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ViS

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  • Birthday 04/12/1974

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    MTB, Ice Hockey, Scuba and Snowboarding.

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  1. Hi everyone, I started ACE along with Dave, Baz, Mark, Chris and several others quite a few years ago now. I agree that social media probably has a lot to do with the downturn in posts on forums like these, which is a shame. I reckon we had the golden period of discussion boards before social media took over. I really enjoyed the first few years when ACE was busy (well I didn't really enjoy the lungy period 😆), but some of us got burnt out, both with running a large community forum, and keeping fish on a large scale. We left the forum in capable hands, and I am glad to see its still running. I haven't kept fish in several years now, due to being away from home for long periods. I am hopefully in a position from the beginning of next year to set up a tank or two again, so I thought I'd come back and see what's happening on ACE. I hope it's just a lull as was said above and people get keen again and start discussing cichlids more again. I know I will be here a fair bit asking questions and seeing what has changed since I sold my old 8 footer. I'm happy to be back, and look forward to some good fishy discussions.
  2. Hey everyone, yes I am still alive and no, I have not been keeping fish lately. That may however be about to change. I am considering setting up a modest tank for display. I am thinking perhaps a 4-5 ft, standard width, and perhaps a bit taller than standard. I am severely out of touch with what's around and nice at the moment, but am starting to do some research. I am unlucky that I am not living in NSW any more, knowing the people who might have the fish I need, but lucky that now I am in Adelaide, I am nice and close to E4G13M4N Mark's shop (which is really good btw). I am thinking either a busy bright tank full of msobo or saulosi, or an interesting tank with shellies down low and some mid / upper Tangs. I'd love to hear some ideas and find out what cool stuff is out there these days. Cheers Andy
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    tanks fs

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  5. For those of you who have consistently provided good fish photos (enigma, nova, sab, matty etc, I'm looking in your general direction ), could you post in this thread some tips for beginners and professionals alike? I'm hoping everyone will contribute their own opinions and tips, and not just those couple that sprang to mind. There are many excellent photographers here Basically we'd like to know if you use manual settings and what they are, what sort of camera you use, whether you crop pics, what editor you use and if and how you adjust the balances of your pics in an editor. Obviously anything else of interest would be helpful (ie depth of tank, lighting, whether you take a pic in the same spot each time or chase a fish around the tank etc.) Eventually, we'll start up a photo FAQ and this will be the main tips thread. Post away!
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    Then you should be stating your intentions. If you are interested, say something like "I'm interested in the frontosa and I will PM you my contact details" or "I'm interested but have a few questions. Please check your PM inbox for details" If you say "You have PM", you may just be asking about the size of the fish etc in the PM, but others may assume that you are buying them and may miss out on the fish because they thought they were spoken for. We only delete posts if they serve no purpose in the thread. If you elaborate a bit as to why you have PM'd the seller (for everyone's benefit, not just the seller), then the post will remain and people will know if you are interested in the item or if you simply are asking a question.
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    Josh, we'd love to include a template for classified ads, and we looked into it about a year ago when we first changed forums, but I don't think Invision (or any other forum) has that feature. Maybe Fins can confirm that.
  8. With the support of the Australian Cichlid Enthusists Forums sponsors and members we are able to offer a monthly prize for the winner of Picture of the Month Competition. As it stands, we will most likely run alternate monthly competitions, one for tank pictures and then one for fish pictures. There will be a monthly prize donated by one of our sponsors or your friendly team of mods & admins. The prize may be a tank, equipment, food, fish or a gift voucher. ACE members wishing to enter the Picture of the Month Competition must adhere to a few simple rules. 1. The member who takes out first prize must contact the prize donator and arrange collection, or delivery at the prize winner’s expense, within a week of that month’s competition ending. Those not wishing to collect on the generosity of the prize donator may elect to forfeit their prize and have it combined with the prize for the following month. The member who wins will also become the guest judge for the following month. 2. The judges for each competition will be -The ACE Administrators and Moderators -A guest judge (previous month's winner) -The monthly sponsor The judges and that decision is final, and the sponsor for each month has the deciding vote if there is a draw. 3. No ACE Administrators, Moderators, Guest judge or Competition Sponsor may enter the Picture of the Month Competition. 4. All original pictures posted on this forum are eligible for inclusion in the ACE gallery or other site as deemed appropriate by the Administrators (with author rights given of course). If you do not wish for this to happen, or would like your picture removed, please include a statement in your post saying so or email one of the ACE Administrators. 5. All winners will have their pictures displayed on a dedicated page on the ACE. Previous winning pictures may not be used in future competitions. 6. All pictures submitted must be tasteful and not offensive in any way. Any pictures deemed to be potentially offensive will result in an automatic ban of the submitting member. 7. Please keep photo sizes to smaller than 600 pixels wide to allow for easier viewing of the page.
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