I give up.

[Doug]

Why fight it anymore. After loosing my sps, giving soft corals a go. Just not my thing I guess, so the interest is going. Buy myself the new SWC cone skimmer and new SWC sump to spruce things up. That was fun for a few days.

Ok, lets put some sand in the tank. Now a few weeks later the nutrient level must be increased greatly, as I can clean the glass one day and has algae the next. NEVER, with bare bottom. Also noticed the increase in superficial algae elsewhere in the tank.

Going to purchase some snails and whatever for the sand. Gee, dont have to do that if bare. Then cant seem to do that, as I guess we live in the north pole or somewhere.

Ok, lets get rid of the sand then. Have a bucket of fresh salt water behind me ready with a large powerhead mixing it. Siphon some sand out. Doing some work in tank, make a newbie mistake by not clamping siphon hose or watching it, falls from bucket and runs all over the floor in my office. I finally notice when my feet get soggy.

Spend an hour cleaning that mess up. Lets start siphoning the sand again. In the tank doing that and wholley crap, I,m being blasted by a fountain of water. Panicking, {of course}, I,m trying to get the siphon hose out, water coming from it, looking in the sump and tank for whats spraying water on me and everything within 10ft. including my new iMac.

Finally, {the timeline was of course not that long}, I look behind and the pump in the now only 1/3rd full bucket of saltwater has flipped over and looks like a large garden fountain, spraying everywhere.

Un plug it. Wife is now standing in door way shaking her head. Likely hard not to after the sounds that came from the room. She then comes back with the shop vac in one hand and a bazzillion towels in the other.

Water, {salt}, has covered every part of my office/aquarium room, which is not very big. Seems my iMac itself has been spared, just a bit on the screen, $80 keyboard is covered though and magic mouse also. However I use them now so guess the hours of cleaning may have saved them, time will tell.

The water is under and over all the furniture, filing cabinets, in the closet full of aquarium equipment, tank, etc. Several hours later, a dozen towels, everything moved out, a few whiskeys, and a pail of warm fresh scrub water, fans are blowing under and over things. Besides cleaning the keyboard off I used one of those gooey cyber clean thingys. That helped but kind of dumb.

Needless to say I left the other half of the sand in their. I will remove it later today, either as I,m to stupid to learn or when I shut down the tank. May just go back to my 20g nano and buy/trade for more acro,s. My friend Mike has already offered. I could still run my 150w HQI over it and have enough light for them.

And my clowns, which are my main concern and the reason I would never have nothing, are/were very happy in their before, as long as they have their pvc home and nobody bothers them.

Have a nice Sunday and a chuckle on me.

[kien]

Wow, that certainly is a series if unfortunate events

[Wingin It]

Oh my, what a terrible time you've had.
Hang in there, it can't always be this bad.

[fishoholic]

"Momma said there'd be days like this, there'd be days like this my momma said!"

That's a quote from a song that I thought seemed fitting. Heard too many stories like that (so at least you're not alone) and Myka wonders why I don't want to take my sand bed out.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

"Momma said there'd be days like this, there'd be days like this my momma said!"

That's a quote from a song that I thought seemed fitting. Heard too many stories like that (so at least you're not alone) and Myka wonders why I don't want to take my sand bed out.

Heh,heh. I wonder why after all these years I put the sand in.

Originally Posted by Wingin It

Oh my, what a terrible time you've had.
Hang in there, it can't always be this bad.

Thanks. Will still do something. I wont leave my 8yr. old clown pair with no home.

Originally Posted by kien

Wow, that certainly is a series if unfortunate events

Me thinks all created by me.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Doug

Heh,heh. I wonder why after all these years I put the sand in.

I know why, you get to thinking how natural and nice it would be for your little fishes to have a nice sand bed. Then the next thing you know it's causing all sorts of problems and becomes a big PITA

[Seamazter]

Take it as a sign your luck will turn.
Go buy that lottery ticket you easterners have for 70 million.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/...no-winner.html

[Doug]

Originally Posted by Seamazter

Take it as a sign your luck will turn.
Go buy that lottery ticket you easterners have for 70 million.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/...no-winner.html

My wife,s department.

Originally Posted by fishoholic

I know why, you get to thinking how natural and nice it would be for your little fishes to have a nice sand bed. Then the next thing you know it's causing all sorts of problems and becomes a big PITA

You got it. Perhaps it was from watching my Rainford sift detritus as he had no sand. But then he has had none for the last 3 yrs. almost. Perhaps it was looking at my two large brains corals sitting on the bare bottom, thinking , "they should be in a sand bed"

Whatever I run, it will be BARE and only contain acro,s besides the 2 chalice I have and the nice lobo Mike gave me.

[Lance]

Holy Crap Doug! That was certainly one screwed-up day. Enjoy today because it can only be a whole lot better.

[whatcaneyedo]

That story sounded so ridiculous I thought you were telling a joke. Now I'm just confused.