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
Pond and all i will need for it?
Now I will be getting a 1000L preformed pond (I know this limits me regarding stock) and my thoughts all along has being building around it with some kind of rockwork but recently I have being thinking of wood,so any thoughts of types and pro's and con's of either would be great?
I'll also be picking up equipment in the coming weeks so any suggestions regarding pumps,uv clarifiers,skimmers,fountains etc. would be much appreciated.
A stock list hasn't really being thought about yet but any suggestions regarding that would also be appreciated,cheers
Ger
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Hi Ger , preformed pools tend to be shallow which will limit what you can stock , it also makes it very easy for mr heron to get his breakfast , so you will need to net it . Herons are now becomming a real problem now , they are a protected bird and have breed rapidly in recent years . Asumming you go with goldfish and skibunkins you will need a desent size filter and uv and possibly some sort of fountaln to help airate the water
Cheers for the reply dude........the preformed pond I was looking at is just over 2 foot deep which in my head seemed like a great depth but now that you mentioned "Mr Heron" I have suddenly changed my mind on that.........I really don't want to go down the net route so is there a depth you "pond lads" would consider safe?.....please treat me like a 10 year old on this ok.
Ger
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I dunno why but I keep imagining him saying "Ye haven't seen me, roight?!"No respect
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I was also looking at a 3 in 1 All pond solutions pump earlier that was only 60 euro and got some great reviews,mainly people saying for the price it is it is top notch so i'm wondering what's people's thoughts on the All pond solution brand?.......i had a small pump made from them some years back that i only used for maybe 2-3 months but from what i remember i had no issues with it (was too small for what i eventually needed it for and had to get a bigger pump) so my 1 time brief usage of one of there products was positive,but have other people got other stories regarding there products?
Also can anybody point me in the right direction were i could go and look at different kinds of rockwork in the Dublin area (Northside preferable)?......this will be my first purchase after i get the preformed pond so i would really love to have my mind made up what i want to build around the pond within the next week or so,so any help much appreciated.
Ger
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What about plants And fountains and just posistioning the pond next to a Bush or tree to give some cover ...and maybe deter would be predititors???
Would any of that help???
Plants will defo be going in but were the pond will be going there will be no chance of a tree or a bush i'm afraid......cheers anyway and keep your thoughts coming ok
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hi Ger I am a big fan of all pond solutions products and have dealt with them for many years ,I currently use their 3 box filter system with uv on my pond . they are always willing to give advise and delivery to Ireland only take 3 days
Good to hear Robert thanks........Everything I've read about them is good but it is just the price (60 euro) that was making me think that i'm missing something here!!......the old saying keeps popping into me head...."if it's too good to be true,it normally is" .....but in this case after all the reviews I've read it seems it is "true" so I might roll with it.
Still wondering were to look at rock work if anybody knows anywhere? cheers
Ger
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For the hardscape around your pond you should definetly price up some stuff from Manor Stone. They are in Laois where I grew up off the M8 one the way down to Cork. They have a showroom in Dublin - Stone and Garden Depot, Broomhill Road, Tallaght
Cheers Dave,i'll defo check them out
Ger
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I dunno why but I keep imagining him saying "Ye haven't seen me, roight?!"No respect
the canal is just across the road in front of the pic,too many undesirables hanging about at the canal so smart heron looking for a higher vantage point from a distance to spot his kill.... Please Log in to join the conversation.