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
plant ID
would love to do something similar
so i said i'd get a bit of advice on how to set it up
1. what plants are used ?
2. what wood do you think is used ?
3. how are the plants attached to the wood ?
4. is the filter and heater removed for the photo or... etc. etc. ?
it will be my first attempt at a propperly planted tank so any advice, hints, tips would be appreciated
cheers
Des
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need something to keep me busy, keep me in, trying to save on spending, broke as a joke
like the taught of carpeting, pruning and playing with perspective ect. ect.
check this out for impressive
Harald Schneider
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cheers lads
need something to keep me busy, keep me in, trying to save on spending, broke as a joke
like the taught of carpeting, pruning and playing with perspective ect. ect.
check this out for impressive
Harald Schneider
Absolutely amazing, I'd love to put my upsidedown Asians in something like that, the black would contrast nicely indeed. Fair play Des, I'd manage to kill everything on that tank in a week such is my plant knowledge and experience.
Mark
Location D.11
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Here i placed some rocks were i wanted them then added the substrate.
Here i placed the rocks and added loads of substrate. I just removed the substrate i didn't need.
Same setup with the excess substrate removed.
Same setup with the substrate wet ready for planting.
If you are using plants for a dry run you will need to keep them wet.
I use a spray water bottle and i also leave the base of the tank wet.
The tank can be covered with cling film to keep the plants wet. Ideal if you have to leave it over night for planting the next day.
You can practice dry runs until you are happy with the set up.
If you were to add the substrate wet it can get messy. Any wood or stones you remove will be dirty.
A couple of tools you will need is a plant tweezers and a scissors. I also find a small paint brush handy for brushing down wood/stones.
Hope this helps, Darren.
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