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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

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27 Sep 2011 21:50 #1 by fishmad1234 (Craig Coyle)
indeed the shrimp mania is starting to hit.seahorse have a great range of blau nano tanks at the moment if yous havent seen them yet defo worth a look amazing prices for example the one i got 38.9 litres comes with filter hang on type very quite have a aqua one hang on filter on it to and that seems very noisey.the light seems very bright but dont have it on the tank coz the plastic clip broke.



have ADA amazonia substrate in it ment to be immense for plants so we ll see how that works out need a good ground cover plant.



not going down the planted tank route to much ill have some moss s and some ground cover plants its some times hard to tell the difference between shrimp tanks and planted tanks.


as far as im aware theres loads of so called nano plants for the small nano tanks.



tank has been filled tonight so at least 4to5 weeks till id even think of putting any shrimp in.



illl clip the light off the ebi onto it so yous can get an idea of what it ll look like.the bog wood in the corner will be replaced bye some nor wood once its soaked for a day then nuked in the micro wave for a few minutes so when its put back in it sinks and doesnt float.



beside the ebi see size difference


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01 Oct 2011 17:07 #2 by Valerie (Valerie)
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This looks very promising. Please keep us up to date with the progress on this tank.

Question : putting wood in the microwave ... does it really make it sink ? why ? I wonder and am curious.

Thanks - Valerie

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02 Oct 2011 06:08 #3 by fishmad1234 (Craig Coyle)
I havent tried it as of yet bit of wood is nice and wet in a bucket out the back so ill try it today i cant really remember why it works but kev told me it worked for him.been busy in work on weeks holidays now so plan to do a lot with the tank get a ground cover plant get some almond leaves the big ones for the back round of the tank tie some moss to the stones and get some moss on the branchs of the bit of eood i plan to put in.

Will post pictures of any updates thst occur during the week

have a plan in my head of what i want it to look like so.heres hoping that vision can transpire into what the finished tank will be


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06 Oct 2011 13:40 #4 by fishmad1234 (Craig Coyle)
So.as i was saying got some shrimp on monday and so far so good all still alive.and to add to the feeling of good health my shrimps are in already ive had loads of susscess full molts witch they love nibbleing on got a great deal on a canon eos 1100 so hopefully in a few weeks i can post some quality pics of.my shrimps.




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19 Oct 2011 19:18 #5 by fishmad1234 (Craig Coyle)
Few updated pics of the blau tank.the water is very murky as i changed the hole thing around.and the ebi last pic just did a refresh on that



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19 Oct 2011 21:00 #6 by SpiderMonkey (Mark O'Neill)
Is that a fishtank or a bucket of dirty water! Get another filter on that quick :cheer:

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19 Oct 2011 21:26 #7 by SpiderMonkey (Mark O'Neill)
I feel a bit bad for saying that now craig I'm sorry ;)

Drop over tomorrow

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19 Oct 2011 21:29 #8 by fishmad1234 (Craig Coyle)
See the ada stuff has a lot of seditmit in it prob shouldnt of stirred it up you prob didnt get that problem with the cheap mando :evil: haha there is 2 hang on filters on it already thats why its taking its time hang on s wouldnt be as good as internal s for clearing the water quick.get a bit of easy life filter media tommorrow to get the water crystal clear


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19 Oct 2011 21:32 #9 by fishmad1234 (Craig Coyle)
Yes you where very rude was just about to launch a compliant with admin


but have some nice biscuits tommorrow and ill let you away with it :cool: :cool:

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19 Oct 2011 21:34 #10 by stretnik (stretnik)
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If you pop in some Filter Floss, really cheap if you have an old Duvet, that's what's inside them !! put a small wad into the Filter, not too compact as it'll impede flow, as the Floss strips out the crap it will get clogged, the Water will ALWAYS be cleanest just before it needs to be changed.

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19 Oct 2011 21:38 #11 by fishmad1234 (Craig Coyle)
Actually kev i have some there ill pop it in both filters before i go to.work tonight and see how it is in the morning when i get back



thanks kev

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19 Oct 2011 22:12 #12 by stretnik (stretnik)
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No probs.

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19 Oct 2011 23:08 #13 by BlueRam (Sean Crowe)
fair play craig they look the job alright gonna be beauties

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20 Oct 2011 19:20 #14 by fishmad1234 (Craig Coyle)
Cheers sean the ebi is more or less finished just the other one going to have it as a crystal tank.




Thinking of leaving the rack till after christmas and judt focus on the 2 tanks i have now.

But tommorrow ill want to rack :crazy:

craig

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20 Oct 2011 20:38 #15 by BlueRam (Sean Crowe)
yeah ill be doing the same more then likely meself soon enough i can never stop ha i have ta try find something to put two 60L and 1 80L tank on in the new house as i am gettin my own fish room :cool: (thanks to the missus) haha

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22 Oct 2011 12:38 #16 by Goldenguns (Darren pierce)
handy to no ur back in the fish busisness craig there nice tanks first dibs on them when u get bored in a couple of weeks just like old times :whistle:

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22 Oct 2011 16:47 #17 by fishmad1234 (Craig Coyle)
Not like old times didnt have time to look after the wild discus.


Time is key

get up here to measure for my rack :cool:

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22 Oct 2011 19:27 #18 by BlueRam (Sean Crowe)
craig i was in ikea yesterdays gettin a few stands for the fish room to put three or for tanks on and i see a very good galvanized rack and it stands alone say it suit u down to the ground also u could fit about 8 shrimp tanks on it no harm in haven a look

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23 Oct 2011 01:55 #19 by fishmad1234 (Craig Coyle)
Was out there about 2 months ago.sean and didnt see any thing that caught my eye must go.out for.another look.but then again might be better to get it custom built seen in the argos they have them to


thanks for the heads up.


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