G'day

Hi all, long time since I was last here but I've been hanging out at an
Aussie Reef forum which is really way more applicable to me I guess.
There are some really nice people there and one even posted me some
corallimorphs and another sent me a nori clip, both of which are hard to
get when you live in the middle of nowhere almost. Just dropped in to
say hi to the regulars (Hi) and give a brief update.

My tank (6 x 2 x 2) sprung a leak in the front. I think it was a worm or
something. I don't know, all I know is that about a month ago I had
water dripping out fast enough that I had to do something.
Have a look at this
http://miskairal.goatdairying.com/ma...g0001cause.jpg

All stock was removed to my q tank and my spare 4 foot setup and 3 40
litre rubbish bins. Tank resealed and reset up about a week later
however...most of the fish are still in the Q tank because wouldn't you
know it - I'd bought a new fish (Gollum, an orange spotted goby or
diamond goby) just 2 days before it happened and had to put my sailfin
tang, coral beauty and 2 pyjama cardinals in my Q tank with it. That
tank is only 120 litres I stuck the clowns and coral banded shrimp
in the sump of my display so they were right to go back in early as was
the coral. My spare 4 foot tank had had an outbreak of ich (fish died)
so I managed to not add any fish to there, only rock. What a mess.
Pretty stressful to the point I had a single cigarette after giving up
in June this year

All is Ok now. I never lost a fish and I didn't take up smoking again
All but one coral survived and that one probably didn't like me dropping
it in the sand!
Another thing I've done is I've also swapped over to using natural sea
water since September which I think has made a difference and works out
cheaper than buying salt.

Anyways, Hi to Wayne and TheRock and George and Pszemol and Don Geddis,
and Cindy and everyone I've missed. YOu may or may not remember me but I
can remember you all helping me at the beginning.

Hey we non-Aussies are people too...sniff...tear
Sorry to hear about you tank. I'm just waiting for that day to come.
I wonder what the life expectancy of these tanks are anyway ?

This happened to me when I made my move from the 30 gal to the 75 gallon.
Ick took all but one Damsel. Of course that was fine with me
since I wasn't a fan of those nasty little fish anyway. I do miss the
fights !

Ha ! I'm quitting smoking AGAIN today.

Chris




"miskairal" wrote in message
u...
Hi all, long time since I was last here but I've been hanging out at an
Aussie Reef forum which is really way more applicable to me I guess. There
are some really nice people there and one even posted me some
corallimorphs and another sent me a nori clip, both of which are hard to
get when you live in the middle of nowhere almost. Just dropped in to say
hi to the regulars (Hi) and give a brief update.

My tank (6 x 2 x 2) sprung a leak in the front. I think it was a worm or
something. I don't know, all I know is that about a month ago I had water
dripping out fast enough that I had to do something.
Have a look at this
http://miskairal.goatdairying.com/ma...g0001cause.jpg

All stock was removed to my q tank and my spare 4 foot setup and 3 40
litre rubbish bins. Tank resealed and reset up about a week later
however...most of the fish are still in the Q tank because wouldn't you
know it - I'd bought a new fish (Gollum, an orange spotted goby or diamond
goby) just 2 days before it happened and had to put my sailfin tang, coral
beauty and 2 pyjama cardinals in my Q tank with it. That tank is only 120
litres I stuck the clowns and coral banded shrimp in the sump of my
display so they were right to go back in early as was the coral. My spare
4 foot tank had had an outbreak of ich (fish died) so I managed to not add
any fish to there, only rock. What a mess. Pretty stressful to the point I
had a single cigarette after giving up in June this year

All is Ok now. I never lost a fish and I didn't take up smoking again
All but one coral survived and that one probably didn't like me dropping
it in the sand!
Another thing I've done is I've also swapped over to using natural sea
water since September which I think has made a difference and works out
cheaper than buying salt.

Anyways, Hi to Wayne and TheRock and George and Pszemol and Don Geddis,
and Cindy and everyone I've missed. YOu may or may not remember me but I
can remember you all helping me at the beginning.

TheRock wrote:

Ha ! I'm quitting smoking AGAIN today.

Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I've done it thousands of
times. (Mark Twain)

George Patterson
Those who do not study History are doomed to repeat it. Those who DO
study History are doomed to watch every one else repeat it.

