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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I had an aquarium when I was younger and now I think one would be a good idea for my son he also has an interest in it so any ideas will be much appreciated :

I live in cavan
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Hi just wondering if anyone has good ideas on what size brand tank is best for a newbie
I had an aquarium when I was younger and now I think one would be a good idea for my son he also has an interest in it so any ideas will be much appreciated :
I live in cavan
Welcome to the Forum by the way.
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Personally I would say as big as you can get, fish keepers always want to upgrade and its generally easier to keep water quality in a larger tank, keep us updated anyway

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Ive always used Juwel tanks have no complaints..yet and for smaller tanks I have 2 Fluval's very cool no leaks... yet

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120 or a 180 L would be a good starter tank
Something fishie going on here
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Can someone tell me what this is I think it's a leopard danio (not a great pic)
Male krib in nest
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Neons being terrorised by small Kribs

Lot of algae on fake plant any reasons and solutions
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Catfish think its a Cory
Also any ideas on plants for this tank
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Woops can't get photos up
Mick,
Here's Valerie's tutorial on how to post pictures.
www.irishfishkeepers.com/index.php/forum...ng-pictures-on-posts
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