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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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22 Jul 2016 18:07 - 22 Jul 2016 19:18 #1 by wildlifebiology93 (Sean O'Sullivan)
Received a pair of Betta unimaculata and a pair of Halfmoon plakat juveniles this morning from Eric here on the forum.
I am chuffed to bits as the Betta unimaculata are the first mouth brooding fish I have ever owned.
Here is a video of the unimaculatas settling in

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Cänt get one of the juvenile splendens as they wont stay still long enough to focus on them.They are two smashing little fish.

Cheers Eric for letting me own them :)
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22 Jul 2016 18:46 #2 by Bill (Bill Hunter)
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Nice, looking forward to seeing the fighters :)
Bill

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22 Jul 2016 20:34 #3 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
Best of luck with them John


Eric

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29 Jul 2016 20:15 #4 by wildlifebiology93 (Sean O'Sullivan)

This pair a week later.
Settled in nicely.
Looking forward to conditioning them now to see can I get them to breed for me.
Also picked up this gang during the week.
A lively bunch of characters to say the least.

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29 Jul 2016 22:46 #5 by Bill (Bill Hunter)
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They're looking good, Sean :cool:

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30 Jul 2016 00:10 #6 by ger310 (Ger .)
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The best of luck with these.........keep us posted of there progress please.

What the conditioning plan you have in mind?

Ger

What do you call a three legged Donkey?

A Wonkey....duh ha :)

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31 Jul 2016 01:17 #7 by wildlifebiology93 (Sean O'Sullivan)

The best of luck with these.........keep us posted of there progress please.

What the conditioning plan you have in mind?

Ger


Thanks Ger.
I have bbs,White worms,Grindal worms,Fruit flies,Daphnia and Dendrobaena on standby.
I am going to start adding a bit more of the above to the diet while reducing the flake and frozen food
Hopefully this along with some more frequent water changes will get them in the mood.

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31 Jul 2016 21:42 #8 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
Plenty of live food. Really feed them well. You'll know when the female is ready she'll be really plump. Once she is do a large water change with cool water. This week coming should be good for breeding with all the rain we are supposed to get along with the low pressure.

Eric

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01 Aug 2016 23:06 #9 by wildlifebiology93 (Sean O'Sullivan)

Plenty of live food. Really feed them well. You'll know when the female is ready she'll be really plump. Once she is do a large water change with cool water. This week coming should be good for breeding with all the rain we are supposed to get along with the low pressure.

Eric

Thanks for the advice Eric.
I have been observing thee two a lot especially at feeding time.
I have noticed the female is not a fan of worms of any type.
She swallows them and spits them out..Bbs and daphinia she will hunt down.
The male swallows anything tat moves,including duckweed that gets pushed under.
What were you feeding during the conditioning period?

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02 Aug 2016 19:53 #10 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
Live white worms and earthworms.
Frozen blood worms
Blood worm pellets.
I find earthworms the business for conditioning them

Eric

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