Forum Sabotaged

In response to your statements...ring me and we can have a chat!

Regarding Petstop if you feel things were done in an unfair manner Im sorry.All I did was help them make their shop better and get a 15% discount for all ITFS/LFKS/GAS/SAS members and improve the selection of fish for people willing to travel there.I kept all receipts of products bought there and let me assure you I pay the going rate.I was the ringleader in condemning them but not in promoting them upon their second coming so to speak.The people who visited the place did that!

If all you can do is jump to conclusions about us improving fishkeeping then so be it,Ill take that if its the price to pay for the improvements that have been made.

Regarding the power buzz Im on well your comments are fair.I put hours and hours of work in and I expect something back,at a minimum respect.Anything after that is a bonus.

If you want to get back to the fish side of things do so...thats the only way this mess will be forgotten.Put up some pics of your tank or something and get a real discussion going.

As far as Im concerned Im finished on the matter,the rest can be sorted over the phone or face to face,there is no need for it to be discussed further on this forum.

I am apologising to all the people who were put off or annoyed by this carry on but when you have so much invested and have worked so hard it is sometimes hard to back down.I only got involved in this thread late on and should have stayed out,but it was heated by then anyway.For my part I am sorry and can assure everyone I will keep on working to make the forum a better place.

Excellent Post Chris really happy to see that, apologies for any offence i caused you. Petstop thing kinda annoyed me because of the state the place was in previously, fair play to them for getting there act together, sponsering our forum and giving members 15% off, and if you are willing to help them out they are in good hands and i'm sure future standards will be nothing to worry about. Keep up the good work man.

Cheers Steven maybe the love will spread?

Hopefully Chris, Happy New Year man.

Happy New Year to you too.Im actually going to follow my resolution this year..it is to count how many fish I can breed in one year!Is that a resolution?

That would be some resolution, the way you breed fish i'm taking bets for in the low thousands...

I have been out all evening, I left my PC logged in so it looks like I have been here and keeping up with the posts, but I wasn't.

There have been several phone calls backwards and forward between members and I would like to ask EVERYONE to please let this matter rest. Please revert back to fishkeeping posts and do not further fuel these long runnin threads that do nothing to benefit the forum. No one is ever going to have the last word on this, matters will be resolved and that will happen offline, not here despite everyones good intentions.

So please fishkeeping posts only, no exceptions. ChrisM will be here in a moment to request the same thing. We are jointly requesting members focus their attention on the forum for what it is, a place to discuss fish.

Daragh

Here Here !!!!

Well said Daragh.Lets use the forum to its full extent and get back to interesting fish related posts,topics,pictures and craic.

@Steven

I wouldnt count on it being into the thousands because I have some very needy friends with half stocked tanks!!

It's very hartening to see the last few posts. Happy New year to everyone and let's get back to promoting fish keeping.

Hi all,

Sorry I have not been in touch as I was visiting non-computer oriented relatives for the weekend.

PLEASE, let us all get together and continue developing the forum with fish related topics and a bit of craic!

If anyone has any idea to improve the forum or to add to the educational content, don't hesitate to contact any of us !

Kindest regards,
Valerie

great news

Thank God thats over, or at least its on the mend.
Lets have a clearing of the air people (in private or at the next LFKS meet) and let that be that.

I have had my own share of fish related problems over Christmas and felt totally alone.
I felt it would have been pointless posting on here for a start, imagine how this would have looked to fresh blood hanging around reading.

Fresh blood here, not impressed with the antics and hand bags, Build a bridge and get over it. Us newbe's need your help

Excellent stuff Guys looking forward to the new year and plenty of craic.

2.30 in the morning am i mad anyway great all is being sorted, to all members old and new a happy new year.

To chris keep up the good work as the lfks needs to gain more members and position in the hobby. Also i am available any time to help where i can and again lets get back to fish keeping.

03:10 am and I want to go to bed, what would make me really happy (and a lot of other people too I am sure) is that when I log in tomorrow that the 5 most recent posts on the right of the home page relate to fishkeeping.

All the main players in the latest fiasco have asked for this thread to stop, there is nothing more to be added, please please can we immediately revert to fishkeeping, there is nothing to be gained by adding any more here.

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PS. That line is my humble attempt at closing this thread, those admin facilities were handy sometimes

I was out all day myself and when I got home I got great news, the problem is staying in 2007 and a NEW BEGINING FOR A NEW YEAR.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY and May it be the best year for fishkeeping in Ireland ever.

Good luck to you all.......................Tom Brecknell.