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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

F1 metallic blue HM spawn

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21 Nov 2015 20:31 - 21 Nov 2015 20:39 #1 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
This is a pair of siblings that spawned for me yesterday. Hopefully some will turn out the same dark metallic blue as the male as that's the direction I want this line to take. Good sized spawn at the start but I had to remove him today as he wasn't tending the nest. There was lots of eggs on the bottom and some fungused ones in the nest. But on a good note there is plenty of tails hanging from the nest as of tonight so fingers crossed I'll have plenty to work with
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21 Nov 2015 20:34 #2 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)

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27 Nov 2015 08:38 #3 by bart (Bart Korfanty)
very nice
all the best

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06 Dec 2015 21:19 #4 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
About 40-50. Feeding them on live bbs 3 times daily. Started small water changes today. Going to add a small sponge filter tomorrow and move them to a larger tank in a couple of weeks



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15 Jan 2016 22:31 #5 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
8 weeks old



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16 Jan 2016 11:21 #6 by robert (robert carter)
wow look great ,well done

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16 Jan 2016 12:58 #7 by Aroshni (Lydia Olivera)
Healthy looking fish and beautiful colours Eric, good job :)

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18 Jan 2016 05:53 #8 by paulv (paul vickers)
It's amazing how they vary so much in size.

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18 Jan 2016 20:47 #9 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
I've about 15 from a younger spawn in with them now but there is definitely a size difference alright. I've never had a spawn of fighters to grow in unison

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18 Jan 2016 22:19 #10 by alan 64 (alan)
Some nice colours in there mate and there growing nicely what is ur water change regeim on them

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18 Jan 2016 23:15 #11 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
I change in and around 40% every 2nd day. Feed heavily twice a day. They grow pretty fast with regular changes

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19 Jan 2016 01:25 #12 by alan 64 (alan)
Ok cool good to know information as ur obviously doing things right

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20 Jan 2016 21:40 #13 by bart (Bart Korfanty)
Wow. That's fast growth rate!!!

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21 Jan 2016 18:11 #14 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
Yea a complete contrast to the wilds.
I find the repashy food brilliant for good growth. I use a mix of "spawn and grow" and "grub pie" . 10 pound delivered to your door. There's loads in it as well

Eric

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23 Jan 2016 10:36 #15 by bart (Bart Korfanty)
I mainly use home made food for rainbows fry plus live white worms. They need loads of plant mater and crustacean. As color enhancing supplement some dry food rich in astaxanthin, any make really.

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23 Jan 2016 16:44 #16 by Chromis (Ollie Price)
Hi Eric,
Any chance you could PM me where you get your Repashy foods from please, thanks

O.

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23 Jan 2016 21:53 #17 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
Often fancied making my own fish food. Any recipes ?

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23 Jan 2016 22:36 #18 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)

Hi Eric,
Any chance you could PM me where you get your Repashy foods from please, thanks

O.


Pm sent but anyone else that wants to try it you'll find it at www.repashy.co.uk

Eric

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24 Jan 2016 14:56 #19 by bart (Bart Korfanty)
Nothing fancy

- atlantic prawns from Aldi
- chicken breast(boiled)
- spinach, carrots, cauliflower, peas(boiled)
- tiny amount of garlic
- few drops of Sera Fishtamin

everything minced 2/3 times and frozen in silicone for making ice qubes

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24 Jan 2016 18:48 #20 by robert (robert carter)
sounds yummy

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24 Jan 2016 22:30 #21 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
Cheers Bart

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05 Feb 2016 22:20 #22 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
Jarred the 1st 4 males recently. 12 weeks old now.





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06 Feb 2016 01:19 #23 by alan 64 (alan)
they look great mate well done how long can they live in jars like that

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06 Feb 2016 15:29 #24 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
Cheers Alan.
That's just a small display case I use for photos and videos.
They're usually kept in 2l square glass jars. I only keep them this way until sold. If I was keeping them as a pet I'd probably use an aqua one duo or trio or something around 10l plus

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06 Feb 2016 17:48 #25 by alan 64 (alan)
Cool maye realy good job to get that growth in 12 weeks fair play to ye

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11 Feb 2016 16:42 #26 by Christor (Chris Morrow)
Really interested in breeding these guys. Where did you get those small tanks for growing out your males from? Also where do you get your bettas? seen some nice thai imports on fb, auctions based in UK. Cant find anything decent around me

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11 Feb 2016 17:16 #27 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
I bought these glass jars in a pound shop. They hold around 2 litres





Yea there is some nice bettas on Facebook alright but pretty pricey by the time they arrive at your door. I pick up some at seahorse and one off of Trent and with selective breeding you can produce decent ones.
I've young pairs here now for sale if you want to pop down to Kilkenny anytime

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11 Feb 2016 17:44 #28 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
How they look on the heat mat. I think it's very important to jar males as it brings on their fins really well.





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11 Feb 2016 21:00 #29 by Eric (Eric Corcoran)
This male is best of the lot so far. His finage is filling out nicely now








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12 Feb 2016 20:04 #30 by Christor (Chris Morrow)
Great looking ale and definitely the finnage is looking fantastic. What temp do you set your mats to? or what temp do you try and have the jars? I have heat mats from keeping reptiles so have that setup already, would save me some hastle and room!

Ive a lovely white male rose tail, white is definitely my favourite but ive seen some black coppers as well. Have you bred many mixed colour pairs, or what result did you find? Havent read much on their genetics or colours etc, some great colourings though like orchids and samurais etc.

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