lastlight's 97 (lights out)

xblade · #1 03-01-2011, 12:09 AM

Very nice Brett.

lastlight · #2 03-01-2011, 02:42 AM

So I just wrapped up one of my most frustrating reefing nights ever. So glad I took pictures yesterday!

1. I decide I'm going to siphon some of that nasty algae on the sand up so I hookup the big siphon hose with the 3" tube on the end. It's not strong enough apparently to suck the actual algae up. Tank is a massive mess of debris and sand now.

2. In yanking the tube out I finally break the main part of the superman digi off the rock. I am swearing a lot now and my wife isn't too impressed.

3. expoxy/glue the colony back in place

4. Continue siphoning with just the hose and forget to see how much water it in my bucket. Love it!

5. Digi falls off

6. re-attach digi with a very ugly amount of epoxy. Be months before it looks nice again.

7. Go into tank-attack mode and do all the moving of my acans.

8. Toss in a waterchange

9. after i cleaned my skimmer pump today it wouldn't restart until i quickly poked the needlewheel so i opted to leave it running in case while i did the waterchange. It decides to totally overflow and dump today's skim back into the tank because the water level was too high after the change. Guess I never took out quite as much as i put in.

10. Blenny has been missing for 2 days.

11. Turn lights off and forget about it! So frustrated right now

fishytime · #3 03-01-2011, 03:07 AM

take a deep breath and count to ten.......happens to all of us man.....I feel ya....

The Grizz · #4 03-01-2011, 03:18 AM

Oh that sucks Brett and yes I have done the same thing myself other then braking off a Digi ( because I can't keep SPS alive ) just one of those bumbs in the road we all face, deep breaths, a couple stiff drinks and it will be better tomorrow.

Lance · #5 03-01-2011, 03:18 AM

Just take a deep breath and slowly back away.

P.S. I told you guys those pumps were crap!

lastlight · #6 03-01-2011, 03:28 AM

Lance you're referring to the Sicce PSK 2500s?

Lance · #7 03-01-2011, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Lance you're referring to the Sicce PSK 2500s?

No, pretty much most pumps in general. It really irks me when they don't start up again.

Parker · #8 03-01-2011, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Lance you're referring to the Sicce PSK 2500s?

I have the same pumps on my skimmer. I had to trim the mesh way back to get it to start reliably, it still doesn't start 100% everytime though.

lastlight · #9 03-01-2011, 04:05 AM

Yeah I'm not even running mesh. This is the stock SWC pinwheel. It was baffling and just a little irritating.