Power Outage - Got Generator? Pump? Water?

[LawmanRob]

If you have any ideas on how to get mine out of my tank, I would gladly give it to you. I believe it is a tiger pistol shrimp.

 

[Runner]

Thanks. My recently deceased shrimp was a tiger pistol, too. I plan to get another one (providing my goby survives) after the water quality settles down. As to how to catch one, I have no clue. They are too fast to catch. Perhaps a trap of some sort.

The only time I ever caught one was when I broke down my 75G tank 6 years ago and had emptied the tank and was scooping out the crushed coral/sand and he jumped up and tried to run. Until then, I though he was gone because I hadn't seen him in a while.

 

[EvilMel]

I decided that the next livestock purchase I'm going to make is going to be a goby-shrimp pair. I miss having those guys.

Scott...run a couple of poly-filters too! Those really help and they're cheap ($9-10?).

About catching a pistol shrimp, yeah...I basically had to take the tank apart to get the ones out that I've had.

 

[Runner]

Already run a polyfilter, so I'm good there. Might add a second tomorrow, though.

 

[planejane]

:sad1:RIP Chuckie!

 

[Runner]

:sad1:RIP Chuckie!

Sorry, Janie. Thought my tank would be a good place for him.

 

[Runner]

Chuckie has since been replaced by a tiny chalk basslet named "Bucky". But now Bucky is in danger because the fuse just blew on our transformer. No idea why as I haven't had a chance to inspect it -- hopefully KUB will have first dibs on that honor. But my boys have sprung into action with the battery airpump so the fish life should be fine. And the rest of the tank should be fine, too, because I expect a quick reponse given that KUB only has 4 outages in the entire area at the moment. My remaining corals just recovered from being overtemped twice in one week about a month ago -- I'd hate for this outage to give them a third hit so soon.

 

[tnvol]

FYI oxygen is created from the water movement not an air pump. Buy a cigarette lighter inverter an run an extension cord to it and hook up to a low voltage power head next time.

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[EvilMel]

Actually MIKE it's the oxygen in the bubbles passing through the water that adds oxygen, not the movement of the water itself.

 

[Runner]

FYI oxygen is created from the water movement not an air pump. Buy a cigarette lighter inverter an run an extension cord to it and hook up to a low voltage power head next time.

Thank you for recommending what I already posted I own. And the comment is clueless -- in addition to what Mel said, an air pump also creates surface agitation which promotes gas exchange. I must assume you posted this just to be rude and confrontational. I trust you have already been banned.

 

[Dino]

I trust you have already been banned.

Yes, once again .

Congrats on your pending new little reef keeper Runner .

 

[EvilMel]

We're all very excited for him! She's the daughter he's always wanted.

 

[planejane]

Sadly yesterday Chuckie's brother Barney has joined him in the big sea in the sky. He took a flying leap out of the tank while I was doing a water change and landed behind it where I couldn't readily get to him. Their "sister" Betty couldn't be happier as Barney bullied her.

 

[EvilMel]

That stinks.

 

[TriMax]

If he was any bigger it would for sure. Sorry Janie