Two short videos...

[gpodio]

I hope videos are OK in the photography forum...

Been playing with timelapse videos and while these are poor in quality it's not something you see every day so I figured I'd post them:

1. "Flatworms on the move" - Needs little introduction...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMt7p7BQGTc

2. "Le Poop" - Was trying to film my new blasto feeding but I guess I got the wrong end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AD5Vzk9tlQ

Enjoy

 

[BRISK495]

thanks for posting...I especially like the flatworm one....well I hate flatwors but I liked the video! Was this from your tank?

 

[edwing206]

Hahahaha. That "Le Poop" was soo funny. I cried a little.
Nice work with the timelapse.

 

[gpodio]

Yep, it's my tank! I let the population grow on it's own over the last year, I'm now treating the tank but I did get some newer timelapses using a HD video camera, the detail is great but the file sizes are just too big for any web purposes...

Never saw a coral pooping before That is poop right?

 

[BRISK495]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9953257#post9953257 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gpodio
Yep, it's my tank! I let the population grow on it's own over the last year, I'm now treating the tank but I did get some newer timelapses using a HD video camera, the detail is great but the file sizes are just too big for any web purposes...

Never saw a coral pooping before That is poop right?

Wow!! How are you treating the tank? Flatworm exit? Any idea how you got them....they are all over the place!

 

[gpodio]

Yeah I'm using FWE weekly, last round was 290 drops in a total 50g system

Not sure how I got them, most likely through fragging... I didn't know I had them until someone pointed them out. Numbers remained low until the day my 6 line jumped out of the tank, since then they have multiplied by the thousands! My biggest mistake was to treat the tank too lightly at first, rather than killing them I think I simply increased their tollerance for FWE. 300 drops seems to be the line I don't want to cross as my SPS start to expell zooanthelle at this level. Obviously I have 2 gallons of carbon in a canister and 50g of freshly made water in the event I get into trouble during a treatment.

If you think those are a lot of flatworms, I have photos that would likely get censored if I posted them... I'll give'm one thing, they do a great job at keeping the rock clean!

I'm still hopeful that I'll be able to rid the tank of them in order to move the rock and corals to the new tank, but I'm starting to consider fragging off all tips and trashing the rest if they are not gone in another 2-3 treatments...