Planted Tank Gender demographic

**lauraleellbp** · 11-05-2009, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by CaffeinatedCake

Though I'm sure after a few days of people logging into the site and checking the lounge, the numbers may even out a bit, so it's no so much of a land slide :]. It's only been a few hours since it got posted, right :P?

Actually, I'm pretty sure that guys outnumber gals on this site.

Why, and by what proportion, I've no idea- so I'm following these polls with quite a bit of curiousity.

Right now we're 4:1. I'm curious to see if that trend continues. It wouldn't surprise me...

**whickerda** · 11-05-2009, 04:12 AM

It will be a landslide on the male side if people are honest. My name is Dana but I am a male btw. My wife loves the pretty plants and fish but she would never put the required effort into a "fish tank". Please forgive me I do not intend any offense but she is more interested in the bathroom colors matching and the current season of ANTM than wether or not the co2 is 10ppm or 35ppm.

IMHO, The OP started a thread that was almost certain to become sexist.

Much love though. We are who we are...

**lauraleellbp** · 11-05-2009, 04:14 AM

What on earth is ANTM?

**whickerda** · 11-05-2009, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

What on earth is ANTM?

America's Next Top Model

CL · 11-05-2009, 04:18 AM

Maybe men don't want to buy books on aquatic plants, so they go online looking for answers for free, and stumble across the forums/ get hooked and spend all of their time/ life/ energy on them.
Women just buy the book.
Maybe? Best I could come up with.

CaffeinatedCake · 11-05-2009, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

Actually, I'm pretty sure that guys outnumber gals on this site.

Why, and by what proportion, I've no idea- so I'm following these polls with quite a bit of curiousity.

Right now we're 4:1. I'm curious to see if that trend continues. It wouldn't surprise me...

Well I know we're never going to be 1:1, but I figure there's more then 9 Chickadees on here ;]. S'all I ment

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CaffeinatedCake · 11-05-2009, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by CL

Maybe men don't want to buy books on aquatic plants, so they go online looking for answers for free, and stumble across the forums/ get hooked and spend all of their time/ life/ energy on them.
Women just buy the book.
Maybe? Best I could come up with.

I thumb through the books at the stores, but I prefer to keep up with up-to-date stuff here on the 'net. Plus it's free. And more fun, even though I do have a large stash of novels, I don't think I could drop 20-30$ on a fish/plant book unless it was something really great, or extremely knowledgable :].

But that's just me, I can't speak for all females on a whole, rofl.

**whickerda** · 11-05-2009, 04:30 AM

I'm old-school and have actually have purchased about 10 aquarium books. "Dynamic Aquaria, Building Living Ecosystems" by Walter H. Adey and Karen Loveland is one of the best ever published. However, I also have a new-school side that just wants to find answers in seconds online. The "google" side of me???

**Dollface** · 11-05-2009, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

What on earth is ANTM?

A horrible TV show.

I think I'm going to agree that the more technical side of the hobby may keep some women out. My mother loves fish, but I could never imagine her setting up a canister filter or a CO2 system, It's just not her thing. Hence why I'm setting up her christmas present, a 5 gallon betta tank.

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Originally Posted by CL

Maybe men don't want to buy books on aquatic plants, so they go online looking for answers for free, and stumble across the forums/ get hooked and spend all of their time/ life/ energy on them.

Women just buy the book.

Maybe? Best I could come up with.

What are these .. book .. things that you speak of? You mean there are books .. about planted aquaria? I for one have never seen these mystical objects.

**whickerda** · 11-05-2009, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Dollface

What are these .. book .. things that you speak of? You mean there are books .. about planted aquaria? I for one have never seen these mystical objects.

Legends linger... However, I'm not sure... BTW, Dollface, I'm glad there are folks like you in the hobby. The UG I got from you is awesome. I has rooted into my substrate and is startind to spread in just a week or so. Thanks again.

Church · 11-05-2009, 04:51 AM

My ex-girlfriend once told me she "loved that her boyfriend has pretty hobbies." I always did kind of think of it as an extension of gardening, which stereotypically has always been associated with the ladies, but I never cared. I love gardening, and I love aquariums. It was a match made in heaven for me...

CL · 11-05-2009, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Church

My ex-girlfriend once told me she "loved that her boyfriend has pretty hobbies." I always did kind of think of it as an extension of gardening, which stereotypically has always been associated with the ladies, but I never cared. I love gardening, and I love aquariums. It was a match made in heaven for me...

