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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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20 Aug 2015 13:21 #1 by LemonJelly (Johnny Cowley)
Does anyone have any interesting DIY filter systems they've constructed? I'm not talking simple homemade sponge filters or DIY under tank sump systems. I'm thinking more creative type. Anyone?

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22 Aug 2015 15:40 #2 by bart (Bart Korfanty)
Google algae scrubber filter if you looking for something less common. Suitable for fresh water and marine

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22 Aug 2015 15:59 #3 by MarkTipp (Mark Ryan)
Check out the king of DIY on you tube. He can make almost anything for aquariums.

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22 Aug 2015 20:19 #4 by LemonJelly (Johnny Cowley)

Google algae scrubber filter if you looking for something less common. Suitable for fresh water and marine

Sounds like an idea. I have 2 tanks I could use it on.

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22 Aug 2015 20:24 #5 by LemonJelly (Johnny Cowley)

Check out the king of DIY on you tube. He can make almost anything for aquariums.

He's already my guru :laugh:
I'm big into making DIY filtration systems lately. I can customize them entirely to my needs, they're cheap to make and cheap to fix. Probably the best part of it is the fun if figuring them out and the satisfaction of knowing I made it myself. I also feel like I'm really learning more about filtration by doing these myself.

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15 Jun 2016 22:44 #6 by ChelseaSplendon95 (Chelsea Ward)
If you scroll up in the DIY section you'll see my post about a current DIY project for my little 20 liter.
I'm making one out of clay in the shape of a tree.
It will be using the aerator to lift the water up into the build in over head filter.

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