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
Flubenol
Anyoldhow, Flubenol is also used to deworm humans and is available on prescription. Don't have a price yet but he thinks that is very cheap.
Flubendazole, trade name Flubenol, was not developped for aquatic use but for deworming pigs but is also used for chicken and turkey.It's the same stuff (Methyl-(5-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-
1-H-benzimidazol-2-yl)carbamat) but I will have to find out if we need a prescription from a vet or if it is an over the counter treatment.Here's the link from the Irish Medicine Board www.imb.ie/view_spc.asp?pa_number=10545%2F008%2F001
The stuff for farm use is only 5% so will need to be upscales. My GP is getting back to me on Friday when we collect the money from the bookie to see what concentration is available for human use.
If any of you want to have a read about the treatment of hydra, intestinal parasites, flukes, etc. here's a good read www.inkmkr.com/Fish/FlubendazoleTreatment.pdf or here's one along the same lines from the American Killifish Assoc. www.inkmkr.com/Fish/FlubendazoleArticle.pdf
An a treatment for 2000 gallons doesn't last all that long either depending on how many tanks you have
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