The Miracle Tank

[Fin]

Wolf Bay Lodge...and yes, about 3-4 miles from Orange Beach.

This was from our outside table at Wolf Bay. We were watching the boats coming in and weighing their catch. Nice place to chill.

 

[fishguy242]

You are making me green again. Try that with lots of vodka until your sick and then see if you still like it!

jack daniels,not a drinker but yes jd is an ex chaser for the dp, yes that is not misworded,love the burn,don't like the handcuffs that follow ,DR pepper is where i'm at, .. @Fin you too??

 

[JoshH]

Do you want my address? LOL! Honestly, the tank is pretty much ready for water. I do need to finish the electrical and plumb the UV, chiller, refugium, and Siporax reacter. That is about all that needs to be done. Well, that and refinishing the canopy and stand doors. I have been considering just putting the substrate, rock, and water in and letting it run for a while to get things started. Then I can add the other things later. I wanted to have everything done before getting it wet, but it really isn't necessary.

I'll do it!

That's my plan with my tank too, eventually when I have all my rock I'll be doing exactly that. Letting it cycle while I add the sump and other things online.

 

[fishguy242]

love it ,now we can all start on "oceans 14-15"? lol..be safe out there!!!

 

[Alan_J_MN]

Serious topic here. Need some advice.
A week ago my nem left his rock and went into a cave and appeared at the other end at the back of the tank next to the internal overflow box. He stayed there for a day or so then disappeared again. No sign of him of 3-4 days and I’m getting worried he’s dying somewhere and is going to nuke the tank. I used an endoscope to look everywhere, but no sign. This morning I had a thought. There are very small slits at the bottom of there overflow. Around 1/8“ Wide. Could he be in the overflow?
Yep, he squeezed through . He is in a 1/2” wide space, 22” deep. He looks alive, but for how long? How do I get him out before he dies? I found long aquarium tongs on Amazon but they won’t arrive for a week. Even then, he’s probably attached to the glass or acrylic and won’t come out easily.

 

[fishguy242]

does overfow box have snap out face? try metal coat hanger or hard wire to try to pull by base if not

 

[StatelineReefer]

Betting the nem is in the overflow box for the two things they love the most, flow and food. Make it less enticing to be in there, shut off the overflow for a couple hours, see if he doesn't move.

 

[Alan_J_MN]

does overfow box have snap out face? try metal coat hanger or hard wire to try to pull by base if not

No snap out face. I have some stiff plastic coated wire I was thinking about trying.

 

[Alan_J_MN]

Betting the nem is in the overflow box for the two things they love the most, flow and food. Make it less enticing to be in there, shut off the overflow for a couple hours, see if he doesn't move.

Maybe. But there’s probably not a lot of flow at the bottom of the overflow. And it was pitch black in there as I had a cover on the top. It’s off now, so he’s getting some light. Wonder if he will move up towards the light?
And the pump was off for over an hour yesterday while I did a water change.

 

[brett_schn]

Serious topic here. Need some advice.
A week ago my nem left his rock and went into a cave and appeared at the other end at the back of the tank next to the internal overflow box. He stayed there for a day or so then disappeared again. No sign of him of 3-4 days and I’m getting worried he’s dying somewhere and is going to nuke the tank. I used an endoscope to look everywhere, but no sign. This morning I had a thought. There are very small slits at the bottom of there overflow. Around 1/8“ Wide. Could he be in the overflow?
Yep, he squeezed through . He is in a 1/2” wide space, 22” deep. He looks alive, but for how long? How do I get him out before he dies? I found long aquarium tongs on Amazon but they won’t arrive for a week. Even then, he’s probably attached to the glass or acrylic and won’t come out easily.

I’ve read taking a power head and pointing flow at it to make it uncomfortable and he should pop out

 

[sfin52]

Fall off the bone good.

tried to get a pic before the teenagers got to it

 

[Alan_J_MN]

Success! Many thanks to @fishguy242 for the idea. I twisted 2 strands of plastic coated wire together for stiffness and shaped a hook on it. With the endoscope pointed at the nem, my wife holding my phone so I could see the camera view, standing on a chair to get above the tank and a struggle to get the right angle, and maneuver him around the spacers separating the glass and acrylic, I managed to bring him up!
He is now rehabilitating in a 20g observation tank I luckily had running.

 

[Fin]

Success! Many thanks to @fishguy242 for the idea. I twisted 2 strands of plastic coated wire together for stiffness and shaped a hook on it. With the endoscope pointed at the nem, my wife holding my phone so I could see the camera view, standing on a chair to get above the tank and a struggle to get the right angle, and maneuver him around the spacers separating the glass and acrylic, I managed to bring him up!
He is now rehabilitating in a 20g observation tank I luckily had running.

TEAMWORK! Glad you got it out.

 

[Alan_J_MN]

I’ve read taking a power head and pointing flow at it to make it uncomfortable and he should pop out

Good idea, but there was no way to get a powerhead in position to do that.

 

[sfin52]

Success! Many thanks to @fishguy242 for the idea. I twisted 2 strands of plastic coated wire together for stiffness and shaped a hook on it. With the endoscope pointed at the nem, my wife holding my phone so I could see the camera view, standing on a chair to get above the tank and a struggle to get the right angle, and maneuver him around the spacers separating the glass and acrylic, I managed to bring him up!
He is now rehabilitating in a 20g observation tank I luckily had running.

Hows the foot

 

[crusso1993]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01M27BEUW?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

So more than I wanted to pay. All the jebao are sold out in my size or amazon is holding back shipments and wont delivered until sometime in may.
This one says Thursday. Hopefully a bit earlier.

Did you happen to look at Aqamai?

This was from our outside table at Wolf Bay. We were watching the boats coming in and weighing their catch. Nice place to chill.

 

[Alan_J_MN]

Hows the foot

My foot is good, thanks for asking

The nems foot looks healthy. He wasn’t attached, so there was no struggle thankfully.

 

[Fin]

My foot is good, thanks for asking

The nems foot looks healthy. He wasn’t attached, so there was no struggle thankfully.

Foot picture!

 

[StatelineReefer]

Silly nems... owner of the lfs I like most has a 'Chicago' that's trying to make itself look like a ping pong ball. They asked me to rehab it in my tank, but I have NO good experiences with Nems... so... No. just No.

 

[Alan_J_MN]

Foot picture!

Isn’t it obligatory in this thread?