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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What stock do you have in the tank at the moment, are you selling it on?? If so might be interested
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I was thinking about the eel and its ability to rearrange a setup. What methods do you use to secure yours? Ive heard good things about a certain Epoxy that turns the same colour as coraline algae when dry. Yeah, I saw the Snowflake in Andy's...a cracking specimen. Ill Pm you the details of the stock shortly mate.
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I used acrylic rods to build my rockwork into columns, they are solid enough but if i was putting in a moray i would strip it down and epoxy the whole thing together and still keep the rods for added stability.
DD do a epoxy that is purple in color when dry, most of the lfs should have it, i know i seen it in seahorse for defo.
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Have you taught about a spiny anthias porcupine puffer flame angel threadfin jack (cracking looking fish) there just some of my favourites love your choice of fish to picasso's are lovely looking fish.
Heres a good link for some ideas for fish en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_marine_aquarium_fish_species
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Did you buy him in Kinsealy? There's been one there for a long time.
If you're thinking of a triggerfish for a 400 litre you must consider a clown trigger.
IMO they are the nicest looking fish in the sea full stop.. Supposed to get mean with age but what a fish...
They've had stunning white spotted groupers in AV a few times, they get to about 10 inches as far as I remember. Loads of small white spots and green eyes. Very cool.
Good luck with it anyway, its something I'd love to do myself.
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Thanks Patrick, your dead on, thats the guy from Kinsealy, he was there a couple of months I think. They are a social species if kept in a large enough setup but can be kept singly and do very well. I had thought about a Clown Trigger as they are simply awesome looking fish, but your right again, they are the most aggressive Trigger you can keep as well as the most expensive as far as I can tell anyway. I wonder if one could live with a Dog Face Puffer? Hadnt considered any of the Groupers...no no no!! Im sticking with the list dammit!!!
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Jay, this is like fishkeeping by proxy, I'm really trying to get you to stock what I want so I can own it by proxy
You need a lionfish too, a big volitans.
Seriously though, seahorse aquariums have the widest range of marine oddballs I've seen and I would have a look there before you decide on a stocklist as you might pick up something really unusual.
The other sponsors always have quality stock but don't have oddballs with the same consistency as seahorse.
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