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
Today In The Fishroom~1//9/11 More Fishies!
I am really digging these Platinum Honduran Red Points. From what I can see the female does not get the same distinct orange belly common to their close relative...the convict. It wasn't until I got this shot of the breeding male kiting alongside one of the other suitors in the tank.
It's easy to get these shots set up. All I do is put food in the side of the tank claimed by two of the four HRP's in the 100 gallon tank. Their natural breeding instinct brings the breeding behavior..and it's awesome to watch and photograph. Here's a battle you can't win. When the breeding pair team up on the suitor, it doesn't take much persuasion to go home.
The "kiting" behavior isn't exclusive to the larger cichlids. Here the non breeding male HRP does his best to try and lure the female away.
Flaring the operculum, the male make is known that he is ready to hold off a frontal display from the lucky breeders.
Pure timing. When I took the photo the fish was facing right. His turn was coincidentally timed with the shutter closing. Because I was shooting at 1/250th I was able to stop action. The motion shot wouldn't...couldn't have been planned. Luck.
My Amphilophus nourisati...abut 9"...living in a 300 gallon tank with a few other grow outs and the Blue Labridens. Really nice fish.
One of the things I like most about the F0 A. hogaboomorum is the beautiful fins and extensions. Here's the retreating end of the large male.
Here's one of the juveniles (I have a few dozen in tanks as dithers/targets. Just a beautiful pose...
Of my seven original F0 H. Labridens "blue" Taninul Springs, I have this lone pair left. They are in the 300 gallon with the Nourisati, and a small Robertsoni...and of course the Metynsis. When they paired up the immediately killed the remaining Labs one after another.
The male is about 10"
The female about 8"
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i love the way how the background of your shots comes out pure black! how u do it???
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Mick...
Follow me up to Carlow
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Some nice shots there Mo. Would like to see some shots of the tanks you keep your fish in...
Jay
Lots of people ask about that. For me the tank shots are pretty boring. What makes it difficult is that I light the tank for the photos. Often the area I light is very small...a foot or two square. I don't light for full tank shots.
Andrew...thanks. It's funny...I asked the camera to go get some photos for me this weekend and it just sat there in the case.
The camera is a tool. The man pushing the buttons is the artist. The reason the background is black is becasue I am shooting at a very low ISO (100) and a very high shutter speed and aperture. (1/250 & F32) All of the flash units are positioned around a very small area. Because of the settings, the image doesn't pick up any residual light. I assist this by having all of my tank backgrounds painted black. Please Log in to join the conversation.