Amen brother !
Twain was a smart fella !
Day one...didn't kill anyone, or fish.


"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:ITj8h.1982$JQ.1668@trnddc06...
TheRock wrote:

Ha ! I'm quitting smoking AGAIN today.

Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I've done it thousands
of times. (Mark Twain)

George Patterson
Those who do not study History are doomed to repeat it. Those who DO
study History are doomed to watch every one else repeat it.

TheRock wrote:

Day one...didn't kill anyone, or fish.

Well, good luck at it. I quit a little over 10 years ago, after smoking for 30
years. Took me about two years of "cheating" to do it. I used to go "shopping"
at a local hardware store every weekend 'cause I knew I could bum a cig there.
Stick with it!

George Patterson
Those who do not study History are doomed to repeat it. Those who DO
study History are doomed to watch every one else repeat it.

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:16:06 GMT, "TheRock" wrote:

Hey we non-Aussies are people too...sniff...tear
Sorry to hear about you tank. I'm just waiting for that day to come.
I wonder what the life expectancy of these tanks are anyway ?

Hello Rock,

I had trouble with a 4- foot tank (freshwater tropical) this summer,
which almost competely emptied in about 20 minutes onto the carpet.
I tried to reseal it 3 times, but each time it leaked after a few
weeks, so I bought another mail-order. I am going to use it as a
cloche for vegetables in the garden, so all is not lost.
I bought it in 1974 in Holland where I worked at the time, although it
was made in Germany.

Regards, Fishnut.
This happened to me when I made my move from the 30 gal to the 75 gallon.
Ick took all but one Damsel. Of course that was fine with me
since I wasn't a fan of those nasty little fish anyway. I do miss the
fights !

Ha ! I'm quitting smoking AGAIN today.

Chris




"miskairal" wrote in message
. au...
Hi all, long time since I was last here but I've been hanging out at an
Aussie Reef forum which is really way more applicable to me I guess. There
are some really nice people there and one even posted me some
corallimorphs and another sent me a nori clip, both of which are hard to
get when you live in the middle of nowhere almost. Just dropped in to say
hi to the regulars (Hi) and give a brief update.

My tank (6 x 2 x 2) sprung a leak in the front. I think it was a worm or
something. I don't know, all I know is that about a month ago I had water
dripping out fast enough that I had to do something.
Have a look at this
http://miskairal.goatdairying.com/ma...g0001cause.jpg

All stock was removed to my q tank and my spare 4 foot setup and 3 40
litre rubbish bins. Tank resealed and reset up about a week later
however...most of the fish are still in the Q tank because wouldn't you
know it - I'd bought a new fish (Gollum, an orange spotted goby or diamond
goby) just 2 days before it happened and had to put my sailfin tang, coral
beauty and 2 pyjama cardinals in my Q tank with it. That tank is only 120
litres I stuck the clowns and coral banded shrimp in the sump of my
display so they were right to go back in early as was the coral. My spare
4 foot tank had had an outbreak of ich (fish died) so I managed to not add
any fish to there, only rock. What a mess. Pretty stressful to the point I
had a single cigarette after giving up in June this year

All is Ok now. I never lost a fish and I didn't take up smoking again
All but one coral survived and that one probably didn't like me dropping
it in the sand!
Another thing I've done is I've also swapped over to using natural sea
water since September which I think has made a difference and works out
cheaper than buying salt.

Anyways, Hi to Wayne and TheRock and George and Pszemol and Don Geddis,
and Cindy and everyone I've missed. YOu may or may not remember me but I
can remember you all helping me at the beginning.

32 years !!!
So I'll need a different excuse for that 300 gallon I want for the basement
: (


wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:16:06 GMT, "TheRock" wrote:

Hey we non-Aussies are people too...sniff...tear
Sorry to hear about you tank. I'm just waiting for that day to come.
I wonder what the life expectancy of these tanks are anyway ?

Hello Rock,

I had trouble with a 4- foot tank (freshwater tropical) this summer,
which almost competely emptied in about 20 minutes onto the carpet.
I tried to reseal it 3 times, but each time it leaked after a few
weeks, so I bought another mail-order. I am going to use it as a
cloche for vegetables in the garden, so all is not lost.
I bought it in 1974 in Holland where I worked at the time, although it
was made in Germany.

