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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

Time for a trim?!

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25 Aug 2013 11:54 #1 by Hicker12 (Stephen Hickey)
Might do some pruning today!








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25 Aug 2013 12:08 #2 by Homer (Kevin)
Replied by Homer (Kevin) on topic Time for a trim?!
Great stuff Stephen, looks fab, keep me in mind if you decide to trim.

H.

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25 Aug 2013 12:10 #3 by Santiagovalcarcel (Santiago)
Wow ... great looking tank and plants look so nice lively !

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25 Aug 2013 16:14 #4 by sheag35 (Seamus Gillespie)
looks fantastic, well done mate... maybe a little trim and dont forget homer with the cuttings ;)

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25 Aug 2013 18:07 #5 by LemonJelly (Johnny Cowley)
is that hydrocotyle?

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25 Aug 2013 21:34 #6 by Hicker12 (Stephen Hickey)
Thanks lads, yeah did a little trim as i like the over grown look! In the fore ground there is Hydrocotyle tripartita also some hydrocotyle leucocephala which grows about 5 inchs pre week!

Stephen

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26 Aug 2013 08:02 #7 by Hicker12 (Stephen Hickey)
Post trim!


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26 Aug 2013 09:45 #8 by davey_c (dave clarke)
Thats a cool lookin tank stephen, fair play to ye :cool:

Below tank is for sale

my plywood tank build.

www.irishfishkeepers.com/index.php/forum...k-build-diary#137768

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26 Aug 2013 10:39 #9 by paulv (paul vickers)
Hi stephan ive a chain saw here if you ever want to borrow it :woohoo: . ps, my SD says thanks for the lovely plants i got from you yumiii :cool:

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26 Aug 2013 10:52 #10 by Hicker12 (Stephen Hickey)

Thats a cool lookin tank stephen, fair play to ye :cool:


Thanks davey, The fish have a bit more room to swim around now.

Stephen

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26 Aug 2013 10:54 #11 by Hicker12 (Stephen Hickey)

Hi stephan ive a chain saw here if you ever want to borrow it :woohoo: . ps, my SD says thanks for the lovely plants i got from you yumiii :cool:


Lol Paul thanks for the offer but think i will stick to the garden shears!

Stephen.

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23 Dec 2013 23:47 - 23 Dec 2013 23:58 #12 by Tigger (Abe Bardez)
A bit late for me to be commenting Stephen but v nice tank...
Last edit: 23 Dec 2013 23:58 by Tigger (Abe Bardez).

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24 Dec 2013 09:02 #13 by Hicker12 (Stephen Hickey)
Thanks dude, that tank is empty at the min. Planning a rescape over the next few weeks.

Stephen

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24 Dec 2013 14:49 #14 by Gonefishy (Brian oneill)

Thanks dude, that tank is empty at the min. Planning a rescape over the next few weeks.

Stephen


Can't wait to see the rescape Stephen. What type of power head were you using in the tank that is now empty? Even though I have two externals at work on my 375l tank (e901 and e1501) I don't think the co2 is being distributed effectively throughout my tank - I've been thinking of adding some sort of power head to help with this and wondering what make and model people would recommend? Thanks....

Your last set up was awesome btw!

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24 Dec 2013 15:33 #15 by Hicker12 (Stephen Hickey)
Thanks, its a Hydor Koralia which did the job very well. You could try an inline co2 diffuser to save ya putting more stuff in your tank. It goes on your out flow from one of your filters. Im going to try one on the new scape.

Stephen.

Thanks dude, that tank is empty at the min. Planning a rescape over the next few weeks.

Stephen


Can't wait to see the rescape Stephen. What type of power head were you using in the tank that is now empty? Even though I have two externals at work on my 375l tank (e901 and e1501) I don't think the co2 is being distributed effectively throughout my tank - I've been thinking of adding some sort of power head to help with this and wondering what make and model people would recommend? Thanks....

Your last set up was awesome btw!

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25 Dec 2013 00:17 #16 by Gonefishy (Brian oneill)

Thanks, its a Hydor Koralia which did the job very well. You could try an inline co2 diffuser to save ya putting more stuff in your tank. It goes on your out flow from one of your filters. Im going to try one on the new scape.

Stephen.

Thanks dude, that tank is empty at the min. Planning a rescape over the next few weeks.

Stephen


Can't wait to see the rescape Stephen. What type of power head were you using in the tank that is now empty? Even though I have two externals at work on my 375l tank (e901 and e1501) I don't think the co2 is being distributed effectively throughout my tank - I've been thinking of adding some sort of power head to help with this and wondering what make and model people would recommend? Thanks....

Your last set up was awesome btw!


Thanks for this Stephen.....must look them up! Cheers.

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