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
Hello All
Welcome to the forum
It's good that you are doing a little of researching before jumping in and if you have any questions, do, like now, ask !
It is recommended you get the biggest tank you can afford and can accomodate as it is easier to keep the water parameters stable.
The cycling process is well documented on this website and on the internet, but again, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
I am not based in Dublin, so I can't give any feedback on the shops you mention in your post. I have however visited most of our Dublin sponsors' shops, they are good and knowledgeable and would be of great assistance to you.
The fish you mention that look like sharks are probably Bala Sharks. They are absolutely fabulous and when I started fish-keeping, these are the ones I wanted too. However, they grow very fast and large and would outgrow such a tank ...
I hope this helps.
Welcome again
Valerie
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Thanks for the reply. I see everyone suggests getting the largest tank possible all right, I coul squeeze the 120 in but I think it woul be the only thing you'd see in the room (small flat you see) I'll compare the 96 and the 120 in a shop when I get a chance, hopefully the 120 will be ok
Thanks for the tip on the Bala Sharks, that looks like them all right, I'll go with out them for this thank so.
All the best
GR
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