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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

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26 Jul 2016 12:54 #1 by ger310 (Ger .)
Hi all.....I made a spray bar from some 1 1/4" waste piping and put the 1" flexi ribbed hose that's connected to the filter outlet about 3" into it and all looks good apart from a bit of a kick back of water in the gap between the two pipes.......now I made more holes and made them all bigger but still I get the kick back so i'm wondering if any of you DIY experts out there know a way to fill in the gap?......I know I could probably buy different hosing to fit a lot better but I also know that there has to be a simple and cheap way of sorting this..........I've spent a fair bit of time fiddling around with different things but I still cant seem to find a solution!! :crazy:

Ger

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26 Jul 2016 14:50 #2 by robert (robert carter)
Hi Ger , did you try adding a load of tec 7 on the outside of the smaller diameter hose and push in into the other hose then leave for 24 hrs to dry . The only other choice would be one of the specailist koi companies in the uk that would do purpose made adaptors

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26 Jul 2016 15:30 #3 by Q_Comets (Declan Chambers)
Can you use plumbers tape in an aquarium?

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26 Jul 2016 16:06 #4 by Jonlate (Jon Late)
Can you heat the end of the pipe and stretch it over the outside of the other one?
Dunk the end in the kettle, or use a gas hob, blow torch etc.

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26 Jul 2016 16:39 #5 by ger310 (Ger .)

Hi Ger , did you try adding a load of tec 7 on the outside of the smaller diameter hose and push in into the other hose then leave for 24 hrs to dry . The only other choice would be one of the specailist koi companies in the uk that would do purpose made adaptors


I have silicone and the likes here but I don't want to stick it as one end is connected to the filter and I need to twist it a good bit to release it and as that hose is only about 2 feet long it has no give at all.......................Purpose made adaptor wont be happening that's for sure but thanks anyway.

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26 Jul 2016 16:40 #6 by ger310 (Ger .)

Can you use plumbers tape in an aquarium?


This is not going in a aquarium (probably should of stated that!!) but I cant see why not in anyhow!!

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26 Jul 2016 16:41 #7 by ger310 (Ger .)

Can you heat the end of the pipe and stretch it over the outside of the other one?
Dunk the end in the kettle, or use a gas hob, blow torch etc.


Absolutely no chance of that working but cheers anyway

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26 Jul 2016 16:45 #8 by ger310 (Ger .)
Well I popped up to Homebase and picked up a few different sized rubber washers........just had a quick play around with them there and i'm not sure if it will work but i'll pop out in an hour or so and spend a bit of time on it......yeh never know!!

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26 Jul 2016 17:53 #9 by ger310 (Ger .)
Well its not perfect but i'm still happy enough with it........here's a quick video I made of it:


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26 Jul 2016 17:54 #10 by robert (robert carter)
You are never finished with ponds and tanks , just spent 3 hrs tidying up the electrics on a tank i set up 8 mths ago . Just mess around with it and i am sure you will find a solution you often when up are actually working on it

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26 Jul 2016 17:58 #11 by ger310 (Ger .)

You are never finished with ponds and tanks , just spent 3 hrs tidying up the electrics on a tank i set up 8 mths ago . Just mess around with it and i am sure you will find a solution you often when up are actually working on it


Kind of what happened Robert :)

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28 Jul 2016 09:24 #12 by paulv (paul vickers)
I used a thick rubber band twisted around the inner pipe a few years ago when a joint broke on an external filter. It worked fine until I got a new joint.

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29 Jul 2016 00:06 #13 by ger310 (Ger .)

I used a thick rubber band twisted around the inner pipe a few years ago when a joint broke on an external filter. It worked fine until I got a new joint.


Yeah cheers man..........that's pretty much what I did with a rubber washer.......it's not a perfect fit but it's staying put with just a small bit of water leaking out but that bit of water is dropping into the pond so it's all good,thanks

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29 Jul 2016 07:22 #14 by gunnered72 (Eddy Gunnered)
Jubilee Clip maybe!

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30 Jul 2016 00:06 #15 by ger310 (Ger .)

Jubilee Clip maybe!


Nah man......it's a 'hard plastic' waste pipe so wouldn't work...........kind of happy enough with what I have now though!! cheers

Ger

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