I would love one but I'll end up getting a mutt again There cheaper LOL I can't get another dog though it's not fair to Madison. Sleep overs are fine but staying forever is not good she is too old for a puppy. Good job on fixing the overflow problem. I almost had the same problem a snail got into the overflow tubes slowed the water down alot the display water was at the rim. Glad I was home to shut it down. I got the sucker out and all is good now I put a cover on the overflow box so it won't happen again.

I get it. Dogs do reach a point where they don't want a new roomie. My Boris would love one, but I can't imagine juggling another at this point.

Yeah, I've had the snail stuck in the overflow tube also. I've got some egg crate over the overflow box now. Keeps the big ones out.

Weirdest stomatella ever! At least an inch big, larger when stretched all the way out. When I noticed it, it was stretched away from the overflow box, with only part of the foot hanging on. Looked like a bizarre dancing water snake.

Maybe it isn't a stomatella? By the time I got the camera, it was securely suctioned to the overflow. Of course.

Hmmm.... that is kind of a big one to be a stomie. Hard to tell. Where's John when you need him?

Inorite?

I thought about posting it in the id forum, but figured the odds are it's just a well fed stomie, and I'd be cyberstomped for not recognizing it as such.

Yoo hoo, Jo-ohn!!

Oh hai! Wuts goin on in hur?

Hai thur!!!!!

Busy, busy days. How about you?

gettin dirty at work.....keepin your reef running!

meant to get that interceptor in the mail yesterday but i got a flu shot that knocked me out for the evening. tonight i've got a dinner, but i'll shoot to get it in the mail to you tomorrow.

OMG you got da swine from a shot?

nah, it was the regular 'ol flu shot. work gives them every year for cheap. i feel like crap for the rest of the day though.

I know the feeling. This was the first year that my arm wasn't temporarily (a few hours) paralyzed as a result of the shot, so at least this year was good.

Oh, and I have mentioned to ya'll that I know how the swine flu got started?

that's just gross, lol.

eWWWWW!!!!!!

You guys having a party on my thread--without me? Does that make me the hostess with the mostest or the leastest?

Marc, we appreciate all your hard work keeping out tanks running. So how come I still have to do water changes?

LOL, Tyler--I love that pic!

Sorry about your arm, Dan. Hope you're feeling much better today.

thanks! now everyone go comment on my stocking idea on my tank thread

Already done.

maybe i'll get some designer clowns - like snowflakes or something.

The clowns are all fun! I think snowflakes or picassos are a good idea, but I also still love my basic false percs.

yeah, but honestly since i have such a small tank and won't be putting a whole lot into it, i can afford to get something different - and prices on the designer clowns have gone down a whole lot.

Go for it!

How did you get that picture of my daughter? Eh? (Seriously tho, she did kiss a pig once)


Oh & annie, idk if you have the mostest or the leastest. Need pichers to decide ;-)

Ewwww. I guess there's something to be said for having a mildly OCD daughter.

Sorry Mark, you'll have to wait on pics. My daughter had a test done that left me in the hospital all day yesterday, and still needing to keep both eyes on loopy-after-general-anasthesia girl today.

Besides, Monkey Boy is the only one who's commented so far on my stellar stomatella capture.

WOW GREAT STOMATELLA!

See? Was that so hard?



Thnx.

Yes it is a very cool stomatella!!!

Thanks, Kim.

if you find more, i've been wishing for some myself

I have a few Stomatella's in my tank, I think I got them as hitchhikers a while back or something since I've never deliberately added them.
Cool little critters, I'll probably relocate one to my Pico in a week or so.

"ooo look at me i'm weetie and my tank is FULL of stomas haha!"

Aw shaddup, I've lost a lot of stuff over the last year too. :stickstongueout:
If you're nice and we ever do a trade, maybe I'll send you some Stomies.
You're such a Grump the last couple of days, are you PMSing or something?

aww i don't mean to be a grump. i've had my bright moments too!

but maybe it is PMS

I hear a gallon of Rocky Road can be helpful.
Or perhaps in your case, some Nutella Beer??

mmm beer. i bought a growler full of Sixpoint Brownstone on Sunday. mmmmm.

Hi Weets!

I know I have more stomas, Dan. Most are in the sump, and I think some got eaten over the past month, but I'll try to trap and isolate a couple for you.

Rocky Road is good, but Coffee Heath Bar Crunch is better.

I've spent the last I don't know how many minutes reading the Monty Python routine over in Vendor and Trader Feedback. "That, sir, is an ex-parrot." Or fish, as it is.

My skimmer is making a funny spluttering sound this morning.

Sometimes it isn't making any sound at all.

uh oh! check the pump intake to make sure it's not clogged.

and where's that monty python routine?

Just took the skimmer out and checked, didn't see anything and the thingie spins.

Monty Python routine is the NYers running amok as usual.

For the record, my needs to be switched out filter sock is noticeably stinkier without the skimmer running.

yuck! so the skimmer is broken?

I'm still not so sure it's broken. I found old threads here on the Tunze 9002 (I have the 9005) that describe a similar happening from a plastic elbow getting clogged.

I think it's worth taking it apart again to see if there's something I can soak in vinegar and magically unclog.

Tomorrow, I hope. I still have dog walks to do tonight. yawn.

Little elbow definitely gets clogged Anne.

Yup, sounds like a good cleaning and you should be a foamin' again.


Sweet monsta-stomie!

Thanks, Richie!

Spotted my first asterina star this morning. Cute little bugger, until his 800 siblings show up.

I have one or two as well. I don't mind them. if they get too bad, i'll get a bumblebee shrimp

My thinking exactly!

I vote Harlequin Shrimp ... although you will have to deal with the hacking of choco chip starfish legs once they deplete the asterina population ... which they will ... very quickly at that.

Sorry to hear about the skimmer ... was about to post ... clean it out ... until I saw all the others. lol ... but in either case ... CLEAN IT OUT!

vinegr water & a new scrubby tool.

thats all you need.

Hi Guys!

Ummm, if I get to the point of needing a critter to eat asterinas, David--I'll just pass it on to you when I'm done. Considering I can't get myself to frag anything, I don't see me hacking off starfish legs.

I know, I need to do a thorough cleaning of the skimmer. The problem is finding a good block of time to do it in.

By the way, the coral beauty got into a tussle with the clowns this morning, and the clowns kicked her butt.