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
Bubble eyed goldfish at 24 degrees ?
I dont see any issue in the thread being dragged back up. The forum works as a library and point of information for people also. New memebers are entitled to thrawl back through previous posts and adding to them then is not an issue I feel. The search function is also very useful and again I often use it when required also.
Its fair to say that Adam appears to have knowledge on the subject being discussed and Id welcome that and his views on the topic. Isnt that the reason we are all here,to share our experiences.
Lets move on together lads.
Gavin
I agree in general that that is the purpose of a forum. (you're being more diplomatic that I there Gav
)However, I feel that the ethos of it being dragged-up on the basis of it cited as being 'reckless' is contrary to the purpose of having a library of reference. That was my personal issue.
To be honest, I saw an undercurrent of angst here.....I don't like angst undercurrents. I also saw it elsewhere on the forum. I won't get drawn in to such angst. And will not get involved with personal attacks on persons on a forum.
If, however, it were dragged up and useful points were added on the subject in question....then I'd have no problems with that and, moreover, would welcome such additions.
But, the points made were not that topical or useful to the subject, and it started to turn a potentially good discussion (and one that is well poised for being heated anyway) towards a bit of a durge.
In fact, I remember this thread very well, and would have liked to have seen more posts on the subject anyway.
I have particular reason to see a good discussion on our goldfish friends as they are superb fish that need to be placed on a decent stage to show that they are worthy of proper fishkeeping techniques.
The topic was about bubble eyes at 24 degrees, and what did people think.
It is a very serious topic for which I have my personal and scientific interest in (it is mainly about brain toxicology afterall...my particular subject of choice that I love
).So maybe we can take it from here and discuss the temperature requirements of goldfish using our 2 weeks, 2 years, 30, 40 or 50 years experience of them and our scientific knowledge.
ian
Irish Tropical Fish Society (ITFS) Member.
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