SHK_ATK, well I know I said I was going to get one.... rang a couple of the lfs's as well, had good intention but never did get one... also something to do with that mantis that is in there as well.. You can't see it in any of the pic's but somehow there must of been some type of spawning of snails, at night they appear it would be easily over 50 or so (my wife reckons over 100) with really beautifully coloured shells, since then algae gone... I have also caught a snail spawning after lights out, he positioned himself in a low flow part of the tank and just started spewing out you know what, it went on for so long that I think some porn stars would be jealous... anyway with no skimmer I couldn't get that stuff out either... what destruction am I causing...???
New sump design
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Too much pressure kress, too much pressure.... Substrate is "superfine aragonite" trate 0, and here you go. Yet again, pics were taken last week, and yet again it just takes so long to get around to upload them.
It's a little like a horror movie... I never did say the sump looks nice, but I myself will spend quite a bit of time just peering in... it is after all a sump hidden under the house.
Yeah I know, flatworms.... bad hey, don't know why, they don't bother me and they don't get into the display, so I figure, leave them be. The hair algae has sort of gone. There is a cool pic (not meaning a good pic) of a little zebra (black and white) brittle star, or at least that is what I think they are (as there are a couple). There are of course lots of pods and worms, bristle stars, and a black one as well (I have a very large one in the display), the elusive mantis, some coral which I could not really get good pics of, but were not intentionally introduced, except for one which for some reason has always done better in the sump.. dunno why. I tried to capture in the photo’s the amount of feather duster worms, and there are a lot of them. You can see the float valve for the RO auto top off, this is automatic and also fills our drinking water container. I guess that is about it, oh, some of the pics are with the internal power head switched off, and some with it on. It's quite cramped and I find it really hard to get the pictures without moving (I hate using a flash!) when you have to squat, and my knees just are not the same anymore, neither is my lower back. Half way through getting the photo's I thought I would do some type of rudimentary glass cleaning, but there are so many little things living on the glass magnet that I hate doing it just in case I kill them.
Thanks for the update. Yes a delightful horror show!
I always crack up looking at your 'sump room'.
Suggestion: Put in about a 5x5 concrete pad in front of and around your sump tank. Then you can get one of those sit-on mechanic's creepers. This would stop all the knee pain and allow you to sit and enjoy your sump or kneel comfortably and work in it, ditching the desperate tunneling prisoner aspect. You could then easily book-shelf those items down on the right.
Something like:
http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/item.asp?PIN=50187&SC=WIQ10001
or
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...=aps&hvadid=1098354701&ref=pd_sl_8qldj8pp1b_b
I always crack up looking at your 'sump room'.
Suggestion: Put in about a 5x5 concrete pad in front of and around your sump tank. Then you can get one of those sit-on mechanic's creepers. This would stop all the knee pain and allow you to sit and enjoy your sump or kneel comfortably and work in it, ditching the desperate tunneling prisoner aspect. You could then easily book-shelf those items down on the right.
Something like:
http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/item.asp?PIN=50187&SC=WIQ10001
or
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...=aps&hvadid=1098354701&ref=pd_sl_8qldj8pp1b_b
