JEMichael IV
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How is he doing? Any updates?
Sick little guy...?
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Updates?
No, not really. I didn't think the PVC was tight enough so I grabbed a piece of grey translucent tube from and old filter. It's a bit close to his size and once buried gets very dark.
I nudged him over to it and he went in head first. I went away for the weekend and he was still in there when I got back. I grabbed a bright red LED light and could see his eyes way back there, so he'd gotten in and turned himself around.
Should I just leave him completely alone for a while, or should I go ahead and feed him again tomorrow per my weekly schedule?
Lately Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ve been feeding him almost by hand- jamming part of the food into a small diameter long hard tube and waving right in front him. He usually grabs on to it if he's interested.
I'm tempted to let him forage the live rock, but I haven't seen evidence of him leaving the hole yet.
I'll change some more water tonight and check the nitrates tomorrow.
No, not really. I didn't think the PVC was tight enough so I grabbed a piece of grey translucent tube from and old filter. It's a bit close to his size and once buried gets very dark.
I nudged him over to it and he went in head first. I went away for the weekend and he was still in there when I got back. I grabbed a bright red LED light and could see his eyes way back there, so he'd gotten in and turned himself around.
Should I just leave him completely alone for a while, or should I go ahead and feed him again tomorrow per my weekly schedule?
Lately Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ve been feeding him almost by hand- jamming part of the food into a small diameter long hard tube and waving right in front him. He usually grabs on to it if he's interested.
I'm tempted to let him forage the live rock, but I haven't seen evidence of him leaving the hole yet.
I'll change some more water tonight and check the nitrates tomorrow.
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Final Update-
Checked on Norman last night and again this morning. He hadn't changed positions so I figured the worst.
Everything was confirmed when I dumped out the pipe whe as hiding in.
The rock, algae and other stuff in the tank is flourishing. It's turning into a nano reef.
Checked on Norman last night and again this morning. He hadn't changed positions so I figured the worst.
Everything was confirmed when I dumped out the pipe whe as hiding in.
The rock, algae and other stuff in the tank is flourishing. It's turning into a nano reef.
DreamScape
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ditto there.
can't add much else.
can't add much else.
Homesick in captivity
Homesick in captivity
sounds like your creature has simply gotten homesick. I tried this new product that has added new life to my tank. go to www.ecoaqualizer.com and check it out. It worked wonders for me and it sounds like your little creature needs the ocean boost.
Homesick in captivity
sounds like your creature has simply gotten homesick. I tried this new product that has added new life to my tank. go to www.ecoaqualizer.com and check it out. It worked wonders for me and it sounds like your little creature needs the ocean boost.
I never took any 300 level physics at college and only took high school chemistry so I could be wrong here[but I'm not], but the product on the link aquafishe provided doesn't scientifically valid to me.
Infra-red light wouldn't do anything as the cylinder isn't exposed to any[I don't think it would have much of an effect anyway in this design]. I suppose that you could generate a very very slight electrical charge by pushing water through the magnetic field. But I when considering the size of the magnets and the slow speed of the water being pumped thru the cylinder doubt it would be enough to have any real effect at all.
This product looks like snake oil to me, I'd stay away for it.
Infra-red light wouldn't do anything as the cylinder isn't exposed to any[I don't think it would have much of an effect anyway in this design]. I suppose that you could generate a very very slight electrical charge by pushing water through the magnetic field. But I when considering the size of the magnets and the slow speed of the water being pumped thru the cylinder doubt it would be enough to have any real effect at all.
This product looks like snake oil to me, I'd stay away for it.
I don't see how this unit could generate any thing near as much current as grounding probe. I doubt you could even measure the current it would induce.
However since water is a polar molecule I suppose it could help to change the orientation of the water as it flows thru the unit? I would expect it to revert almost as soon as it left the unit however. Are there any chemists out there who might have some input?
However since water is a polar molecule I suppose it could help to change the orientation of the water as it flows thru the unit? I would expect it to revert almost as soon as it left the unit however. Are there any chemists out there who might have some input?
I'm struggling with the concept of this thing bringing Norman back to life.
Beyond that I can't help but wonder what this thing is really supposed to do. I would be interested if it could really clean things up in a tank, but I would want to know what it's doing in the process to be sure it won't kill something good.
Beyond that I can't help but wonder what this thing is really supposed to do. I would be interested if it could really clean things up in a tank, but I would want to know what it's doing in the process to be sure it won't kill something good.
That advertisement is so full of BS that it would be funny if people weren't actually spending hard earned money on it. I don't have time to point out all of the ridiculous errors, so let's just take a couple. The ad claims that the device changes the molecular structure of water. Assuming you could change the molecular structure of a stable compound like water using magnets in a plastic tube (which you can't), if you change the molecular structure, it ain't water anymore. The ad claims that the mystery material made from serpentine etc. emits radiation in the infrared, yet there is no power source. To quote engineer Scott "Captain, ya cannot change the laws of physics". No energy in, no energy out (unless it is undergoing radioactive decay). The ad claims to align the polar water molecules. Water is indeed polar, but in liquid water the molecules are in constant motion relative to each other. If they weren't, it would be ice. So even if you could align the water molecules using magnets in a tube, it would last a nanosecond before the molecules jostled each other out of alignment. No known physical property of the water would be changed. I could go on and on.
However, science does not know everything. There may be properties of matter that have not been measured or explained by science. These unknown properties might have an effect on biological systems (like your fish tank). These unknown properties might be improved by magnets in a tube. But I wouldn't bet on it. And I wouldn't buy it from people who are lying about what it does.
By the way, I have a degree in chemistry.
Sorry for the long rant.
However, science does not know everything. There may be properties of matter that have not been measured or explained by science. These unknown properties might have an effect on biological systems (like your fish tank). These unknown properties might be improved by magnets in a tube. But I wouldn't bet on it. And I wouldn't buy it from people who are lying about what it does.
By the way, I have a degree in chemistry.
Sorry for the long rant.
Sickboy considering the types of claims that this product is already making, it very well bring Norman back to life just put a small DNA sample of the original animal in the tube. I'm sure that the magnets and far infra-red light can reanimate the dormant cells and kick off stem cell reproduction. In a couple of hours your shrimp will be back good as new. :thumbsup:
Quick follow-up
Quick follow-up
In the time leading up to and during Norman's problems I ran the stock biowheel filtration system that comes with the eclipse 6 tank. I have since found so many of the posts about biowheels and nitrates.
I pulled out the stock filtration and replaced it with a power head, a skimmer and live rock. Nitrates are history.
What's that? Something about hindsight and 20/20?
Quick follow-up
In the time leading up to and during Norman's problems I ran the stock biowheel filtration system that comes with the eclipse 6 tank. I have since found so many of the posts about biowheels and nitrates.
I pulled out the stock filtration and replaced it with a power head, a skimmer and live rock. Nitrates are history.
What's that? Something about hindsight and 20/20?
biomekanic
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great, the last thing the world needs, Deep One/mantis hybrids... what you get for reading the board and Lovecraft at the same time...
If you think mantisses look sorta alien, you should see the larvae!!! No Lovecraft fan should be without a poster of one of these...
Check it out: http://www.imagequest3d.com/catalogue/larvalforms/
Check it out: http://www.imagequest3d.com/catalogue/larvalforms/
