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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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19 Apr 2019 16:22 #1 by Jonlate (Jon Late)
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Hi guys n girls,

I was just wondering about the rules for keeping Rainbow Shiners, Notropis chrosomus, in Ireland, or other Shiner types.

It seems that they can be kept in water down to 10 degrees and so are banned in the Uk. ( I don’t mind being corrected on this)

They look so much better than goldfish, so I wondered if they can be kept here and if so who sells them, has them?

Looking forward to your replies.

J

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23 Apr 2019 13:19 #2 by alan 64 (alan)
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I have some in my tropical thank not sure how many i have at the minute would u be interested in them

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25 Apr 2019 21:39 #3 by Liam29 (Liam Ó Donohoe)
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Where did u come across those I bet they would do well our side in a tub

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26 Apr 2019 14:29 #4 by Jonlate (Jon Late)
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@liam That is what I wanted to do, put them outside in a tub for the summer.
I read about them in the tropical fish magazine this month, and thought that’s worth a go.

www.tfhdigital.com/tfh/may_jun_2019

@alan I am not sure if they would like to be taken out of a tropical setting and put outdoors in a tub. Alas the wife has also decided to put a flower tub in the exact place I wanted to put the fish tub. It’s a first come first served in our house!! Thanks for the offer though.

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26 Apr 2019 19:37 #5 by Liam29 (Liam Ó Donohoe)
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Yes John I want to try a few tubs this year I have never done it. Im going to try a pair of pygmy sunfish a pair of killifish aphanius mento they are cold water and some endlers and maybe some shrimp. That is the plan any way

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27 Apr 2019 15:32 #6 by Jonlate (Jon Late)
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What will you do with them in the winter?
One thought I had was to try and put them in my shed with a small tank heater in it, but didn’t want a big tub in the shed!
I don’t really think I will be allowed another tank in the house, even for the winter only!!
I did consider just leaving them out and hoping for the best, but that’s not fair on the fish really. But it would be interesting to see what happened.
What are your thoughts for over wintering them?

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27 Apr 2019 17:34 #7 by Liam29 (Liam Ó Donohoe)
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The endlers and shrimp I will bring back inside.. The aphanius mento I bought as eggs and the guy told me he keeps them outside all year and that they were under 3 inches of ice last year and were fine

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29 Apr 2019 14:00 #8 by Jonlate (Jon Late)
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Just out of interest, where are you in the country Alan?
I could see it on your profile, so just wondered!!

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