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
fishy get-together
"The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life; your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you.They're freeing your soul."
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My wife??????Who could ever have enough of you talking?
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well, in this hobby, that's a given!
My wife??????Who could ever have enough of you talking?
"The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life; your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you.They're freeing your soul."
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It was a lot of fun.
We will do this more often. Last year we were 4, this time 5, perhaps 6 next time
In any case it could have been 2 of us it would have been fun as well. As long as all are passionate about the hobby.
Some topics discussed today to give others a glimpse of what goes on:
- Current projects
- DIY stuff
- sharing info about various species of fish
- diet and personal heath issues (people's diet, yes we went off topic LOL)
- some talk about fish shops and well known people in the hobby
- recent events in the hobby: shrimp presentations
- What if? What if we had massive houses full of fish tanks
anyways there is no set topic, just a great time, and the chance to get so much knowledge from really knowledgeable people. Don't miss the next one.
You do not have to have a tank to participate, you can keep any fish. You can keep 1 goldfish in a bowl (we'll kill you
) or you can keep guppies. Cheap fish expensive fish rare fish common fish we all love them they all have fascinating stuff and if you dont know it you will find out about it.OK i can take suggestions for the next date.
Have a lovely week.
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Craig i'll be there at 2PM
if for some reason you cant make it ring or text me at 0879010793
Johnny will you be there?
I'll be there at 1.55 pm
at the end of the day it becomes nite
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