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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04 Aug 2011 16:40 #1 by des (des)

goldfish fry

piranha fry

koi fry

daphnia

others

not great shots, but caught a green terror in the act of laying eggs

cheers
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04 Aug 2011 18:03 #2 by DJK (David Kinsella)

Some really nice and interesting snaps there Des, thanks for the effort.

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04 Aug 2011 19:18 #3 by Viperbot (Jason Hughes)

Nice shots Des, thanks for sharing.

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04 Aug 2011 19:46 #4 by BlueRam (Sean Crowe)

some great pics mate fair play to ya and congrats on the fry

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04 Aug 2011 20:04 #5 by christyg (Chris Geraghty)

Fabulous shots. I think I know who'll be favourite for the next photo comp :whistle:

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04 Aug 2011 20:34 #6 by Ieva star (Ieva Fogta)

nise job Des u never lost it mate

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04 Aug 2011 20:57 #7 by Gedas (Gediminas Derkintis)

Stunning photo Des.

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04 Aug 2011 23:16 #8 by derek (Derek Doyle)

thanks for posting these pics des. where are they breeding the daphnia?

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04 Aug 2011 23:28 #9 by stretnik (stretnik)

I brought the breeding stock out to AV a few months ago, I breed them in two 50 Gal Drums where I feed them Spirulina Powder and Egg yolk mix, they originally came from the Botanic Gardens over 15 years ago and they are still going strong. AV are breeding them in a huge, raised outdoor Pool.

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05 Aug 2011 06:20 #10 by wylam (Stuart Sexton)

lovely photo's.

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05 Aug 2011 10:12 #11 by mickdeja (Mick Whelan)

Great pics there Des.

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05 Aug 2011 11:51 - 06 Aug 2011 17:07 #12 by des (des)

cheers Lads

I love the Macro Lens, it makes things super clear or seem other worldly...

@ Sean (Vision 260)
the Fry are not Mine, they are Bred in Aquatic Village...

@ Derek
as Kev said, they are Breeding the Daphnia in huge numbers up in the Aquatic Village in out door pools and the live food is doing wonders for the Fish, they are all Breeding like crazy...
I've started breeding them (Daphnia) Myself, very easy...

thanks again for the nice comments Everyone

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