Ditto. I love gardening (shh. don't tell

)I was talking to a friend last night and he said it's like the tank is the canvas, and the plants/ fish are like the paint. The hardscape gives it form.
But that's art related.
Still, gardening is normally considered something a woman would do as opposed to a man, but why are men more numerous on these forums?
One of the great mysteries of life.

mistergreen · 11-05-2009, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by whickerda

IMHO, The OP started a thread that was almost certain to become sexist.
..

It says more about the people than the question, Doesn't it.

To everybody:
Try to refrain from making vast generalizations please. And don't make claims on habits of all women especially when you're not one.

**Dollface** · 11-05-2009, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by whickerda

Legends linger... However, I'm not sure... BTW, Dollface, I'm glad there are folks like you in the hobby. The UG I got from you is awesome. I has rooted into my substrate and is startind to spread in just a week or so. Thanks again.

Thanks, I'm glad to hear about your UG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Church

My ex-girlfriend once told me she "loved that her boyfriend has pretty hobbies." I always did kind of think of it as an extension of gardening, which stereotypically has always been associated with the ladies, but I never cared. I love gardening, and I love aquariums. It was a match made in heaven for me...

Personally, I don't see anything similar bettween traditional terrestrial gardening and planted tanks, other than they both involve plants, and sometimes dirt. Then again, I'm not big on terrestrial plants at all, so maybe it's just me.

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Originally Posted by mistergreen

It says more about the people than the question, Doesn't it.

To everybody:
Try to refrain from making vast generalizations please. And don't make claims on habits of all women especially when you're not one.

Can I make claims on habits of some women if I am one?

mistergreen · 11-05-2009, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Dollface

Can I make claims on habits of some women if I am one?

Of course you can my sister.

View Poll Results: Your gender
Male	63	78.75%
Female	17	21.25%
Voters: 80. You may not vote on this poll

11-05-2009, 04:12 AM	#17 (permalink)
whickerda Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6/100%) Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Fernandina Beach, FL Posts: 63	It will be a landslide on the male side if people are honest. My name is Dana but I am a male btw. My wife loves the pretty plants and fish but she would never put the required effort into a "fish tank". Please forgive me I do not intend any offense but she is more interested in the bathroom colors matching and the current season of ANTM than wether or not the co2 is 10ppm or 35ppm. IMHO, The OP started a thread that was almost certain to become sexist. Much love though. We are who we are... __________________ But at my LFS they said...

11-05-2009, 04:14 AM	#18 (permalink)
lauraleellbp Fresh Fish Freak (View User Tanks) PTrader: (53/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 11,728	What on earth is ANTM? __________________ Laura Lee's tank Journals: At Work-10 gal Shrimpy Crypt Jungle, 29 gal Planted Tetra Tank (in progress), At Home- 46 gal Low Tech Planted (in progress), 90 gal New World Community August 2009 Fishing trip in the Amazon; my Journal of 10 days in Bolivia along the Rio San Martin (in progress)

11-05-2009, 04:18 AM	#20 (permalink)
CL Aquascaper (View User Tanks) PTrader: (48/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lexington, Ky Posts: 6,929	Maybe men don't want to buy books on aquatic plants, so they go online looking for answers for free, and stumble across the forums/ get hooked and spend all of their time/ life/ energy on them. Women just buy the book. Maybe? Best I could come up with. __________________ GLA 48 Rimless \| 10 Reef \| 7.2 Rimless Cube \| 5.4 Rimless Nano \| Pimp→ GLA #1 - Victor #49 - Eheim #298

11-05-2009, 04:30 AM	#23 (permalink)
whickerda Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6/100%) Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Fernandina Beach, FL Posts: 63	I'm old-school and have actually have purchased about 10 aquarium books. "Dynamic Aquaria, Building Living Ecosystems" by Walter H. Adey and Karen Loveland is one of the best ever published. However, I also have a new-school side that just wants to find answers in seconds online. The "google" side of me??? __________________ But at my LFS they said...

11-05-2009, 04:51 AM	#26 (permalink)
Church Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 2,527	My ex-girlfriend once told me she "loved that her boyfriend has pretty hobbies." I always did kind of think of it as an extension of gardening, which stereotypically has always been associated with the ladies, but I never cared. I love gardening, and I love aquariums. It was a match made in heaven for me... __________________

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