@Great Argus I guess thats fair, I just saw this person post a number of photos none with ID and thought I should give them a friendly suggestion. Im fine with ID'ing, in fact I generally enjoy it. However the poster already seemed to be on the path to identifying most of the species, just hadnt taken the final step.
@DelacoursLangur When I require a fish ID I am usually able to use a fish book/website or ask the aquarium to identify them.
The few species that I’m not sure about (or have my doubts about) I post on ZooChat.
I am the first to admit that I’m no fish expert and I appreciate any help received.
@WhistlingKite24 Nor am I, I just know the flashy fish commonly found in the aquarium hobby. Fish can be quite tricky to identify, infact I would say cichlids are among the most unidentified species on this forum.
@DelacoursLangur - I would just like to point out Rule #5, point 2 in the section "Add Value" which reads "For common questions, simply telling someone to "do a search" is not acceptable. Answer their question or direct them to the actual thread or post where the answers can be found."
@Simon Hampel I agree generally with this rule. However in this case googling what he described it as would have literally given him the ID in the first result.
"I am seeking an ID on the yellow and red (wrasse?) fish."
Go ahead and search "yellow and red wrasse", the first thing that pops up is a store selling Red Coris Wrasse...
My post did "add value", I identified all of his species. However I also encouraged them to take that final step in identifying the species. I did both, their is no rule against encouraging people, only against dismissing people in posts lacking content.
