Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
What's in the Shopping Bag this week then? Hey!
- igmillichip (ian millichip)
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So.....what is in the fishy shopping bag this week?......
I'll kick off with this past weeks bagged shopping:
-Sawbwa resplendens (asian rummy nose)
-Charax gibbosus (do they have a common name? mad-looking cross between a glass fish, a club-shaped headstander, and a vampire fish)
-Teleogramma brichardi
-Thoracocharax stellatus (?? possibly....I need to get a final ID on these but they are quite small at present and need to settle in quarantine....or they could be some other hatchetfish)
-Nannostomus beckfordi (pencilfish); and
-Iriatherina werneri (threadfin rainbow)
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I didn't buy much this week, but next week...that's a horse of a different colour (for people old enough to remember 'The Wizard of Oz').
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We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl - year after year.
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It's a long way to Tipperary.
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Cheers Ian.
P.s. They will find any gap in a lid. Even the ones you can't see.
P.p.s. Who the F*** decided it was a good idea to disable left click on forum posts, so as to require typing a fish name into google instead of highlighting it and right-click to search?
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Hatchets are flying wizzards (possibly the closest to a true flying fish......but boy, look at that sternum).
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No fish in my cart this week,but have done some shopping,and was extremely lucky to get 2 bottles of Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix.Also got an Isle of Jura Superstition,and room in suitcase for another couple of treats,and wife thinks she's getting a pressie,no room I'm afraid!!
always on the lookout for interesting corys.pm me if you know off any!
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P.p.s. Who the F*** decided it was a good idea to disable left click on forum posts, so as to require typing a fish name into google instead of highlighting it and right-click to search?
BAD MOD
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Erm ... Not guilty ...
didn't change anything on the forum. And it works with my Chrome ... Maybe you altered something on your computer
Valerie
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@ciaranm.....some very choice fish you got. Are the baby Tropheus still the little (cutie....not my word btw) full polka dot stage?
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There was very nearly an African tiger fish that I spotted yesterday, what a fish....
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Still no left click highlight function in IE. Only on this forum. Works fine everywhere else....
Haven't tried chrome (don't really like it).
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Mmmm.
Still no left click highlight function in IE. Only on this forum. Works fine everywhere else....
Haven't tried chrome (don't really like it).
you need to buy a new mouse murph lol. probably have that one from the dos days.
30 tanks specialise in african cichlids, angelfish and various catfish
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Probably still easier than doing it on DOS5 with 2 serial ports available, when some s***** cork w***** decides to swap the input and then boot the machine.
Quite difficult to fix without the install disks (no longer available!).
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i got a co2 system for my plant setup that i will be starting when i get all the few bits also got a few bits for planting like cutters and tweezers and all the bits for the co2
also for my 260 i added a lovely pair off rainbows (thanks andy) and a Fluval spary bar kit for the ex filter
next week ill be lookin into gettin a RO unit off kev
and try have a look around for a cheap enough ex filter for the 180
ya are never finished buyin stuff for the setups are ya lads haha
(missus not happy but wat can ya do)
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also called in to purrfect pets and they have a display of huge, wild, red spotted green discus, well worth a look for any of the discus fans. dont know if they are for sale or display though.
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I think we discussed everything except Cars (well...even that as 2 people tried to reverse into you).
If there's a chat on classic rock, then I'm happy.
And a great inspiring chat with yourself, Keelan and Darren on the feeding of copepods etc
I didn't buy any fish though (even though I have a completed premium loyalty card awaiting decisions).
I only dropped up as J was away for the weekend, and to snoop on how the Seahorse revamp was coming along, and to get a piece of bog-wood for the Teleogrammas.
The discus in wackers (purrrfect pets) are for sale as far as I know. But the price does seem to have gone from the tank.
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Got another Steatocranus tinanti (ugly buggers);
some nice Panda Corys (hey....buy 1 get 1 free....couldnt resist that);
some more, yes, more, Teleogramma brichardi (ugly fish again); and
Gymnogeophagus balzanii(whoops, another ugly but overly cute fish)
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Ah, thats what the lighter type of marbelled hatchet I have is!
Cheers Ian.
P.s. They will find any gap in a lid. Even the ones you can't see.
P.p.s. Who the F*** decided it was a good idea to disable left click on forum posts, so as to require typing a fish name into google instead of highlighting it and right-click to search?
BAD MOD
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Check for spyware, I use Spybot or adaware, both free
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But, the shops are still getting some nice fish in stock to tempt finicky buyers like me.
