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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

Algal Growth On Wood

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23 May 2016 09:43 #1 by robert (robert carter)
I know this is slightly off topic , I have a large piece of bog wood in my new coldwater tank, I had this is my pond for 3 weeks to get it water logged before the tank arrived during which times is got covered in green algae, I power washed it off before putting it into the tank . now 9 days on the wood is again covered in green algae , so presumable there were algae spores still on the wood after pressure washing. My question is can I remove the wood from the tank spray it with bleech from a spray bottle ,leave it for a while and then give it a very good pressure wash off to remove the bleech , will this kill the algae spores on the wood ?

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23 May 2016 13:20 #2 by gunnered72 (Eddy Gunnered)
Bleach will kill everything nasty even snails and snail eggs....You have to soak the item in question in a bleach / water solution for a couple of hours...Then rinse the hell out of it until you cant smell the bleach anymore...You only need a small amount of bleach in a bucket of warm water...

Thing is it wont stop the algae coming back again...Once algae spores are present in a tank they will always be present, just waiting for the right conditions and surfaces to grow on...

In fact as far as i know its impossible to not have algae spores present in an aquatic environment....They are naturally present in all water...

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23 May 2016 13:24 #3 by robert (robert carter)
hi , thanks for your reply , I realise that algae is present in every tank ,I was just hoping to slow things down . the bog wood in my tropical tank is in it 8 months now and no sign of any algae growing on it .

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23 May 2016 13:59 #4 by JohnH (John)
Replied by JohnH (John) on topic Algal Growth On Wood
To split the two threads - this topic has rather 'taken over' Nomad's original post.
John

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N. Tipp

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl - year after year.


ITFS member.



It's a long way to Tipperary.

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23 May 2016 15:09 #5 by Bill (Bill Hunter)
Would boiling help? A prolonged boiling, if practicable, may be better as you don't then have to worry about chemical residue.
Bill

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23 May 2016 15:32 #6 by robert (robert carter)
Would have boiled it but the piece of wood is 3ft long , so a non runner but thanks for the imput

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23 May 2016 15:35 #7 by Bill (Bill Hunter)
My wife has a cauldron you could borrow :whistle:
Just don't tell her I said that lol
Bill

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23 May 2016 15:37 #8 by robert (robert carter)
Thanks Bill but dont want to risk you being homeless on my account :crazy: :crazy:

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23 May 2016 16:53 #9 by Jonlate (Jon Late)
Put it in the dish washer on the hottest setting you have ( of course with no tablet) and give that ago.
Just wait until she goes out and hey presto, she won't be any wiser!!
I have heard of people doing this, but never done it myself. My bits were even to big for the dishwasher.
Or just buy a few algae eaters.

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23 May 2016 20:04 #10 by robert (robert carter)
Dont think it will fit, going to take it out of the tank at the weekend and keep spraying in with a bleech solution for a couple of hours and then give it a really long pressure wash off, before returning it to the tank . Was sort of surprised the koi that are presently in the tank didnt seem interested in it

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24 May 2016 04:53 #11 by Sukahn (Shane Doorley)
Robert, Use Hydrogen Peroxide 3% to use as your dip, as since it only degrades down to Hydrogen gas and water it becomes safe after a while and none harmful in your tank. i had seen it online for cleaning filter socks lol. should work for you.

Since its such a big peice get 12% peroxide and water it 4 water to 1 Peroxide and will give you the 3 %

you can get it in any hairdresser supply shop and you only need the cheap version as they all the same. You can also get medical/food grade peroxide but havent seen anywhere you can get it yet here in ireland

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