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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
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01 Nov 2011 20:33 #1
by Xaribdis (Lorcan O' Brien)
After that pretty heated 24hrs, I have a more fish-related topic. I remember reading on here that suction cups could be cleaned to help them retain their suction after becoming too hard and brittle. Can't find the post now, but would I be right in saying that vinegar would do the job? May have got that completely wrong.
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L
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01 Nov 2011 20:46 #2
by igmillichip (ian millichip)
I remember that as well.....I think it was either JohnH or Derek who posted that. It was in the middle of a general thread on something or other.
I would use either vinegar or vodka. But some suction cups are just crap.
ian
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02 Nov 2011 00:41 #3
by Xaribdis (Lorcan O' Brien)
I have a few better uses for the vodka, but plenty of vinegar here to use. Thanks Ian.
L
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02 Nov 2011 14:11 #4
by Patrick888 (Patrick Drummey)
In the past I've used vinegar to cleanse the suction cups (removes the hard lime build up). I've also boiled them to soften them up somewhat.
To be honest though, as Ian has mentioned, once they require attention, a lot of them are best just chucked in the bin as they never offer the same use as when new. Probably best to save on continuous maintenance with these and get new ones if possible. Gives added peace of mind also.
Hope this helps
Patrick
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02 Nov 2011 15:15 #5
by igmillichip (ian millichip)
I don't drink, so vodka is great for washing my hands before doing any work with frogs.
The price of new suction cups can be a bit high for some brands. So any way to really re-condition them would be great, I'm all ears on this.
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03 Nov 2011 10:04 #6
by christyg (Chris Geraghty)
When cup gets hard and loses suction, soak in boiling water for couple of minutes to soften, then attach to glass using a tiny blob of aquarium slicone
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05 Nov 2011 10:56 #7
by Viperbot (Jason Hughes)
I gotta say Im of the opinion that if it can be fixed, then do so and try not to splash out on new gear. That said, when it comes to suction cups I found that nothing helped when one went on my heater. It nearly always ended up swaying in the current from my filters return nozzle so I replaced it. I didnt have to fork out as I keep a big container full of odds and ends that I pick up over the years. Well worth keeping stuff like that boxed off in a shed...you never know.
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05 Nov 2011 11:04 #8
by Fishowner (Gavin fishowner)
Totally agree with Jay, odds and ends always come in handy,Ive had my fair share of heaters over the years and have always kept the suction cups etc... I used a few of them the other week only to reattach the filter..always comes in handy.
Ive found that once the suction cups go hard,the chances are they are only fit for the bin..they never regain the suction they once had and you end up with floating thermomter,swaying heaters and dipped filter outlets!
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