In the last few weeks, here is what shops have been able to 'con' me into buying (just joking there).
Nanochromis transvestitis
Stiphodon elegans....got 4 of them. very nice.
Some more small chocolate gouramis (I needed more males to cope with the female thugs !)
some nice Aponogeton plant species and a good pieces of hardware.
And many other temptations.....but room and compatibility is a problem.
I'm sure other people are still buying stuff.....what stuff?
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a male Valliant gourami
gold nugget pleco
red severum pair
Licorice Gourami
LDA25 plecos
shadow catfish
that will keep me happy for now!!
if anyone has any of the above for sale can let me know!!
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I've been very good and have resisted the temptation back into Tanganyikans. But I do like Tropheus.
@dyco....have you got or are you looking for liquorice gourami and valliant chocs gourami? (I couldn't quite work out if that was some wishes or not).
You need as many male valliants as you can get.....the females are total bitches (to be honest...and that is nothing against women) towards the poor old males.
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@Cichlidguy and Dyco619.....some choice fish on them lists.
I've been very good and have resisted the temptation back into Tanganyikans. But I do like Tropheus.
@dyco....have you got or are you looking for liquorice gourami and valliant chocs gourami? (I couldn't quite work out if that was some wishes or not).
You need as many male valliants as you can get.....the females are total bitches (to be honest...and that is nothing against women) towards the poor old males.
ian
im looking for liquorce gourami not in any real panic for them yet.
i have a female valliant so looking for a male or 2 or 3
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on my list between now and the new year..
a male Valliant gourami
gold nugget pleco
red severum pair
Licorice Gourami
LDA25 plecos
shadow catfish
that will keep me happy for now!!
if anyone has any of the above for sale can let me know!!
Just got 2 LDA25 in Seahorse the other day. Doing an absolutely amazing job on the algae in my tank. Great fun to watch!!
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on my list between now and the new year..
a male Valliant gourami
gold nugget pleco
red severum pair
Licorice Gourami
LDA25 plecos
shadow catfish
that will keep me happy for now!!
if anyone has any of the above for sale can let me know!!
Just got 2 LDA25 in Seahorse the other day. Doing an absolutely amazing job on the algae in my tank. Great fun to watch!!
they are great little fish i had them before, unfortunately got wiped out by white spot, great in small planted set up.
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24ish morpho tetras(Poecilocharax weitzmani)
4 Geo steindachneri
1 'Royal' plec
selection of plants,food and dry goods.
always on the lookout for interesting corys.pm me if you know off any!
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1 Juvenile L114 Leopard cactus plec
1 XL Synodontis schoutedeni
Almost out of space now..
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Ah, thats what the lighter type of marbelled hatchet I have is!
Cheers Ian.
P.s. They will find any gap in a lid. Even the ones you can't see.
P.p.s. Who the F*** decided it was a good idea to disable left click on forum posts, so as to require typing a fish name into google instead of highlighting it and right-click to search?
BAD MOD
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Hi Murph & forum users,
I just noticed the left click [COPY] function disabled myself from Internet Explorer (IE) browser. I just tested it on Chrome & it works fine there. Furthermore, I tested other websites using my IE8 and the mouse text select and copy function works fine. I can only conclude that there is some website setting that the Irish Fish Forum moderators need to adjust to enable the mouse click copy function in IE. In the interim users can download Google Chrome.
Slainte,
Paul
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Eventually got it sorted. Had to run this site in compatability view with IE8 and all back to normal.
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Ah, thats what the lighter type of marbelled hatchet I have is!
Cheers Ian.
P.s. They will find any gap in a lid. Even the ones you can't see.
P.p.s. Who the F*** decided it was a good idea to disable left click on forum posts, so as to require typing a fish name into google instead of highlighting it and right-click to search?
BAD MOD
Hopefully sense will return. Soon.
Hi Murph & forum users,
I just noticed the left click [COPY] function disabled myself from Internet Explorer (IE) browser. I just tested it on Chrome & it works fine there. Furthermore, I tested other websites using my IE8 and the mouse text select and copy function works fine. I can only conclude that there is some website setting that the Irish Fish Forum moderators need to adjust to enable the mouse click copy function in IE. In the interim users can download Google Chrome.
Slainte,
Paul
@ Murph : Glad you got sorted out
@roscelt : Did you try this "compatibility mode" ? Did this help ?
I personally hate IE these days. I use Chrome all the time
Valerie
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