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
SOME PHOTO's FROM DUISBURG
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Regards Alan..
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pictures look well,specially if you put them on slide show mode(top right on screen).Hope there are more to come;) .Regards,Tim
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Fishkeeping CV: Co-founded, 1st President of the only surviving Fishkeeping Club (Accredited by Dept. of Fisheries) in the Philippines (mypalhs.com). I have mostly reared tropicals - Arowanas and monster fishes. My oldest arowana is 13years old (died in a tropical storm). Ive since reared a Black,...
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I like the L240's and the red stendker discus.
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Very nice Tom. I think i should have went there instead of Hayling this year.
maybe an idea for next year??
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did u take any pics at verdujns.
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maybe an idea for next year??
2010 will be Dicsus only (well mostley) then 2011 will have a general fair as this year.
I have been several times and it is impossible to describe how big the place is !
Discus show gets 40,000 visitors over 4 days and the general fair 30,000 - there are loads of bargains .....last year they were selling 10 litre buckets of Tetra Prima for 30 Euro.
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great shots tom. really sorry i missed out on being there.
did u take any pics at verdujns.
Sorry no, the fish room was too hot so the camera was fogging up......Tom.

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maybe an idea for next year??
2010 will be Dicsus only (well mostley) then 2011 will have a general fair as this year.
I have been several times and it is impossible to describe how big the place is !
Discus show gets 40,000 visitors over 4 days and the general fair 30,000 - there are loads of bargains .....last year they were selling 10 litre buckets of Tetra Prima for 30 Euro.
30.09. - 03.10.2010 8th international Diskus Championat in Duisburg
The world largest Diskusausstellung
You are thereby if Duisburg becomes from 30 September - 03 October 2010 already for the eighth time to meeting place for Diskushalter and - breeder from all over the world. Long Duisburg north of everything turns four days approximately around the Diskusfisch, its care, breed, nutrition and origin on the 6,000 square meter large exhibition surface in the landscape park. Do not let the unique combination of public exhibition and Diskusbewertungsshow escape oneself. The fair offers everything that you need for the successful Diskushaltung to you. The goods offered reach of the special fodder for the Diskus over all accessories for your Pflegling up to a large selection of beautiful Diskusfi.
30.09. - 03.10.2010 13. Zierfi & aquarium in Duisburg
The world largest Aquaristik show
On the first weekend in October Duisburg becomes to 13. Times to the meeting place of all Aquarianer and four days long to the center of the Aquaristikwelt. Experience of 30.09. - 03.10.2010 a aquaristisches fair event, which does not leave desires open. Manufacturers, dealers, publishing houses, associations and federations of the Aquaristikbranche present you on the 6,000 square meter comprehensive exhibition surface all products and novelties approximately around the hobby Aquaristik. The 13. Zierfi & aquarium offer to you of the fish over the technical book up to the complete, ultramodern aquarium everything which you wish themselves. And you can all this not only look at but also on every four Messetagen directly on the fair buy.
This is a translation from Zoo Zajac's web site...........Tom
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gotta say i was never really a fan of corys ...... but those sterbai in the pic look amazing ...... hmmmm mind changing here
They are crackers, would love to get my hands on a few of those

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Hi,gotta agree with you darragh ........ sterbei are now on the shoppin list
contact Drek.He might have some.Regards,Tim
Midlands - in the heart of Ireland.
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Community tank with P.Kribensis and different livebearers.
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