Scott's 270 aka Project Mayhem

Thanks :) At least the thread isn't 200+ pages like nine ball or chingchai lol! Not that I can compare this build to theirs haahaa!
 
Very impressive build. Seems like you have lots of interests: fish, snakes, bikes, photography, where do you find the time lol
 
Haahaa thanks jkirk! I'm in that painful hurry up and watch it grow phase. I just did a big order of reef raft SPS so I am pretty excited to get that. I am dealing with some flatworms again, no big deal but it just requires some careful siphoning and then treatment.

The fish and bikes are my relax fun time :) The snakes are my wives critters for the most part. The photography is pretty fun! Check out my photography site when you get bored. lithic images.

I just went for a bike camping trip with a buddy. We ripped up to Emma Lake in northern Saskatchewan. I had my basics in my back pack and slept in an ENO hammock. I didn't take a fishing rod but bought a crappy little casting setup while up there and rode home with it on the side of the backpack. It would have looked hilarious :)
 
Wow! Those are some monster images. What's the green loopy one?
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Dave.M
 
That my friend is sectioned & polished Malachite. It was taken at the Royal Ontario Museum's mineral collection. Most people avoid those parts of museums... but they often contain some of the most amazing colours and intricate shapes that mother nature makes :)
 
Haahaa our end tables downstairs are all teak root. The dealer had a couple dinner table s and coffee tables made from giant teak root structures that were honestly amazing! They had sold signs on them by the time we saw them.
 
I just did another flatworm treatment regime before heading out to work. I siphoned oh I'd say 4000 or more flatworms and then treated the tank with a double dose of Flatworm Exit. It worked well, I followed the instructions (aside from the double dose) and everything looks great!

I am getting great growth and just ordered some new RR sps that I hope to get in the tank once I get home.

Check out the re-growth over the middle of the monti. Look back at the old pictures to see the previous recession.

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FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT :)

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And some simple candy apple reds :)

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Perhaps you might want to take care of that foot problem first.

So if I'm understanding you correctly you're saying that Flatworm Exit is not eliminating the problem but helps keep them in check, yes? Won't that get expensive after a while if you never eliminate them?

Dave.M
 
Hey Dave,

colour me ignorant but what foot problem lol? Oh and those pictures above were from before the treatment, hence why you can still see FW's :)

The first time I dosed the FWE I used the exact amount recommended on the package and followed the instructions to the "T". There was mass FW death and I could see no FW clinging to the rocks. I thought, sweet, job well done! Then fast forward 6 months and I notice a couple here and there. Wendy siphons them out and I bought a blue star leopard wrasse to maybe help control them. Well after another month the FW's seemed to be gaining strength so after consulting with the LFS I decided to do a double dose of FWE. So I spent 2-3 days before hand siphoning out mass amounts of FW's hiding in the rocks. Dosing day came and I used two full doses and within minutes there we FW's floating in the water column. I grabbed a section of hose this time and plugged it into one of the localize returns and used it to squirt water into all the crevasses to blow FW's out or at least hit them with the FWE. I was netting FW's out of the water column as they released from the rocks to lower the potential toxic body fluids from entering the system. I waited about 45min until I couldn't see any FW's moving or surviving in any fashion and turned on the carbon reactor. I did a ~15% water change and hoped for the best. The next day the tank looked great and I didn't see a single FW. I did another 15% water change and then had to head off to work for a couple weeks. When I get home I will eyeball the tank for more FW's.

It would get expensive to continually have to do that but I'm more worried that the FW's would build up an immunity to the medication and chemical treatment wouldn't work anymore. I prefer natural removal any day over chemicals. The LFS was worried nudibranchs wouldn't be able to handle the flow in the tank but I may try them if I see a resurgence. I just want it clean before putting in the new SPS.
 
Scythanith said:
what foot problem
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Bunyons!

Thx for the description of your experience with FWE. Sounds like you have nothing in the tank that can eat them fast enough to keep up.

Dave.M
 
dave.m said:
Bunyons!

Thx for the description of your experience with FWE. Sounds like you have nothing in the tank that can eat them fast enough to keep up.

Dave.M
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Man I am dense tonight.... I make the babe the blue joke and then don't pick up on the bunion's... kids these days :)

Any suggestions on Planaria predators that are reef safe?
 
Wrasses go nuts for them if they can find them in the water column, i.e. away from the corals, but they won't actually go rooting around close to the corals themselves. That's where the blowing the flatworms off the corals with a gentle spray comes into play. In fact, most fish will go for them when they're floating in the water, but especially wrasses. I don't know how effective one can really be with this method in the long run.

I don't know anyone who imports them intentionally, but those little crabs that live amongst the arms of acroporids are thought to chow down on flatworms. I don't know which, if any, nudibranchs specifically go for flatworms. If you hear of something please let us know.

Dave.M
 
I thought the blue velvet nudi's were good at it. I watched them eat flatworms in one of the LFS tanks but he wasn't selling them to me lol!
 
Had to hunt that one down as I was not familiar with that name.

Blue velvet nudibranch (Chelidonura varians) - one of the Head shield Slugs, of course.

Mollusca:
Gastropodia - foot stomach
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Opisthobranchia - gills located behind the heart
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Cephalaspidea - broadened head for digging in soil

And they ARE NOT nudibranchs, though many people call them that. They are slugs, and durned proud of it!

And best thing of all, they are used specifically for dealing with flatworm infestations in aquaria. Woo-hoo! If your LFS won't lend you his you may have to order them in special. It sounds like you have an awful lot of flatworms to deal with.

Dave.M
 
Well I don't now haahaa! The tank is spotless after treatment as far as I could tell. But all it takes is one treatment resistant flatworm in the rocks to repopulate. My LFS will order me some, but he warned me the flow in the tank may be too much. Worth a shot with one to see how it goes I guess :)
 
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