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
Rampant Clear Slime
It usually starts to grow on the wood but will spread to any surface that has algae growth too, hence it’s on your glass too.One handy trick for preventing it which I can not take credit for it to microwave the wood before adding to the tank. This is a damn good tip from Kev aka Stretnik. Tried it and it works
on any kind of wood that will fit in the microwave! Microwaving has 2 results; firstly, it will kill any pathogens on the wood or in the wood, including fungal spores. Secondly, it makes the wood sink like a stone. Even with regular drift wood, only 2 minutes or so in the microwave, drop into water and the wood will fizz and sink without the need to soak for weeks.Another advantage to microwaving the wood rather than soaking it for weeks is that the wood retains its tannins. Not necessarily desired, however, if you are looking to achieve a blackwater set-up, the results are actually worth the trouble. Obviously it depends on being able to fit the wood into a microwave.
Cheers,
Bill.
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