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
We got named in the top Uk 40 aquatic stores.
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Hello guys just to let you know that Practical Fish keeping awarded us the honour of being included in the top 40 United kingdoms top Aquatic Stores wow i did not expect this it's like having a Irish single in the UK charts.........which is nice.......
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Ian
Congrats Ian.....well deserved....
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Fair play
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Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.
A life making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.
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And the award for the best "blow your own trumpet award goes to"Well thank you all for your support....its nice to know some people appreciate us ...its also nice to know that a place like ours hidden away in the mountains miles from nowhere is considered amongst the best of the best stores in a population of over 60 million.....its weird but nice so guess we will have to keep it up...
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Ian
Anyone with a aquarium can keep fish,
But it takes real skill to be a fish keeper,
And it's spongeBob,
SpongeBob lives in a pineapple under the sea
BLANCHARDSTOWN
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I've never heard an Irish man giving out about av,u had better believe i would be waiting a long time for an Irishman to blow it for us.....
Even if there was someone giving out we probably couldn't hear them over you telling everyone how brilliant you are
Anyone with a aquarium can keep fish,
But it takes real skill to be a fish keeper,
And it's spongeBob,
SpongeBob lives in a pineapple under the sea
BLANCHARDSTOWN
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You can't claim to be an introvert, you have to be told you are oneHa ha u girly biatches.........somebody has to tell the world.....it may as well be me.......even though i am an introvert .....do u know how hard this is........i'm going red know as i speak......where is my security blanket........
Gentlemen I leave the floor open!
Anyone with a aquarium can keep fish,
But it takes real skill to be a fish keeper,
And it's spongeBob,
SpongeBob lives in a pineapple under the sea
BLANCHARDSTOWN
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If you were an introvert(and I don't think are)
There's another name but il keep it to myself for now!
Your in the wrong game
Anyone with a aquarium can keep fish,
But it takes real skill to be a fish keeper,
And it's spongeBob,
SpongeBob lives in a pineapple under the sea
BLANCHARDSTOWN
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I mean, shark in a corner, crocodile in the other, 2m long boa snake, iguana, and of course lot of fish unseen before !
Stunning fishes (best looking betta i have seen so far ), good people and amazing deals ! get 50€ voucher, get 100€ to spend !
what more do you need !
I'll definitely go back.
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Cheers Dude make sure you come again
Ian
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Nothing personal lads.
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.