Editorial note
This page documents a historical project born in the early 2000s, in a period before social networks, when blogs and webrings were among the main tools for online aggregation.
The ELOS Specialist Webring should today be considered a historical testimony of the evolution of DaniReef and of the direct relationship between enthusiast communities and companies in the aquarium industry. The project is no longer active, but it is kept online as an archive and as a memory of a pioneering phase of the aquarium web.
ELOS Specialist Webring
From an idea of mine was born the ELOS Specialist Webring, the first and only project of its kind.
The webring was created with the goal of gathering and organizing all aquarium hobbyists who shared the use of, and passion for, ELOS products, making it easy to discover aquariums that adopted the same technical approach and philosophy.
After seeing the birth of the webring, the company itself decided to grant several advantages to its members, which developed over time. For a certain period, participants in the webring were offered the possibility to choose a consumable product from the ELOS catalog, which was sent free of charge.
It was possible to join the webring by clicking JOIN in the navigation bar displayed on participating websites. The procedure redirected users to an English page where they could enter the main details of their website and receive the code needed to integrate the navbar (navigation bar). Once correctly installed and after verification of the requirements, the site was accepted into the network.
For any issues or questions, users were invited to contact me directly and I would gladly provide assistance.
ELOS confirmed that the most deserving aquariums, managed by experienced hobbyists joining the webring, could also apply to exclusively test non-consumable ELOS products, provided that their experience was documented and shared on their own website.
Thanks to everyone, from myself and from Nicola Gandini, founder of ELOS.
Webring member sites (historical)
The websites that joined the ELOS Specialist Webring during its active period are listed below:
- Acquario ed Esperienza by DaniReef – Italian – Reef aquarium – My website entirely dedicated to the aquarium world and to my own tank, with photos, experiences and a strong focus on ELOS products.
- FAAO – Aquascaping – Portuguese – Freshwater – Freshwater aquascaping.
- Andrea – Pfft – Italian – Reef aquarium – Reef tank blog by Andrea Casalboni.
- Keronea Island Reef – Italian – Reef aquarium – Aquarium experiences and tests carried out on the author’s tank.
- ELOS Europe Aquascaping – English – Freshwater
- La vita di una vasca – Italian – Reef aquarium – The life of my aquarium.
- IL MIO ACQUARIO ELOS – Italian – Reef aquarium – My first experience with a marine aquarium: an ELOS 160.
- -cristalf21- – Italian – Reef aquarium
- Aquanature – Italian – Freshwater – Website dedicated to my aquarium experiences.
- Jack has landed in an underwater world – Italian – Reef aquarium – Conversations with Jack, landed on August 30th 2006 in an underwater world.
- Vasca reef – Italian – Reef aquarium
- Simonreef – Italian – Reef aquarium
- Acqua Verde – Italian – Freshwater & Reef
- Acquario di Maurizio – Italian – Reef aquarium
- Aquatic Guild – Portuguese – Freshwater
- GabriReef – Italian – Reef aquarium
- Tropic and Reef – Italian – Reef aquarium
- OTIreefer – Italian – Reef aquarium
- Blubberwasser – German – Freshwater
- ACE65 – Italian – Reef aquarium
- ASDU Reef – Italian – Reef aquarium
- Rare Aquatic Plants – Italian – Freshwater
- Elosreef – French ELOS community
- ReefNature – Italian – Reef aquarium
News, presentations and related content
The NEWS link points to the archive of articles published on DaniReef related to the ELOS Specialist Webring: site presentations and relevant content connected to the project.
