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
Stress or Illness ?
I have started stocking my 180l after 3 weeks of fishless-cycling. I have purchased 6 guppies today and they are very happy swimming actively but normally around with the 6 danios I added a full week ago. All, except for one guppy.
From the moment, I released them in the tank, he has been staying near the surface, most of the time, in the shade of the re-inforcement which goes across the tank ; his colour is now quite subdued (dark-ish) and some of this scales look very tarnished. He ate a little at dinner time and swims away when his friends come near him. His faeces is quite stringy, approx 1" long, alternating in a very white and fine segment and another segment of normal colour (diameter a bit thin).
I realise that he might not make it until tomorrow ... I am however concerned about the other fish ...
From the day I discovered this discussion forum, I must say that I have read the threads with great interest as they are educational/informative and also entertaining.
I am impressed at the amount of knowledge that is available ! So, what do you think : Should I start treating asap ? or should I wait to see whether there is another casualty ?
I am a newbie who does not want to panic but doesn't want to lose all either :?
Again, thank you again for your help.
Kindest regards,
Valerie
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Done ...
Thanks a million for responding so fast.
I will definitely keep an eye on the other guppies and will let you know how they are getting on.
Have a nice week-end 8)
Valerie
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Just to let you know that, once I removed yet another guppy who developped a white ring around its tail that was growing bigger by the hour, all my other fish now seem to be happy swimming around at all levels of the tank... May it last !
It looks like I have been unlucky in my last purchase. Though I must say I am concerned about the shop where I purchased my guppies as there always are dead bodies in the tanks. The shop-owner tells me there is always some amount of loss upon delivery though it looked to me the bodies were somewhat older than that ... :shock:
This leads me to ask : Is there a reliable LFS in Galway/Clare/Mayo/Roscommon/Westmeath/Sligo/Fermanagh ? I don't mind paying/driving a little more for the fish if I know it is a serious outlet. However, it looks like my excuse for hitting Dublin on a shopping spree (fish amongst others
)Another question : Is there any way I can bring down the pH in my tank? I have some mopani wood and terracotta pots in addition to 4 newly added real plants. Do any of those affect the pH upwards ?
Thank you again for your help. Much appreciated.
Valerie
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