Welcome

its nice to finaly see a nice forum page!!

what about adding a section where members can upload photos of our fish?

we could have online juding competions were all the members voted for the best picture or the best fish. ?

just a taught

phil

Hello!

But I fscked up and added the article to the wrong section.
Can you fix that please?

Hello, I am an avid fish breeder and currently have 5 tanks, from lake malawi to amazonian fish and am the only owner of Heros Rotkeil sp in Ireland and also have pike cichlids.

Where is everyone else from?

Wheres your local LFS?

Hi Im new too. Living in blanchardstown. Just got a Juwel rekord 70. Nice tank. Am cycling it now. Should there be a general section with each coldwater, tropical section?

hi at last i have found the website. i live in dublin and i have 4 tanks. one is coldwater with goldfish frogs plecos and loaches. the others are tropical. one is a 2ft with a lobster and catfish, one is 1ft with minos and killies and the big one is 4ft with a bit of everything. not keeping fish that long but i am definitely bitten by the bug. i have just started trying my hand at keeping real plants as opposed to plastic ones. my big tank is up and running since february and i have to say it is easier to keep then the smaller ones. probably like you all i am looking for the site for my next tank...

slow board!!!

I used to own a 4ft and a 2ft years ago but now am back again with a Juwel 70. nly have space in my bedroom for it. Tis very quiet which was important as Im a light sleeper. Still cycling the tank. no fish yet. Just a plant or two.

Any favourites for LFS in Dublin?

Ah! so this site has got a forum,.
Hello everyone i'm from Dublin and like you all i'm a fish fanatic.
At the moment i'm keeping Killi fish (some for sale), fat sleeper gobys,
loaches, plecos (L-02, L-200, LDA1), bagrid ornates, rosberos(mix), pencil fish, oto's, talking cats, and the list goes on and on,,,,,
I've been keeping fish for a short while now and like most i started off with a bowl. Now i have to put on a white coat and a snorkle to enter my room.
I would like to know what type of fish people are keeping,are they breeding anything at the moment. If so how they are getting on and how successfull it's been.
I also think it would be a good idea if we could buy,sell and swop fish on this site.
I think the only place for doing this in Ireland is a free add paper or site and this would be a much better place for trading. It's just a taught.

Hay conor-mr2, what type of fish do you plan on keeping in your record 70?

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I use several fish shops:
Ken's Trop Shop ( www.thetropshop.com ) in Inchicore.
Whackers,
Fish FX ( www.fishfx.net/ )
fish section of newlands cross garden center,
Kilkenny Aquatics Ltd has a great selection (inc Koi), worth the drive IMO( www.kilkennyaquatics.ie/ )
and the Aquatic Village ( www.aquatic-village.com/htmlsite/aboutus.asp ).

Paula

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Hay conor-mr2, what type of fish do you plan on keeping in your record 70?

I reckon neons. Im going for a planted tank. Used to keep zebra danios. Great fish. Theyd actually eat live flies that managed to find their way into the tank and land on the water.

WHAT TYPE OF PLANTS DO YOU PLAN TO KEEP ( ANYTHING IN MIND)
THE NEON'S WILL LOOK GREAT IN A PLANTED TANK, THEY WILL REALY SET IT OFF.
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW VENTURE.

This forum is quite slow, sorry to be frank.

There is an exellent UK forum that I belong to that has 8000+ members with some irish on it aswell. For those of you who need problems or questions solved quickly, PM me for the addy or request it

This forum is quite slow, sorry to be frank.

There is an exellent UK forum that I belong to that has 8000+ members with some irish on it aswell. For those of you who need problems or questions solved quickly, PM me for the addy or request it

This forum is only around a little while and has 9 members. Give it a chance dude!

Is this the other fish forum you use? TropicalFish.com

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Yea I came across this forum initially while searching on google. Then through Daves page I found the tfc board. Also Im a member at fishforums.net.

I like the idea of an Irish board but it needs a chance to get going like any board.

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WHAT TYPE OF PLANTS DO YOU PLAN TO KEEP ( ANYTHING IN MIND)
THE NEON'S WILL LOOK GREAT IN A PLANTED TANK, THEY WILL REALY SET IT OFF.
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW VENTURE.

Well I had purchased my Juwel Rekord 70 from Dublin Pet Stores on Capel Street and had gotten a voucher for 30quid.
I initially addressed the lighting by purchasing an Arcadia C2 unit and an extra reflector and powerglo 15w bulb. Easy DIY job to get it attached to front of Juwel hood.

Initially I set up the gravel for a day but went and purchase finer black/dark gravel from Blanch. I then purchased a bunch of Elodea Densa and an Anubias Barteria from same. Also got two Hygrophila Polysperma. I had just left the plants in there for two weeks. On Saturday I decided to mosy into town. My nitrItes were still at 2ppm so I wasnt going to get fish but wandered into Whackers. I wanted some bogwood and they were selling decent bits for 30quid. I was tempted but then went downstairs and liked the setup. they had a nice Amazonian set up. I noticed a large piece of bogwood with the heatlhy Java Ferns attached for 32quid so I went a bought that. No worries about tannins being released!! So came home and set up the tank.
Had also got a Nutrafin co2 unit so set that up and running

Am quite pleased with the setup at mo. Ill try to get some pics.

Well today went back into town(day off work!!) and decided to get 12 neon tetras for the tank. Bought them from Dublin pet store with the voucher. Id still like to get some algae eaters and a catfish nut Ill have to be careful about overstocking as I dont have an airpump/airstone.

Id had my eye on some shrimp in Blanch so went in and got two ghost shrimps. Great fun to watch. The noens are still getting used to the tank as they are hiding away. The co2 unit is bubbling away nicely but I still need to get a KH test kit as I dont got one yet.

Im still considering getting a 36w t5 power compact unit as Im still concerned about lighting issues but the plants I have as you can see above are all low lighters.

Yes, yes before you say I DID buy something from Blanch but they were only shrimp. I wont buy any fish from the place. Plants are ok though also.

anyways Im pretty happy as of yet. Its been years since I used to have a larger 4ft tank with UGF and constantly rented out "You and Your Aquarium" by Dick Mills from the library in the Ilac centre!!!

Conor-mr2,
Sounds like a nice set-up. Keep us up to date with how it goes!
I'd love to see a photo of the tank too.

Paula

Looks like your pritty much up and running.
The bogwood/fern was a nice purchase.
I would keep a close eye (morning-night) on the ph with the Co2. It can swing the ph , a lot.

Photos didnt come out then battery went. needs a recharge!!!
Ill deffo get them up. Im looking to add a zebra danio or two then a catfish or two.Id like an oto. Thatll be my stock level probably!!!

Hmm this should all have been in the tropical fish section!!

Hmm this should all have been in the tropical fish section!!

Yup, it should have, technically. The order has been reschuffled so now Trop Aquarium threads are at the top. That should be better. I suppose general tropical fish chat will go in [Tropical Aquariums] / [Fish].

You may also have noticed that Darragh has added some new skins. To personalise with your choice of skin go to your profile page and adjust the "Board Style" drop-down selection box to your taste!

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