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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

good airpump ???

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05 Oct 2010 07:51 - 05 Oct 2010 09:08 #1 by jakepitbull (john)
looing to get a new airpump for my rio400 anyone got these ? any good ? recommendations ?
Last edit: 05 Oct 2010 09:08 by JohnH (John). Reason: Removed link as suggested by the ever-vigilant Dar

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05 Oct 2010 08:21 #2 by dar (darren curry)
mate whip off that link before the mods get wind, (there is a bit of rule breaking going on lately, not intentionally, but non sponsors can not sell stuff on here the same goes for us promoting non sponsors) but it will save a possible pm or having it deleted for you (which is a pain in the backside)

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05 Oct 2010 08:29 #3 by roealdo (j)
Replied by roealdo (j) on topic Re:good airpump ???
Maybe just post the model number
THE CLEARSEAL 9908

I was looking at the THE CLEARSEAL 9904 FOUR OUT LET AIR PUMP for a 300l tank.

Are they worth getting?

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05 Oct 2010 08:42 - 05 Oct 2010 08:43 #4 by dar (darren curry)
i'm not sure on that model but i think you would pick a good air pump up over here for that price

Check out the angling section, it is fantastic
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05 Oct 2010 08:46 #5 by roealdo (j)
Replied by roealdo (j) on topic Re:good airpump ???
any suggestions on where you could pick one up?

The pump comes with the following

Four Outlet AirPump
4 x 1"inch air stones
4 x blue style non return valves ( to stop back siphoning if power power cut)
5m of Air line
Bottle of Tetra Dechlorinator
Tin of Fish Food (This months promotional offer)

for €40 which I think is a good deal

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05 Oct 2010 09:01 #6 by dar (darren curry)
now just from experience with a pump i had, i found the smaller stones created more noise, i was running two 1foot stones and man was it noisey, yeah all the accesseries are nice but why are they trying to make the deal seem sweeter can the pump not sell itself? look into ehiem i seen one online for 30 quid, stones and tubing are cheap enough

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05 Oct 2010 09:15 #7 by mickdeja (Mick Whelan)
PM sent...

Mick......:)

Follow me up to Carlow

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05 Oct 2010 09:20 #8 by roealdo (j)
Replied by roealdo (j) on topic Re:good airpump ???
got that. Thanks

The rest of my tank/equipment is eheim so might as well stick to it!

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05 Oct 2010 09:28 - 05 Oct 2010 09:39 #9 by JohnH (John)
Replied by JohnH (John) on topic Re:good airpump ???
roealdo wrote:

Maybe just post the model number
THE CLEARSEAL 9908

I was looking at the THE CLEARSEAL 9904 FOUR OUT LET AIR PUMP for a 300l tank.

Are they worth getting?

Just to clarify this Clearaseal do not make these pumps, they are merely a repackaged-(and relabelled)-for-them far-Eastern Hailea pump.
I have the eight-outlet version which went wrong pretty soon after being set up.
I was not able to obtain the replacement spares for them and it still sits in a cupboard somewhere redundant.
Just a quick question: do you need a pump only for the one tank?
You really would find you are creating air to pass straight into the atmosphere if that's the case.
If you would be needing air for other tanks also then a multi-outlet pump would be a definite consideration, but the offer you mention would not be free postage to Ireland, and they aren't the lightest of objects (even the four-outlet one).
Now, the next consideration about buying good from 'afar' is if and when they go wrong they will be expensive to return for warranty, or repair.
You should ask the seller too if they guarantee these pumps, or at very least provide spares for them, if my one is anything to go by, you'll need them!
On the other side of the coin 'C' (puddlefish) uses one and is delighted with it - look for his article about it (I'll search for it presently and - if I find it - will add the link to it).
www.irishfishkeepers.com/cms/component/o...w/catid,33/id,70406/
My suggestion would be to consider what you really need a pump for - then look for one in Ireland which fulfills these criteria and buy one here, you'll have backup that way, as well as helping the poor government by keeping a few more €uros in the Irish exchequer.
John

Location:
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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05 Oct 2010 11:42 #10 by Ma (mm mm)
Replied by Ma (mm mm) on topic Re:good airpump ???
I reckon an Eheim 400 2x 200lph would be fine, actually an Eheim 200 dual line would do the Rio300.

I am running a Eheim200 2 x 100lph at the mo in my 450 and it works fine and is very quiet, the defusers are quite goot as they release more of a fiss. I had a 400 in there but now use it upstairs, also very quiet and both outlets are capacity adjustable aswell.

Mark

Location D.11

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06 Nov 2010 18:46 #11 by jakepitbull (john)
bought the ehiem 3704, very good pump and ease of adjustment.

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07 Nov 2010 01:21 - 07 Nov 2010 01:22 #12 by joey (joe watson)
anyone still looking for an air pump? i have 2 airvolution av3 duel outlet pumps i will be putting for sale soon. i use in a 2foot deep tank, no problems with it and i run a few airfilters off them for a shrimp tank. when it gets a bit noisy its very easy to pick up new diaphragm's or full repair kits (which i have done 6 months ago) for around 10euro, and they pump the bubbles out

Location: Portlaoise, Midlands
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