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
Build Plans - Advice will be needed -NOW INSTALLED
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Revision 2 below
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Went with LED's due to the high cost of bulb replacements.
total cost was €340 from "Rapid LED"
Description Quantity
Solderless Neutral White LED 12
Solderless Warm White LED 12
Solderless Cool White LED 12
Solderless Royal Blue LED 12
As-Is 6" x 20" Heat Sink 2
6" x 20" Splash Guard 2
Solderless LED Plug 4
Driver Jumper 4
Arctic Alumina 1
Nano Driver with Potentiometer 4
4.5" Wire 36
6" Wire 12
So 40 x 5 watt LED covering the complete Light Spectrum for tropical on 2 x (6" x 20") heatsinks and all dimmible.
Also got 2 spares for each type.
Running Total : €386.87
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The light u are planning seems to be for heavily planted set-up and if u going that way co2 injection will be needed in rather large amounts to keep up with plant needs.
Unfortunately there is massive co2 loss in tanks with the sump couse of so called surface movement. In heavily agitated water going down the pipes co2 will be simply escaping the water as it does not dilute easily. Not as easy as oxygen anyway.
What i'm trying to say is that 200w of light won't be used to it's full potential
Just my thoughts (as always)
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Yes i do plan on having a good number of plants
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tank spec sent to glass shop recommend by peter from aqua paws for cost,
Pipe work finalised send to www.hendersons.co.uk for total cost and shipping.
I've also changed the bracing on the tank, turns out to be no way around it, so here it is
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Stuart.
Multi tasking: Screwing up more than one thing at a time.
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if i start have structure issues ill give you a shout
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Managed to get a great price on the tank construction after ringing around.
Thanks again to Peter form Aqua Paws.
I've also got the final price of the tubing - I've ordered more than i need but that's just because imperial plumping is very tricky to get.
Total price for the flex tubing and connections is £104 ~ €120, more than i expected to pay to i paid for some strong stuff with replacements if needed. ( and its black so i wont look dirty over time)
Put it this way, i'm getting 12 meters of tubing, twice as much than i need right now, but a lot of room to grow later on or if i want to create a second tank.
Putting that order in tonight.
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Running Total
Lights | €340.00 |
BulkHeads | €46.87 |
Pumping | €120.00 |
Running Total : €506.87
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Final design below (thanks to jeff from www.hendersons.co.uk)
Overflow Pipe
Emergency Overflow
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return pipe Version 4
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and the finsl pieces lined up
final pieces (heatsinks) for the lights will be in stock by the end of the week.
Currently in the process of moving house so wont be able to get the tank constructed until i finished moving.
Going to put a order in for the pump in aqua paws in the next few days
Pete if your reading this - ill be in touch sortly
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Fishkeeping the Only way to get wet and wild
currently 25 tanks, and breeding is the aim of everything i keep
location:Limerick
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Eheim Compact+ 3000.
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Running Total
Lights | €340.00 |
BulkHeads | €46.87 |
Pumping | €120.00 |
Sump Pump | €115.00 |
auto Feeder | €40.00 |
Running Total : €661.87
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Now i just need to get the new house finalized before i get the tank constructed.
Collecting my pump and auto-feeder tomorrow from aqua paws
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fits perfectly to the hose. So that the entire plumping and lights sorted now.
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Excellent,
John
Location:
N. Tipp
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl - year after year.
ITFS member.
It's a long way to Tipperary.
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I will of course update every little bit of the build as its so easy to miss something and I'm sure the guys here will point out improvements or error's as i go
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I've created a new topic for this one as its a bit off topic...
www.irishfishkeepers.com/index.php/forum...eaters-lights/132074
any help would be appreciated
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What type of fish are you thinking of stocking it with ?
Truly impressive makes me wonder about my idea i had for a build of a nice big tank in a wall in the house.
Best of luck and congrats with the house
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we've got sale agreed on the new house so now just need to sign the contracts and build the tank
Ah, fishkeepers... we get more excited about where our fish are going to live than where WE'RE going to live
"The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life; your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you.They're freeing your soul."
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we've got sale agreed on the new house so now just need to sign the contracts and build the tank
Ah, fishkeepers... we get more excited about where our fish are going to live than where WE'RE going to live
So True, so very very true .......
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I have community fish at the moment so im going to stick with that and get a few discus while there are young so that don't eat the community fish
lol, building this tank has kept me sane while buying a house, its a great distraction.
I'll be in salthill tomorrow morning to meet with petra, so i'm sure i can bring you in a mocka
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I'll be in salthill tomorrow morning to meet with petra, so i'm sure i can bring you in a mocka
Yum Yum Thanks Steve
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