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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

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08 Mar 2016 12:11 - 08 Mar 2016 12:13 #1 by JohnH (John)
For March... was created by JohnH (John)
For the benefit of the Forum members who like to participate in the irregularly-spaced Photo Competitions the new round starts today and will run until the end of the month.
I have found a brand new mini-hang-on-back' filter for one prize (I'll try to add a picture later) - any further donation offers will be gratefully accepted.

Here follows a shameless copy-and-paste from previous rounds

There is no specific theme required so it's a case of 'anything goes' (with the usual proviso that your entries be either Fish, or Fish-related).

Up to three entries per competitor and entries will be accepted up to midnight on March 31.
Edit, It isn't in any way compulsory but it would help yours truly if all three entries were submitted together.

Now, if you'd like to send me your entries to this address: (Please remember to add your Forum user-name)

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

we'll get the thing running.

The Competition Rules are in the first thread in the 'Competitions' section of the Forum Index.

www.irishfishkeepers.com/forum/37-compet...rules-and-guidelines

(Please take the time to read the Rules as some are quite relevant).

Good luck everyone.



John

This thread will be locked once the first entry arrives (as with previous Comps).

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08 Mar 2016 14:48 - 08 Mar 2016 23:36 #2 by JohnH (John)
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Our good friend (and fellow Forum member) Ger310 has donated a pack of 50 Catappa leaves (50cm ones) so now we have two prizes in the kitty.
Thanks Ger.

John

Edit - Oops - Ger has just let me know that I have put the wrong size for the leaves 0 whoever heard of a 50cm Catappa leaf??? What a fool I am, it's actually a far-more sensible 20cm!
Sorry for the mistake.

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09 Mar 2016 22:04 #3 by Homer (Kevin)
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I will add 4 x 25 Litre water containers with caps to the prize fund!

Kev.

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It's NOT "Chee lick", NOT "Chee Chee Licks"!!! Cichlids is pronounced as "Sick Lids"!!!!!

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09 Mar 2016 22:12 #4 by JohnH (John)
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On behalf of the Forum Competitors thanks very much Kevin - these will certainly be useful - I'm sure.

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09 Mar 2016 23:16 #5 by Homer (Kevin)
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My pleasure John.

Kev

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It's NOT "Chee lick", NOT "Chee Chee Licks"!!! Cichlids is pronounced as "Sick Lids"!!!!!

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12 Mar 2016 23:58 #6 by robert (robert carter)
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Hi John ,I can offer you the wavemaker as a prize for the compitition if it's any good to you

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13 Mar 2016 01:22 - 13 Mar 2016 01:23 #7 by JohnH (John)
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Not to me personally, but as an additional prize that will be great (not that we've had any entries yet but the month is is [comparatively] still young).

John

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13 Mar 2016 01:26 #8 by robert (robert carter)
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Waiting for the koi to be a bit more active then will send a few pictures in

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13 Mar 2016 21:21 #9 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)
the fish are not smiling and staying still for the camera lol its only matter of time till few photos start rolling in hopefully everyone will make a small bit of a effort this time and get it into the double figures

Something fishie going on here

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13 Mar 2016 21:30 #10 by JohnH (John)
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Entry #01:

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13 Mar 2016 21:32 #11 by JohnH (John)
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Our first entry for March.

As is the tradition this thread will now be locked until the Round ends at the end of the month.

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15 Mar 2016 10:53 #12 by JohnH (John)
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Entry total now doubled!
Entry #02:


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15 Mar 2016 15:32 #13 by JohnH (John)
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We're (almost) on a roll now -
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17 Mar 2016 17:51 #14 by JohnH (John)
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Enty # 4:

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17 Mar 2016 18:38 #15 by JohnH (John)
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18 Mar 2016 10:32 #16 by JohnH (John)
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18 Mar 2016 10:33 #17 by JohnH (John)
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19 Mar 2016 20:33 #18 by JohnH (John)
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19 Mar 2016 20:36 #19 by JohnH (John)
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19 Mar 2016 21:40 #20 by JohnH (John)
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20 Mar 2016 23:04 #21 by JohnH (John)
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21 Mar 2016 17:19 #22 by JohnH (John)
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Well, after a bit of a slow start this month's round is gradually gaining some momentum.

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21 Mar 2016 23:10 #23 by JohnH (John)
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23 Mar 2016 23:06 #24 by JohnH (John)
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25 Mar 2016 22:14 #25 by JohnH (John)
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27 Mar 2016 23:52 #26 by JohnH (John)
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28 Mar 2016 09:39 #27 by JohnH (John)
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Entry #28:




It's nice to see some Marine entries again.
Still a couple of days to submit...

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30 Mar 2016 16:06 #28 by JohnH (John)
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01 Apr 2016 10:28 #29 by JohnH (John)
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As with all previous Rounds this thread has now been unlocked to allow for comments and observations to be made.

The voting thread is locked until after Monday.

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01 Apr 2016 13:57 #30 by Jonlate (Jon Late)
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29 pictures, wow!! Well done everyone.

When I first looked at picture 23 I thought what a great plant as the stem was coming out the bottom of the fish, but the realised it was a fish, not a leaf!
It looks a lovely fish though, what is it?

I really liked seeing the saltwater entries as well. Me thinks one of them may win.

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