@whn there is so many aquarium sites on the net right now and our site pets is still in beta,i am not sure we can build a user base that can keep a site like aquarium SE going as it is right now.it might be possible to create a site like you suggest at some point in time but i do not think this is the right time.

on our site there is only a few hundred Q&A about fish and aquariums and the Q&A about ponds have even less,to keep a Q&A site going we will need to expand this to the thousands and it is a lot of work to do this.

@trondhansen Ah that's a good point, pet's is barely used as it is. One thing I've noticed though is that there appears to at least be a desire for a one stop solution for Aquatic QA outside of SE. I mainly answer questions on reddit these days, and there's a lot of frustration with the way information for aquariums and planted tanks is scattered amoungst the stars.

@trondhansen It would be nice if I could start offloading that information to a QA site and direct people there. I don't use Pets because barely any one uses it and some of the aquarium answers are of particularly poor quality. I respect your decision and I'll keep your advice in mind going forward.