Regards, Fishnut.
This happened to me when I made my move from the 30 gal to the 75 gallon.
Ick took all but one Damsel. Of course that was fine with me
since I wasn't a fan of those nasty little fish anyway. I do miss the
fights !

Ha ! I'm quitting smoking AGAIN today.

Chris




"miskairal" wrote in message
.au...
Hi all, long time since I was last here but I've been hanging out at an
Aussie Reef forum which is really way more applicable to me I guess.
There
are some really nice people there and one even posted me some
corallimorphs and another sent me a nori clip, both of which are hard to
get when you live in the middle of nowhere almost. Just dropped in to
say
hi to the regulars (Hi) and give a brief update.

My tank (6 x 2 x 2) sprung a leak in the front. I think it was a worm or
something. I don't know, all I know is that about a month ago I had
water
dripping out fast enough that I had to do something.
Have a look at this
http://miskairal.goatdairying.com/ma...g0001cause.jpg

All stock was removed to my q tank and my spare 4 foot setup and 3 40
litre rubbish bins. Tank resealed and reset up about a week later
however...most of the fish are still in the Q tank because wouldn't you
know it - I'd bought a new fish (Gollum, an orange spotted goby or
diamond
goby) just 2 days before it happened and had to put my sailfin tang,
coral
beauty and 2 pyjama cardinals in my Q tank with it. That tank is only
120
litres I stuck the clowns and coral banded shrimp in the sump of my
display so they were right to go back in early as was the coral. My
spare
4 foot tank had had an outbreak of ich (fish died) so I managed to not
add
any fish to there, only rock. What a mess. Pretty stressful to the point
I
had a single cigarette after giving up in June this year

All is Ok now. I never lost a fish and I didn't take up smoking again
All but one coral survived and that one probably didn't like me dropping
it in the sand!
Another thing I've done is I've also swapped over to using natural sea
water since September which I think has made a difference and works out
cheaper than buying salt.

Anyways, Hi to Wayne and TheRock and George and Pszemol and Don Geddis,
and Cindy and everyone I've missed. YOu may or may not remember me but I
can remember you all helping me at the beginning.

Yea I had a worm dig a hole in the silicone too. Here is
what I did.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...89e531 ac883e

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



miskairal wrote on 11/20/2006 4:25 AM:
Hi all, long time since I was last here but I've been hanging out at an
Aussie Reef forum which is really way more applicable to me I guess.
There are some really nice people there and one even posted me some
corallimorphs and another sent me a nori clip, both of which are hard to
get when you live in the middle of nowhere almost. Just dropped in to
say hi to the regulars (Hi) and give a brief update.

My tank (6 x 2 x 2) sprung a leak in the front. I think it was a worm or
something. I don't know, all I know is that about a month ago I had
water dripping out fast enough that I had to do something.
Have a look at this
http://miskairal.goatdairying.com/ma...g0001cause.jpg


All stock was removed to my q tank and my spare 4 foot setup and 3 40
litre rubbish bins. Tank resealed and reset up about a week later
however...most of the fish are still in the Q tank because wouldn't you
know it - I'd bought a new fish (Gollum, an orange spotted goby or
diamond goby) just 2 days before it happened and had to put my sailfin
tang, coral beauty and 2 pyjama cardinals in my Q tank with it. That
tank is only 120 litres I stuck the clowns and coral banded shrimp
in the sump of my display so they were right to go back in early as was
the coral. My spare 4 foot tank had had an outbreak of ich (fish died)
so I managed to not add any fish to there, only rock. What a mess.
Pretty stressful to the point I had a single cigarette after giving up
in June this year

All is Ok now. I never lost a fish and I didn't take up smoking again
All but one coral survived and that one probably didn't like me dropping
it in the sand!
Another thing I've done is I've also swapped over to using natural sea
water since September which I think has made a difference and works out
cheaper than buying salt.

Anyways, Hi to Wayne and TheRock and George and Pszemol and Don Geddis,
and Cindy and everyone I've missed. YOu may or may not remember me but I
can remember you all helping me at the beginning.