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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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16 Jan 2013 16:48 #2
by JohnH (John)
You might want to be a little more specific as to which Tetras, but in the main a Betta (especially a long-finned male) would be at the mercy of some of the Tetras...there are some little demon fin-nippers in the genus.
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16 Jan 2013 16:51 #3
by bmcg38 (Brian McGrath)
You might want to be a little more specific as to which Tetras, but in the main a Betta (especially a long-finned male) would be at the mercy of some of the Tetras...there are some little demon fin-nippers in the genus.
John
cool ..
thinking rummys , cardinals , lemons maybe black skirt , maybe emperor , maybe serpae .. maybe the blue one , not sure what its called ..
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16 Jan 2013 18:13 #4
by JohnH (John)
Most of your suggestions ought to be OK although I remember reading once that someone said that if Neons and Cardinals grew as large as Piranhas they would be every bit as destructive - but fortunately for us they don't.
Sometimes the Black Widows can be quite nippy, as can Lemon Tetras but my advice is to steer clear, very clear of Serpae - I've had them and they are renowned nippers, although very nice-looking fish...those and a Betta - no way!
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16 Jan 2013 18:19 #5
by bmcg38 (Brian McGrath)
Most of your suggestions ought to be OK although I remember reading once that someone said that if Neons and Cardinals grew as large as Piranhas they would be every bit as destructive - but fortunately for us they don't.
Sometimes the Black Widows can be quite nippy, as can Lemon Tetras but my advice is to steer clear, very clear of Serpae - I've had them and they are renowned nippers, although very nice-looking fish...those and a Betta - no way!
John
ok great , no serp ... was thinking maybe 25 tetras , a mix of the above and the fighter . Too many for 25 gallons you think ?
and if not a fighter what would be a good centrepiece fish ?
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16 Jan 2013 18:34 #6
by igmillichip (ian millichip)
Not a Betta......the short finned Plakats may do ok for a while until they reach that age of "senile maturation" (and that is quite a young age as well).
They would also not be a centre-piece......it would not be long before a Betta would end up in a top corner most of the time.
Black Widows and Serpaes......personally I would give them a miss unless they really are something you like.
A lot of them are a bit 'low quality' in my opinion.
Lemon Tetras are great little fish as are Rummynose, Emperors (my favourites maybe) and cardinals.....and all 4 species can be obtained quite easily and as really good specimens.
If you want top=dwellers then some hatchets would be good......just make sure that they are acclimatised carefully and have been in the shop for a few weeks.
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16 Jan 2013 18:50 #7
by bmcg38 (Brian McGrath)
Not a Betta......the short finned Plakats may do ok for a while until they reach that age of "senile maturation" (and that is quite a young age as well).
They would also not be a centre-piece......it would not be long before a Betta would end up in a top corner most of the time.
Black Widows and Serpaes......personally I would give them a miss unless they really are something you like.
A lot of them are a bit 'low quality' in my opinion.
Lemon Tetras are great little fish as are Rummynose, Emperors (my favourites maybe) and cardinals.....and all 4 species can be obtained quite easily and as really good specimens.
If you want top=dwellers then some hatchets would be good......just make sure that they are acclimatised carefully and have been in the shop for a few weeks.
ian
Ok , so no maybe betta then , hatchets umm .. they dont do much for me really .. and as we dicussed the dwarf gourami maybe arnt the thing either due to illness etc . Honeys are OK but maybe get too big Any other suggestions ?
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16 Jan 2013 18:56 #8
by igmillichip (ian millichip)
Oh boy......it looks like you have not seen any decent hatchets around.
Ours are like little characters and will beg for food....great fish.
As for Honey Gourami......all the tetras you mentioned grow bigger than a Honey gourami (with the exception of neons).
Honey's are small.
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16 Jan 2013 19:13 #9
by bmcg38 (Brian McGrath)
Oh boy......it looks like you have not seen any decent hatchets around.
Ours are like little characters and will beg for food....great fish.
As for Honey Gourami......all the tetras you mentioned grow bigger than a Honey gourami (with the exception of neons).
Honey's are small.
ian
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