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Old 01-09-2011, 10:47 PM
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I feel your pain man, i flooded the house 3 times in 2 weeks about 2 months ago. Twice in the basement and once upstairs where the tank is when I had a Ato back syphon from the sump and it put about 8 gallons of salty kalk water onto the hardwood and out into the carpeted hallway.
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Old 01-09-2011, 11:12 PM
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I feel your pain man, i flooded the house 3 times in 2 weeks about 2 months ago. Twice in the basement and once upstairs where the tank is when I had a Ato back syphon from the sump and it put about 8 gallons of salty kalk water onto the hardwood and out into the carpeted hallway.
And you still have the tank? Wow! I figured she'd maybe hold your head in the tank until you stop bubbling, and then put your tank up on Kijii.
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And you still have the tank? Wow! I figured she'd maybe hold your head in the tank until you stop bubbling, and then put your tank up on Kijii.
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Old 01-10-2011, 01:23 AM
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And you still have the tank? Wow! I figured she'd maybe hold your head in the tank until you stop bubbling, and then put your tank up on Kijii.
Sssssshhh. Don't give her any bright ideas. Actually none of my mishaps have ever cost me a trip to Mexico either.
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Old 01-10-2011, 01:40 AM
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glad to hear it wasn't a complete disaster!

Yesterday i was pumping some RO water from the basement to my top off reservoir under the tank. I stood there for a minute wondering why no water was coming out of the hose.. d'oh!! The water was being pumped into the furnace room because I forgot to hook up the hose to the pump.
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Old 01-10-2011, 01:42 AM
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Sssssshhh. Don't give her any bright ideas. Actually none of my mishaps have ever cost me a trip to Mexico either.
Ha ha! Touche
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Old 01-13-2011, 10:46 PM
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I swear my captive-bred Yellow Assessor is the toughest little SOB I've ever seen! I got this fish 2 months ago and he's already survived three traumatic experiences.
Upon arrival I floated his bag in the QT tank. Somehow he jumped out of a small hole in the top of the bag and did a five foot header to the floor, where I nearly stepped on him when I came back to mix some tank water with the bag water. I picked him up and plopped him into the tank. 24 hours later he has Ich! Grrrrr. Obviously caught it at the LFS. Treated him with Cupramine and he remained in QT for 8 weeks. After the 8 weeks he was fat and healthy so into the 90g he goes. The Coral Beauty, (the little dink), immediately gives him a hard time and the Assessor spends most of his time hiding under a large Torch Coral coming out at feeding time only. After a few days the CB accepts him and everything is fine. Came home from work today and go to change the filter sock in the sump and find the Assessor in it. I don't know why I looked in it but I'm glad I did: Otherwise he would have gone through the washing machine in a few days. Pop him back into the tank and away he goes on his merry way. If anyone is looking for an indestructible little fish I highly recommend these little guys. Can't kill them!


P.S. I betcha the little bugger would have made it through the washing machine too.
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Old 01-14-2011, 01:50 AM
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Ha Ha that funny because I have found my clown goby in my filter sock twice. The first time i changed the sock and just had it sitting in a large bowl while i was doing other stuff. about 5 minutes later i took the sock outside to give it a rinse off with the hose and found the goby in the sock. AArgh run back upstairs and toss him in the tank. Did the same thing about a month later, now i always look inside as soon as i change it.
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Old 01-14-2011, 02:01 AM
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Yeah, after this I'll be checking it every time.
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Wow, for me those socks come out so dirty I usually HAVE to invert them and do a quick prerinse. I figure if I'm going to do that, I might as well pick out all the 'pods and worms and brittlestars and whatever else might be worth saving and I toss them back into the tank. Sometimes there is indeterministic goo that makes me wonder just what the heck it is, ... that stuff I don't save.

Have found a few fish doing this!! Usually the smaller ones. The eel made it into the sump a couple times early on which tells me he must have gotten out of the bag somehow on his own, that would have been interesting to see as I sort of imagine that he would fly out of there.
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