Doug's 105 rimless build and diary

[Lloydxmas]

Mr X have you ever dealt with flat worms in any of your tanks?

 

[mr_X]

Yes. Which are you having trouble with? The common red planaria are pretty easy to keep under control. I would vacuum as many out as I could with each water change. these are ambush predators that eat pods, so if you have a wrasse or other pod eater, it helps to starve them out.

 

[mr_X]

Interesting behavior indeed X. Glad it worked out. Guess it's just stressed.

Doesn't appear to be. It comes right to my hand and almost eats from it, and swims with the other fish as if they were schooling.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Mines about 4" and 5 years old. Impossible to take a good picture of him. Will keep trying.

 

[Gregcoyote]

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Mines about 4" and 5 years old. Impossible to take a good picture of him. Will keep trying.

Better shot with the Nikon.

 

[Cichlid-dude]

Ive had my wrasse hide for weeks without ever seeing him eat at all.

 

[Cichlid-dude]

Beautiful wrasse!

 

[mr_X]

So, it's been a week without the wrasse. Starting to think he jumped ship only to be terrier food.
Anyone have trouble with their JBJ ATO? I finally got around to hoking mine up after manually topping off for months and I tried the float switches and pump to see if they worked, and they did. That night I went to bed only to wake up to an extra 30 gallons of fresh water in my sump. Luckily I have a decent water volume and a large sump, so nothing spilled over and the salinity only dropped to .021, but what a pain in the butt.
This thing is supposed to shut off after 3 minutes 45, regardless of what the float switch is telling it, right? Why was my pump running in no water then? It's also supposed to have a fail safe that prevents running the pump dry, but apparently this was not working either. I'm starting to think these units need replacing every couple years.....

 

[Sniperhank]

I didn't have any luck with the two float setup. I ended up using one and it finally worked right. I'm not sure if I was doing it all backwards or what the issue was, but haven't had any issues with it once it was set up. Nothing is caught holding the switch up is there?

 

[mr_X]

Not that I could see, and the single switch option is what I use as well. Now it seems to be working, but I'm not feeling as secure as I was.....I think I'll leave the top off reservoir a little low just in case this happens again.

 

[Sniperhank]

That's rather odd...I'd take it apart and put it back together to make sure it wasn't connected weird. I know I've come home to the ATO wanting water and sucking air without it shutting off, but not the other way around.

 

[mr_X]

I took some new pictures, but haven't uploaded them yet. Meanwhile, here's an interesting video-
SHARK ATTACK ON GRANDMA - YouTube

 

[Gregcoyote]

With 4K displays they have been pulling pranks like this for awhile. Did you see the asteroid impact one?


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[mr_X]

Which one?

 

[Gregcoyote]

http://youtu.be/qQlQoMrymts


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[mr_X]

LMAO! Awesome!

 

[Gregcoyote]

Yes, I laughed pretty hard. There is another one that involves a falling elevator.


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[Gregcoyote]

You're falling behind on your posting. Wake up over there!


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[Dary421]

You're falling behind on your posting. Wake up over there!


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I agree ,.. Pop the top off a cold one and say hi


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[mr_X]

Aight. Been busy lately with online dating, as I'm newly emancipated. I'll shoot some pics!