receive an emailed newsletter from FishChannel.com?
Should state and federal governments be allowed to restrict the types of fish and aquatic plants you can buy?
What types of aquariums do you keep?
Have you ever had a fish come down with ich?
Have you ever purchased a larger tank to rehome a fish that got too big for its original tank?
Do you have fake plants in your aquariums?
Have you ever ordered fish online?
What is the main reason you keep fish?
Have you ever unintentionally introduced snails into your aquarium?
Have you ever made your own fish food?
What type of aquarium do you have?
Do you have live plants in your aquarium?
Do your fish let you touch them?
How often do you test your water?
What's your most detested aquarium project?
To what degree does the state of the economy affect your pet purchases?
Do you read Freshwater And Marine Aquarium (FAMA) magazine?
Does your family share your love of fishkeeping?
What does your fish do when someone new comes in the room?
How often do you feed your fish?
Do you read Aquarium Fish International magazine?
What type of filter do you use?
In a week, how much time do you spend working on your tank, including feeding?
Do you talk to your fish?
What is the main reason you don’t buy that giant aquarium you’ve been eyeing?
How did you find out about FishChannel?
What is you favorite part of FishChannel?
How often do you go snorkeling?
How often do you scuba dive?
How do you decide what fish food to buy?
What do you like most about keeping fish?
Have you ever taken a fish to the vet?
How much do you spend on an average trip to your fish store?
Do you fish even though you keep fish?
If you own a cat, does it…
Have you ever bred fish?
Have you ever flushed a LIVE fish down the toilet?
Where do you get most of your information on fish?
Have you ever flushed a DEAD fish down the toilet?
Are you the only fishkeeper in your family?
Who takes care of your fish while you are away?
How many fish do you keep?
How long have you kept fish?
How do you name your fish?
What is your fish’s favorite treat?
How old is your oldest fish?
What’s the most you’ve ever paid for a fish?
How many hours do you keep your aquarium light(s) on per day?
Which magazines do you read?
How much water do you change for a typical water change?
How often do you do water changes?
Which of the following do you keep?

What is holding you back from getting into the saltwater side of the hobby?

Previous Poll Results

What is your favorite saltwater goby?

Previous Polls

What is holding you back from getting into the saltwater side of the hobby?