Hello, Geezer coming back to this forum. Paul B

[griss]

That's strange Paul. But, if memory serves, don't arrow crabs and coral banded shrimp eat bristle worms? Been a long time since I had and arrow crab or coral banded shrimp. Even if they do, I have a hard time believing they would have eaten all of the worms.

 

[Paul B]

No, they do eat bristle worms but I had probably hundreds of bristle worms and they only eat the very small ones. I don't know what happened to them but I can't find any. It isn't necessarily a bad thing, but something bad happened to the worms and I would like to know what it was.
Weird

 

[griss]

No, they do eat bristle worms but I had probably hundreds of bristle worms and they only eat the very small ones. I don't know what happened to them but I can't find any. It isn't necessarily a bad thing, but something bad happened to the worms and I would like to know what it was.
Weird

It is weird. I can't say I've ever heard of this happening to anyone else. So strange. But, remember back when everyone tried to get rid of bristle worms? I always just left them alone to do their thing.

 

[Paul B]

So did I Griss. Maybe they read these forums and committed suicide

 

[Timfish]

(I guess it's not possible who ever does what little maintenance is done to that system has gotten more irascible and they just couldn't put up with it any more?)


That is weird. I've never known a system that had bristle worms to have them all disappear. I've moved systems where none were found which has seemed odd as they're pretty ubiquitous but never seen one that had them loose them. I have seen what seems like a genus or species specific disease kill all of a certain type of coral or fish. So maybe that or maybe a predator got big enough to finish them all off?

 

[Paul B]

Timfish, I do have a 6 line wrasse, an arrow crab, decorator crab and coral banded fish but I always had those or similar creatures.

I am not sure what killed them but it could have been the toxins from the sponge that I removed. I know it killed all my SPS corals. When I cut the sponge, it exuded a thick white substance that may have killed them.

 

[Timfish]

Sponges are doing some fascinating chemistry! The available research shows DOC can have very species specific effects, both on the part of species of DOC and species of organism it's affecting. Looks like you have another research project.

 

[Paul B]

Maybe, but I won't be putting any of that Devil sponge in my tank again.

 

[Paul B]

I published another book not about fish or anything to do with this hobby. It's about my time in Vietnam. I didn't decide yet if I will donate the proceeds to the Wounded Warrior project or Tunnels to Towers.

Maybe I will split it, not that it will make much but whatever it does. I don't think it will replace bibles in hotels or anything like that. I just felt like writing and I don't think they teach about the conditions for us soldiers in Vietnam.

 

[albano]

Where can we purchase the book?

 

[Paul B]

Wow, I don't even have one yet. I have to buy them like anyone else.
I just go on Amazon and search for my name. Remember, it has nothing to dowith reef tanks, fish, inverts,m sea water etc.

https://www.amazon.com/Brooklyn-through-Vietnam-back-disaster/dp/B0DNB7CMT4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QY1PCS02R5L3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4DET7rVqP-CZY9Uaoo_bVZeexkodY4I60m5mbqIFHi0.EmdBy4hLJZoiveiUWAJKWQiB7Q9H8P22TJEfwdejlX8&dib_tag=se&keywords=paul+baldassano&qid=1731932452&sprefix=paul+baldassano%2Caps%2C1034&sr=8-1

 

[Paul B]

I got a new computer. My wife got me this one for Christmas but she had to give it to me early because my old "Chromebook" must have gotten an ich infection from going on all these forums and almost crashed. It was so slow that I would turn it on then have breakfast, wash my car and think about quarantining my fish (not). By that time, the thing warmed up enough to crash.

I think it needs a picture tube.

My new book sold about 20 copies the first hour but most of those were from people I know. I found out that two pictures are missing and didn't print so I have to figure out how to correct that.

I myself also don't have a book of my own so I guess I have to order one.

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

You would think the author would get e free copy from the publisher.

 

[Paul B]

Free!!!. Nothing is free. I just ordered 5 "editors" copies for ten bucks each. Thats as free as it gets. The book sells for $29.00. I probably get 76 cents out of that.