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
The shadows of Mordor
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Inspired by Mr. Teapot decided to put my hands on DIY lamp shade.
As my girls were complaining about the light hitting in their eyes, finaly decided to change things..
To be fair - ended up with a bit too massive look for my eye (I could make the board 1-2in less in height)
But it is no way I'm re-doing it now
3 evenings spent on this..This will hold my Radion light unit and 2x2w4 T5's (420mm) for extra support or backup if needed
Also it will be easy to fit it with second Radion..just in case it happens..
And closer look in my 3 day DIY experience
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This might be the right time for an update.
Flooded on 12th of Oct. As soon as received Elocharis
planted and flooded. Could not wait longer as H.Araguaia was struggling
in DSM and I lost half of it. So looking for portion to replant missing spots
so .. many says proper planning is essential .. and I do agree.. somehow I missed
that my intake (glass surface skimmer) is 2/3rs of the tank height. Cannot
keep it at front, so somehow squeezed in 45 degrees angle. Still skimming
surface but less efficient. Also I may struggle with flow for elocharis on left top corner
.. my own fault doing so freaky layout. no hopes lost yet, at least I think i did everything
possible so far to get some flow there. And filter is quite powerful for only 60-70L
of actual water in the tank. so fingers crossed
so far changing water every day for 35% about, to minimize possible issues
after flooding (excess of organics, nutrients etc)
My obsession with light needs to be controlled.. I think Radion will do great job on its own
but still have extra support in that lamp shade, 2x T5s 24w (just trying not to turn it ON)
I might just take out one daylight and leave Grolux on its own to give more reds if needed
As soon as amonia will drop (1-2ppm) and nitrites gone - my 16 Ember Tetra will
go in.. might add another few if I will feel too short.
The green'ish thingy on rocks looks very nice.. I really hope to manage keep it so and
develoop better.. For me it looks like a thick layer of algae (i hope Twinstar will not have a negative
effect on its growth)
some photos for update:
Elocharis sp.mini
H. Araguaia
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And once planted the lamp shade does not look anymore as massive
as all the attention now is to the tank..
Thanks for watching this
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Lydia
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