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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irish-zx10r (James feenan)
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20 Mar 2013 21:02 - 29 Apr 2013 11:10 #1 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

Got a tank to replace my cracked tank. I used my parts with the new tank.
It took a bit of work but I am very happy with the end result.

Something fishie going on here

Last edit: 29 Apr 2013 11:10 by irish-zx10r (James feenan). Reason: New project follow on from the African cichlid setup

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20 Mar 2013 21:09 - 21 Mar 2013 01:10 #2 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

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20 Mar 2013 21:18 #3 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

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22 Mar 2013 23:59 #4 by pit (Piotr Urbanski)

Hi.
At first i thought that you will instal bottom filter...
How do you like your tank?

regards,
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23 Mar 2013 00:24 #5 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

pit wrote:
Hi.
At first i thought that you will instal bottom filter...
How do you like your tank?

regards,
pit

I don't know the first thing about bottom filter.
I was told to use egg crate to protect the bottom glass
and it would help the rocks from moving.
I couldn't find egg crate anywhere so I did some DIY
The Picts don't do the tank justice it has turned out great this time.

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23 Mar 2013 08:26 #6 by hammie (Neil Hammerton)

Looks awsome fella!!! I like the idea of the plastic crate bottom to protect the glass!
Fair play, good to see your tank back up and running again

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23 Mar 2013 10:11 #7 by padraigr (Padraig Rooney)

The tank looks great but I can see it being problematic having a crate at the bottom in terms of the accumulation of crap underneath it & the difficulty it will cause while cleaning. I see why you did it just an observation but lovely tank. Best of luck with it.

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23 Mar 2013 10:14 #8 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

hammie wrote:
Looks awsome fella!!! I like the idea of the plastic crate bottom to protect the glass!
Fair play, good to see your tank back up and running again

I am very happy not sure what to do next i have a itch now for a big tank.
I might setup another tank and put it up for sale would this one make much money fully setup?

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23 Mar 2013 13:04 #9 by Q_Comets (Declan Chambers)

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately you can only sell the hardware, your effort, lova and attention will not be rewarded in the sale.

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23 Mar 2013 13:23 #10 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

Q_Comets wrote:
Nice work, thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately you can only sell the hardware, your effort, lova and attention will not be rewarded in the sale.

I suppose everyone to there own.
The black sand has filled up most gaps in the crate and i was going to put in some more black sand would the same not happen with the egg crate ?

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23 Mar 2013 13:30 #11 by Q_Comets (Declan Chambers)

irish-zx10r wrote:

Q_Comets wrote:
Nice work, thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately you can only sell the hardware, your effort, lova and attention will not be rewarded in the sale.

I suppose everyone to there own.
The black sand has filled up most gaps in the crate and i was going to put in some more black sand would the same not happen with the egg crate ?

I guess I should clarify. the work involved in getting the tank looking so good is probably worth much more than the hardware used and if you're selling then you probably get what the hardware is worth and not the work.

BTW zx10r as in the kawasaki?

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23 Mar 2013 18:03 #12 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

Q_Comets wrote:

irish-zx10r wrote:

Q_Comets wrote:
Nice work, thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately you can only sell the hardware, your effort, lova and attention will not be rewarded in the sale.

I suppose everyone to there own.
The black sand has filled up most gaps in the crate and i was going to put in some more black sand would the same not happen with the egg crate ?

I guess I should clarify. the work involved in getting the tank looking so good is probably worth much more than the hardware used and if you're selling then you probably get what the hardware is worth and not the work.

BTW zx10r as in the kawasaki?

I got into fish to calm myself down lol yes the zx10r is an 04 Kawasaki have a version 6 type r Subaru also don't use it much I rather a motorbike every day over a car.

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29 Apr 2013 11:19 #13 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

Some big changes hope to have some plants
In this one.

Where is the best place to buy substrate for plants? And what type do I need?

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29 Apr 2013 14:51 - 29 Apr 2013 14:53 #14 by blade (Michael G)

Hi , I use ADA Aqua soil Amazonia i think , it grows everything without problems , but light is as important and maybe Co2 if you want more difficult plants to flourish.

