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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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23 May 2009 18:25 #1 by gerryberry (Jeff Daly)
Hi all
Looking if anyone has any mbuna cichlids for sale. Wife had twins so the last few weeks were mad and the next 18 years are not going to be much different:laugh:

Due to this i can,t seem to get any time to visit any fish shops and usually what they have in stock are to big for what i want. I am looking for junville mbuna cichlids,ideally between 2" or 3" but definitely not fully grown fish.

As i said i haven,t got any spare time to go to Lfs in the hope of getting something so hopefully some cichlid keepers here will have a few junvilles for sale, well i hope so !!!

Cheers

GB

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23 May 2009 19:36 #2 by Dalay (Mark Daly)
Congratulations on the twins. Theres eleven months between my two youngest. Its not easy, good luck.

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23 May 2009 20:19 #3 by 2poc (2poc)
Replied by 2poc (2poc) on topic Re:looking for mbuna cichlids
Congratulations Gerry !!

I have yellow labs, flavus & labeotropheus of all sizes.
Let me know if you're interested & I'll keep some for you.

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23 May 2009 21:10 #4 by gerryberry (Jeff Daly)
Thanks a million lads, have to say it was a life changing experience, thats a good life changing experience by the way :laugh:

i see you are going into oscars Dalay, best of luck with the new venture, they really are a lovely fish.Was there much work involved in the change over?

2Poc
Can you give us the exact name of the flavus and labeotropheus if you know them just so i can look them up and see what they are like. Just want to check they will go with my current stock.

Thanks again

GB

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24 May 2009 13:39 #5 by 2poc (2poc)
Replied by 2poc (2poc) on topic Re:looking for mbuna cichlids
Flavus is pseudotropheus:


Labeotropheus are Labeotropheus Trewavasae Mpanga.

They look like this:


(These aren't my pics)

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24 May 2009 14:14 #6 by cardinal (Lar Savage)
Gerry

Congrats on the twins.......:) :) :) :) :)

Lar

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24 May 2009 21:47 #7 by gerryberry (Jeff Daly)
Lar, thank you, have to say the fishtank is better than any tv, had the 2 of them sitting in front of it tonight and they were happy as pigs in you know what !!!!!

I already know what they will be getting for their 1st birthdays FISHTANKS and mammy cannot complain:laugh:

2Poc
Will definitely take them if you can put some aside for me, i think i seen in a previous mail that you are based in Blanchardstown? if you are great as i am always up there if not, i really need to get some sleep to many late nights!!!!!!

Will be in Blanchardstown on tuesday evening if that suits yourself, lety up know your location and how much per fish. My phone number is 0863422986.

thanks again talk soon

GB

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24 May 2009 22:32 #8 by mickeywallace (Michael Wallace Cath Woods)
Congratulations on the twins! Gerry any tips? Were now officially going in to the first day of overtime. i was thinking he would come last week but i guess he knew what was good for HIM!!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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25 May 2009 09:24 #9 by gerryberry (Jeff Daly)
You must have him well trained already Mickey, DO NOT DISTURB WHEN DOING ANYTHING WITH FISH:laugh: :laugh:

You say HIM Mickey, do you know the sex??
Is this your first?

Wish you and the missus all the best on your new arrival, the deliverly ward is definitely a place i will never forget but for all the good reasons, it was nothing like i seen on the tv, it was actually quite relaxed in there, well most of the time:laugh:

If i had one tip to give you Mickey, it is to be just there for your missus as best you can, support her, give encouragment, talk to her, as the gift she is about to give you makes all the crap going on in the country at the moment irrelavent and any stress, worries in life just fad away.

Also you know she has a free licence to call you any name under the sun, and she can release any "issues" that might have being bugging her for the last 10 years:blush: :blush:

Best of Luck again Mickey to you and your partner

GB

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25 May 2009 12:16 #10 by mickeywallace (Michael Wallace Cath Woods)
Cheers Gerry,
yes it is the first. and we got a 3d scan done so we know, his name is David Cillian Wallace aka the soon to be Boss :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
can't wait:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

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25 May 2009 12:24 #11 by 2poc (2poc)
Replied by 2poc (2poc) on topic Re:looking for mbuna cichlids
I have a one & a half year old so can symphatise guys !!

Gerry I've since moved to Leixlip so not much further out than blanch.
I'm not around tonoght or Tuesday though - any other evening is good for me though.

How many of each will I put aside for you & what size do you want?

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25 May 2009 17:44 #12 by gerryberry (Jeff Daly)
I think this is turning into a " New dad forum" instead of a fish forum:laugh: :laugh: I hope you get more sleep in 2Poc as they get older, lie to me if you have to :P :P

The 3D scans are unbeliveable Mickey, best of luck again and hopefully you won,t be waiting to long for your bundle of joy to arrive!!!!

If you can put aside 2 of each for starters 2Poc and i see how things go from there. Will try to get over to you sometime at the end of the week if thats alright.

Cheers lads

GB

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25 May 2009 22:25 #13 by derek (Derek Doyle)
gerry
u would be better taking at least 4 to 6 of each of these species or if big enough to tell gender, i male to 2 females etc.
i am sure 2poc would agree.
with most fish the males grow at a quicker rate than females, so even when v small u can have a good guess at gender.

30 tanks specialise in african cichlids, angelfish and various catfish

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26 May 2009 10:29 #14 by gerryberry (Jeff Daly)
Will check it out with 2Poc when i meet up with him, pretty new to cichlids so all advice and tips welcome, cheers Derek

GB

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26 May 2009 11:55 #15 by 2poc (2poc)
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Gerry - I'm afraid the sleep doesn't get better as they get older.
It gets worse.. Amazing how much space a baby takes up in the bed - especially if they like to sleep sideways like my little darling.

Derek is right - at least 3 of each I would say.
The labeotropheus are big enough to be sexed now, the flavus can't easily be sexed by eye.

Sure let me know whatever you want, I'll give them to you FOC as a fatherhood present :)

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26 May 2009 15:03 #16 by gerryberry (Jeff Daly)
2poc you,re a gent and a scholar, will try my best to get over to you on Friday or Saturday if that suits yourself, will take 3 of each if thats alright.

Must arrange where to meet, you tell me where and i will be there.

Regards

GB

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