The Flying Turkey
Active Member
Barely.
I arrive at home and go check on my tank. I immediately notice something is wrong. The water level is very high in my DT, and the level in my sump is normal. The water flow going down the return line sound different. I was soon going to have water overflowing the sides of the DT! :rain:
I turned off the ATO and siphoned some water out of my sump and then shut down the return pump. After the water stopped flowing I pulled the Durso stand pipe out of the overflow to look for a restriction. Nothing. I look down into the bulkhead and there it is, a big *** nerite snail blocking my 1" return line!
Luckily I have a silicone return line going from the bulkhead to the sump. I pulled off the line, but the booger was jammed in the bulkhead. I had to break it up with a screwdriver to get it out. Thank God I got home when I did.
By the way, nerite snails are friggin useless. I'm surprised John over at Reef Cleaners sells them. I dumped about 15 of them in my tank 2 months ago as part of my CUC. The boogers all went and hid in one corner of the tank and would stay there for days on end. Then if they did move, they crawled right out of my tank and ended up on the floor. I eventually put most of them in my sump. No more nerite snails for me.
I arrive at home and go check on my tank. I immediately notice something is wrong. The water level is very high in my DT, and the level in my sump is normal. The water flow going down the return line sound different. I was soon going to have water overflowing the sides of the DT! :rain:
I turned off the ATO and siphoned some water out of my sump and then shut down the return pump. After the water stopped flowing I pulled the Durso stand pipe out of the overflow to look for a restriction. Nothing. I look down into the bulkhead and there it is, a big *** nerite snail blocking my 1" return line!
Luckily I have a silicone return line going from the bulkhead to the sump. I pulled off the line, but the booger was jammed in the bulkhead. I had to break it up with a screwdriver to get it out. Thank God I got home when I did.
By the way, nerite snails are friggin useless. I'm surprised John over at Reef Cleaners sells them. I dumped about 15 of them in my tank 2 months ago as part of my CUC. The boogers all went and hid in one corner of the tank and would stay there for days on end. Then if they did move, they crawled right out of my tank and ended up on the floor. I eventually put most of them in my sump. No more nerite snails for me.
