RobChuck
Premium Member
jdhanover,
I don't think this a problem per se. I've kept some rubble at the bottom of my overflows to provide a breeding ground for pods. It just so happens that some bristleworms tagged along and in their quest to find hidding spaces, discovered that they can work their way between the bulkhead gasket and the acrylic. So if I chose to keep the overflows clean and void of life, I don't think this would be an issue.
For the near term, I applied silicone around the flange, so something would have to eat or bore their way through to cause this problem again. But in the long term, this tank will soon become a FW planted tank, rendering the issue irrelavent for the long term. And the 65g reef that I just set back up is sumpless, so the only thing I'll have to worry about there is the silicone-boring worms described in Rod's post!
I don't think this a problem per se. I've kept some rubble at the bottom of my overflows to provide a breeding ground for pods. It just so happens that some bristleworms tagged along and in their quest to find hidding spaces, discovered that they can work their way between the bulkhead gasket and the acrylic. So if I chose to keep the overflows clean and void of life, I don't think this would be an issue.
For the near term, I applied silicone around the flange, so something would have to eat or bore their way through to cause this problem again. But in the long term, this tank will soon become a FW planted tank, rendering the issue irrelavent for the long term. And the 65g reef that I just set back up is sumpless, so the only thing I'll have to worry about there is the silicone-boring worms described in Rod's post!
