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
taking a break from the hobbie
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work ing nearly 50 odd hours a week now and spend every other hour i can with my daughter
so my complete set up is for sale
fluval roma 200 tank and stand
fluval 4 internal filter +fluval mini filter +fluval heater
fish
4 tefe wild discus
2 apisto s double red pair
1 geophagus surinamensis
2 blue spotted plecos
1 baby silver arowana
decor
vine s
bog wood
plants
coconut shell with plants on top of it
pm if intrested looking to sell as a complete set up




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All the best and sry to hear bout your intended break from the hobby

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location?(
HEY!! that's my job, i'm telling john on you.
shame mate, can you not work around them both, i'd contemplate the job as that will limit your time with your daughter and tank, no possibility of morning shifts? them nights are a killer, been there done that and wasted my life working all night and sleeping all day i had to jack it in. i suppose times are tough. you might find it hard to shift everything together, i might be interested in the plants (dar are you not having trouble with the plants you have as it is?... yes i am, listen i don't have to explain myself if i want to inquire about his plants i will, jesus some people wat?) wat plants have you got mate?
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Sry Chief!!!
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andrewo wrote:
location?(
HEY!! that's my job, i'm telling john on you.
shame mate, can you not work around them both, i'd contemplate the job as that will limit your time with your daughter and tank, no possibility of morning shifts? them nights are a killer, been there done that and wasted my life working all night and sleeping all day i had to jack it in. i suppose times are tough. you might find it hard to shift everything together, i might be interested in the plants (dar are you not having trouble with the plants you have as it is?... yes i am, listen i don't have to explain myself if i want to inquire about his plants i will, jesus some people wat?) wat plants have you got mate?
hahahaha
dar, i think your loosing the plot man !!

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dar wrote:
andrewo wrote:
location?(
HEY!! that's my job, i'm telling john on you.
shame mate, can you not work around them both, i'd contemplate the job as that will limit your time with your daughter and tank, no possibility of morning shifts? them nights are a killer, been there done that and wasted my life working all night and sleeping all day i had to jack it in. i suppose times are tough. you might find it hard to shift everything together, i might be interested in the plants (dar are you not having trouble with the plants you have as it is?... yes i am, listen i don't have to explain myself if i want to inquire about his plants i will, jesus some people wat?) wat plants have you got mate?
How many people are in that Conversation? what do I have to take to get the same effect??
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