Seahorse www.seahorseaquariums.com/store/ or Aquaworld www.aquaworld.ie/

Stock ADA stuff , but there are others like JBL manado etc..

Michael

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30 Apr 2013 11:46 #15 by pit (Piotr Urbanski)

Hi. Remove air stone if you have aby filter working there. Plants like CO2 more, and fish will be ok.

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02 May 2013 10:17 #16 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

Is this over stock for this tank 4 tiger barbs are no bigger than fry

7 tiger barbs
1 albino barb
1 green barb
1 tick lipped gourami
1 paradise fish

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02 May 2013 13:50 #17 by wolfie (Anthony)

i would not think so plenty of swimming room for them

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02 May 2013 14:27 #18 by hammie (Neil Hammerton)

There's a fairly easy way to judge with small fish like that.... Id normally give anywhere between 5 and 8 litres of water per fish

Even at 8 liters of water per fish, you have plenty of room..... (odviously this doesn't apply to every species and a lot of species need more room than that)

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02 May 2013 19:07 #19 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

What could i add to this tank ?
i like the way it looks simple at the minute,
so something small and colourfull

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02 May 2013 19:45 #20 by hammie (Neil Hammerton)

Due to their semi aggressive nature I'd only recommend some kind of dwarf cichlid to be honest, maybe rams or some other flavour of appistogramma's?

No matter where you look you will get differing views and opinions, however in my personal experience, Tiger barbs are best kept in groups of more than 6 so they can assert pecking orders etc, due to schooling habits bigger schools tend to be less aggressive towards other tank mates! However this doesn't mean anything goes, barbs in get feral are very active fish, and shy species tank mates should be avoided! Also tetra's and other slow moving or large flowing finned species should be avoided also...... that rules out angels etc too!

You could look at convicts, fire mouths etc
They might do well, however I've never kept either of these with barbs!

Also be careful with mixing species of barbs in 1's and 2's, a school of tiger barbs won't always accept a green barb and being alone the green barb might stress unnecessarily or might be attacked more ofted

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02 May 2013 20:22 #21 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

could i keep some small catfish or pleco i like something to keep the tank clean i do like the of some dwarf cichlid i think i will have to open a new trend lol to many questions for my stock and tank's

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02 May 2013 20:41 #22 by hammie (Neil Hammerton)

You should be OK with a smaller species of pleco ie bristle nose etc, but avoid the common pleco etc as they will outgrow your tank fairly rapidly!

I'd be more inclined to look into Chinese algea eatters and other more interesting species tho!
Whatever you pick, make sure they can tolerate lower Ph values as I would always keep barbs below Ph of 7!!

Think Oscars would be a good choice (Oscars are still a personal favourite) but they will outgrow your tank and you'll need. To move them on before they get o their most interesting stage of their development!

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02 May 2013 20:48 #23 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

hammie wrote:
You should be OK with a smaller species of pleco ie bristle nose etc, but avoid the common pleco etc as they will outgrow your tank fairly rapidly!

I'd be more inclined to look into Chinese algea eatters and other more interesting species tho!
Whatever you pick, make sure they can tolerate lower Ph values as I would always keep barbs below Ph of 7!!

Think Oscars would be a good choice (Oscars are still a personal favourite) but they will outgrow your tank and you'll need. To move them on before they get o their most interesting stage of their development!

I am going to sell 2 tanks soon and get a 220 L for the girlfriend she likes Oscars and JDempsey
can you get algea eatters for a cold water tank i like something to keep the goldfish tank clean.

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02 May 2013 20:52 #24 by hammie (Neil Hammerton)

There are certain loaches that can be acclimatised to cold tanks

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02 May 2013 21:01 #25 by ger310 (Ger .)

I have always found these best to clean tanks James

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What do you call a three legged Donkey?

A Wonkey....duh ha

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02 May 2013 21:07 #26 by irish-zx10r (James feenan)

ger310 wrote:
I have always found these best to clean tanks James

www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www....=0CEQQ9QEwAw&dur=180

hahaha

Ger

I am afraid my fish will bite me :laugh:

or take the sponge and go off playing with it.

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