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
Water shortage
monitored my well water.No changes.Lucky me.
Thanks for the warning.
Regards,Tim
Midlands - in the heart of Ireland.
Keeping and breeding : Frontosa Blue Zaires , Synodontis Petricola , Tropheus Red Rainbow (Kasanga) , Tropheus Moliro . Regulary fry for sale.
Community tank with P.Kribensis and different livebearers.
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My water has been pH 7.0 TDS 70 for years, about 6 months ago the pH increased to 7.3 on an almost constant basis, no change to TDS.
pH last night was 7.8 and TDS 100, I have just tested again, it is now pH 7.9 and TDS 90. At this rate I will be selling South Americans and buying cichlids
Based on comment above I tested for Nitrates, 0ppm as usual here.
Daragh
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what test kit are you using? I very much doubt 0ppm nitrates. I currently have 25ppm nitrates in Athboy and have tested water in laytown also with 25ppm. would love to know if your nitrate test kit is a reliable brand, in date and how long its open
Hi Paul. There were warnings of both Ammonia and Nitrates in the water supply. Perhaps we are on a different supply. I am in Walkinstown D12.
Test Kits used;
Ammonia - 2 different API. 1 new and 1 nearly six months old
Nitrate - 2 different API. 1 new and 1 nearly six months old
Phosphate - 2 Different tests. Dupla and Salifert
TDS - meter
PH - 3 different meters
GH - 2 different tests. Nutrafin and Hagen
KH - 2 different tests. Nutrafin and Hagen
I think it would be a good idea for people to post there water tests and mention were they are from.
I think most of the country has/had reduced pressure. I had no water at all for a couple of days.
Stupid me had the waste water going to a storage tank in the attic which gets used around the house for toilets and basins. The hose from the RO was deep in the tank and once the water in the mains dropped it created a back syphon and emptied the tank.
If you are using RO and only use it to slightly soften the water, i would put new sediment and carbon filters in (if needed or more than 3 months old)and bypass the main membrane. No waste water. Use alternative means to alter the water chemistry and remove Ammonia and Nitrate.
If you use RO for making up salt water for a marine tank, Use tap water but remove the Ammonia and Nitrate with resins or chemicals before mixing the salt. Again no waste water.
Dose anyone know what type of salt was used for gritting the roads?
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Saxa?
cheers for the info
i will post test results if it helps
rgds
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I have always been very wary with any change to the water system. A few years ago our water supply was knocked off and after I did a water change I learned the hard way and it practically wiped out my entire tank.
Luckily I'm running low on Fluid Filter Medium, waiting on one to be delivered so that has delayed me doing a water change. I read somewhere about people doubling up on their dechlorinator dose when doing water changes as a precaution but not sure if this works?
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