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
15 random photos pt.2
Here is a tank i never got to finish
Yellow swordtail Xiphophorus clemenciae
red whiptail.Possibly Leliella spec. red or Hemiloricaria lanceolata. or possibly a hybrid from both.
Galaxy Rasbora / Celestial Pearl Danio Danio margaritatus
planted.
Blue phantom pleco Hemiancistrus sp. (L128)
Marine tank.
Nothobranchius rachovi
Can anyone ID the Cichlids?
Amblydoras Hancocki
Hypancistrus sp. L411 male with eggs.
Dwarf Livebearer, Least Killifish, Mosquitofish, Dwarf Top Minnow. Heterandria formosa
Hyalobagrus flavus
I cant remember the name of this whiptail. I went looking for it but cant find it. If i find it later i will put the name on it.
If you missed them first time around here is 15 random photos pt.1
www.irishfishkeepers.com/cms/component/o...w/catid,27/id,51131/
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Sorry about the quality of the pic. That's an L411 beside the L46
Hi Jeff. It depends on the killifish how they are kept.
For most a tank of 18L will do a pair or trio. Males are overly romantic so it is best to have more females.
All the Killifish pictured are males. Most females are plain.
A sponge or box filter, hiding places for the females and low light.
For most non annuals (eg. Aphyosemion) temp about 24c, soft acidic water, live food offered at least twice a week.
For most annuals (eg. Notho's) the same set up but moderately hard water. Most old literature says soft water but this is wrong.
Also some common meds can harm them. Salt will cure a lot of ill's.
Killifish like all fish need a little research first. In particular food, temp, water chemistry and compatibility.
Apart from that they are short lived but great little fish.
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Congrats on getting a photo on the little dwarf livebearer - they are bloody tiny. I was amazed at the size of the young, I thought the little guy I had was the male until I saw the male as well the other day, the fry must be a third the size of the mother at birth! No wonder they don't have many.
Lovely whiptails too, particularly the last one, great contrast on the markings.
Daragh
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