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
The August 2008 Photo Competition
The August Photo Competition is now open !
The prize has been kindly sponsored by Petstop - Blanchardstown, Dublin and consists of a Rena Air Pump 300 + Air Stone + Check Valve (thank you Damian!
).The theme for this month is \"Attention to Detail\".
One photo per entrant.
Please send your entry to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before the 29th of August 2008.
Best of luck to all!
The Forum Team
PS : Don't forget to vote for the July 2008 winner - Thanks
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Thank you all - We had a fantastic amount of entries !
* View the entries in the August 2008 Photo Competition Entries post .
* Cast your votes before Saturday, the 7th of September 2008 by PM to Valerie (click here) .
The winner will receive a Rena Air Pump 300 + Air Stone + Check Valve, kindly sponsored by Petstop, Blanchardstown.
Notes :
- Votes are open to all registered forum members (ie club and non-club members),
- An entrant cannot vote for his/her entry,
- The username and their winning entry will be displayed on the front page.
Thank you and Best of Luck !
The Forum Team
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The winning picture of the August Photo Competition is :
Platty252 wins a Rena Air Pump 300 + Air Stone + Check Valve sponsored by Petstop, Blanchardstown, Dublin.
Congratulations Platty !
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Daragh
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Cheers for the comments and the votes.
Thanks to pet stop for the prize. Damian if you could wrap that and stick a bow on it for me.
I suppose i should tell you a little about the subject in the photo;
These are Caribbean worm snails / sedentary snails (Petaloconchus spp.). They live inside these tubes and spit out a web like mucous that catches particles in the water. They then reel them back in and feed off what ever they have caught.
They are supposed to reproduce by youngsters leaving the tube and building their own tube. This is not how they do it in my tank. During a full moon ( the same for turbo snails) the adult leaves the tube and releases the milt into the water. After a week you will notice youngsters popping up all over the place. A lot of these should be removed because when they spit out the web like thingy it can annoy surrounding corals and stop them feeding.
A few is fine to have and quite amazing to watch.
Thanks again, Darren
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