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
5 week old blue blushing angelfish fry
it would be nice if you did a little article on this for us with pics if i'm being cheeky and i am
Seamus
ps keep the fish dump the missus lol
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cheers. That sounds like a good idea.if i get a hour later il put some thing together. And the thought of dumping the missis has crossed my mind but in all fairness the fish have givin her some peace to watch her soaps.i can understand why you'd spend so long looking at them so would i, well done mate... what you feeding them on, whats your regime re the food you feed them at this young age, the amount of food fed each day and how many times a day you feed them, and water changes etc.
it would be nice if you did a little article on this for us with pics if i'm being cheeky and i am
Seamus
ps keep the fish dump the missus lol
Anyone with a aquarium can keep fish,
But it takes real skill to be a fish keeper,
And it's spongeBob,
SpongeBob lives in a pineapple under the sea
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Ger
What do you call a three legged Donkey?
A Wonkey....duh ha
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tell you what,thats a cracking looking fish,if you are getting them to that stage with the parents your doing well.mine kept eating the spawns before wriggler stage.An article would be great as every 2 or 3 weeks im looking at this and ive no idea where to start or what i need:
Anyone with a aquarium can keep fish,
But it takes real skill to be a fish keeper,
And it's spongeBob,
SpongeBob lives in a pineapple under the sea
BLANCHARDSTOWN
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Ive a funny feeling its the other fish in the community tank that are finishing off the little ones as mammy and daddy are VERY protective!
They're in a 5x2x1.5 foot tank with about 30-40 other fish and the 2 angels have everyone else pushed over into a corner LOL
Im currently cycling a 100L planted tank to move the 2 angels into so i can see how far i can get the little ones to grow with the parents. Problem is ive no idea how to raise the young i.e. what equipment i should have and how to feed them?
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20ltr tank with fresh treated tap water and a 150w heater set at around 81f and a hang on the back filter(rated at 30 ltrs) with a sponge over the inlet to stop the fry getting sucked in,inject them with few drops of meth blue and stick 5 alder cones in the filter compartment,they should become wrigglers after 2 days and free swimming 4 to 5 days after that.i fed them around a day after that with bbs, as far as feeding is concerned i would hatch a batch of bbs to do 3 good feeds,after the second of those i would start a new batch to overlap the last one so there is always one there,then there is the cleaning,its hassle! but well worth the effort if you stick to your guns,after every feed i would do a water change,so two weekdays and three weekend days,i use a 3ltr jug and air hose line to vacuum the bottom of the tank,take 3ltrs out and 3ltrs treated back in(i would use a 20ltr water cooler bottle filled up and left for 24hrs for this),i done this for 2 weeks and moved them to a 100ltr grow out tank,hope this helps.
Anyone with a aquarium can keep fish,
But it takes real skill to be a fish keeper,
And it's spongeBob,
SpongeBob lives in a pineapple under the sea
BLANCHARDSTOWN
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