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

Help help help Angelfish float problem

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Zebrapleco (samuel wasson)
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22 May 2014 18:54 #1 by Zebrapleco (samuel wasson)

Help help help Angelfish float problem was created by Zebrapleco (samuel wasson)

Hi fokes as title says angelfish float disease problem I think. About two weeks ago or more my angelfish started to float funny. I took it out of the main tank and placed it in a hospital tank and treated the tank with milafix and primafix which has done nothing. I have tried feeding it peas with no joy cause it refuses them and in desperation have tryed adding a little epson salt to the 2 foot tank he in. Today I came home and though it was die but its still living. It spends most of its time laying flat at the bottom of the tank but will swim up for flakes. So any advice or should I except the fact its not going to improve and be eventually taken by this disease.

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22 May 2014 20:37 #2 by ger310 (Ger .)

Replied by ger310 (Ger .) on topic Help help help Angelfish float problem

Melafix is a load of sh*te in my opinion and is very overrated!!

Add some activated carbon to the filter and do a 40-50% water change with a good quality dechlorinator.................try and get your hands on esha 2000 tomorrow and if you get it remove the carbon and do the 3 day (I think) course.

Epsom salts are very good so stick with that if you cant get the esha 2000..........also after you deshell the pea smear it with a garlic clove as that can attract the fish to it (don't use the paste you buy in the shops!!)

Do not feed again for a few days apart from the pea ok

Would you have a pic?

Ger

What do you call a three legged Donkey?

A Wonkey....duh ha

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22 May 2014 20:58 #3 by Gonefishy (Brian oneill)

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Zebrapleco wrote:
Hi fokes as title says angelfish float disease problem I think. About two weeks ago or more my angelfish started to float funny. I took it out of the main tank and placed it in a hospital tank and treated the tank with milafix and primafix which has done nothing. I have tried feeding it peas with no joy cause it refuses them and in desperation have tryed adding a little epson salt to the 2 foot tank he in. Today I came home and though it was die but its still living. It spends most of its time laying flat at the bottom of the tank but will swim up for flakes. So any advice or should I except the fact its not going to improve and be eventually taken by this disease.

Epsom salt bath all the way....works really well. Just google it for concentration and treatment times - I had this with a new discus a few years back and it sorted it out completely.....

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