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
future monster updated rtc/giraffe cats
- davey_c (dave clarke)
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walked out with a red tail catfish and a giraffe catfish .... best thing was though these were on the miss this time
their hiding at the moment but i'll stick up pic's when their out and about.... can't wait to watch them grow
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- davey_c (dave clarke)
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i wunder would they also devour housemates
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and in fairness to AV between ian and des they both made sure we knew what we were getting into and also that we had a suitable setup to house these for a year or more so top guys.
i'd love some peacock bass to add also but i'm restricted in water dept unfortunately (
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congrats on Your purchase
You picked up two little crackers there
it's a eye opening experience to keep such fish
You should take a photo about every month
You won't believe the growth rate
Des
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- paddyc1 (Paddy Corrigan)
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I see what you're doing Dave.....
In a years time it'll have outgrown your existing tanks so it'll be an excuse to build a big F*** off 10,000 gallon tank
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Can't imagine him fitting in your hand for long !
I see what you're doing Dave.....
In a years time it'll have outgrown your existing tanks so it'll be an excuse to build a big F*** off 10,000 gallon tank
i know, its like a baby, it'll grow up too quick mate
and she bought it so its all her fault .... the plan if for an indoor large pond/small pool which i think would be easier achieved.
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also got a giraffe cat just over 2 feet in about 3 years ,its a great active cat that will , chase the other fish a bit but doesnt do any harm.
watch your water params and tank wise think big QUICK
good luck with these wonderful fish
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i was told of your 1800G tank after i got these, hope i have your backup when the morality police start
i went through your early posts mate but couldn't find pic's of your setup ... i'll be getting started myself on a similar size tank to house my 2, it'll pay off now being a chippy by trade
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crappy vid of my tank,you would have no bother making a big framed ply tank ,and gassfiber the inside,made a couple like this with no problems ,easy to build in loads of insulation
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- davey_c (dave clarke)
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even get to see your giraffe after the 4.00 mark
can't view the pic's on f/b though because i'm not a member
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been in wading once,but after seeing jeremy wades fishing show about pacu in Papua new guinea(they call pacu ball biters after biting a few fellas bits of)i,m NOT going in that tank again
love it
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The RTC is a real long term commitment & way beyond my means so best of luck with him.
Brian - are the long silver fish in your tank cigar sharks? Some Dorado or African tiger fish would look amazing in there.
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actually been trying to get a couple of dorado ,no luck yet
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I'll PM you re: dorado
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they are savage fish brian and 2poc the cigar fish is sitting in the shop at the moment if ye fancy seeing it again ... i'd deffo advise taking a trip in to AV because their fish stock is truely amazing, some species are just breathtaking .... i got stung again, drove by and popped in to say hi, what did i see?... well lets just say i ended up with a little stunner of a silver arowana
thats the bottom and surface fish more or less sorted and i'm staying clear of fish shops for a while
i'll get a pic up tomorrow but in the meantime get to AV
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looks very nice wat size is he have always like these but never actually wanted to keep one dont know way u know know maybe some time down the road
never actually heard off anyone breedin them? could be something to try
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