What a day....

RBarth · Mar 23, 2022

Just thought I'd share. I only have a handful of days a week that I don't have some random task I do on my tank. Wednesday is one of those days. Had a horrible day at work and was excited to just sit in front of the tank n feed the fish with a cold beer. Turned the pumps off which means it's feeding time and...the complete pig of the tank...my Flamehawk was awol...ummm...he doesn't miss a meal. Looked all over. Thinking he was gonna be on the floor. Well evidently he thought today was gonna be THE day to explore the rear chambers of my AIO tank. We locked eyes and I swear he was like, "I'm sorry". At least I thought that's what he said until I has to take EVERYTHING out of the rear and drain it all. So...I finally catch him and realize that I might as well clean EVERYTHING in the 'sump'. 2.5 hours later I'm finally going to bed and when I got everything all put back together and put up I looked in the tank and sure enough 'Big Red' said, "I'm hungry". Ahhhhhh Reef-Life. Nite

blaxsun · Mar 23, 2022

I *hate* AIO sumps for this very reason. Big enough to hide a fish - rest assured someone decides to go spelunking... "Feed Me." - Every Fish, Ever

Impala67 · Mar 23, 2022

RBarth said:
Just thought I'd share. I only have a handful of days a week that I don't have some random task I do on my tank. Wednesday is one of those days. Had a horrible day at work and was excited to just sit in front of the tank n feed the fish with a cold beer. Turned the pumps off which means it's feeding time and...the complete pig of the tank...my Flamehawk was awol...ummm...he doesn't miss a meal. Looked all over. Thinking he was gonna be on the floor. Well evidently he thought today was gonna be THE day to explore the rear chambers of my AIO tank. We locked eyes and I swear he was like, "I'm sorry". At least I thought that's what he said until I has to take EVERYTHING out of the rear and drain it all. So...I finally catch him and realize that I might as well clean EVERYTHING in the 'sump'. 2.5 hours later I'm finally going to bed and when I got everything all put back together and put up I looked in the tank and sure enough 'Big Red' said, "I'm hungry". Ahhhhhh Reef-Life. Nite

Ya I understand that between working 5 days a week for two jobs to pay for my many bills and hobys I barely have any time!! I run a restoration business for old cars and omg it’s a lot of work!! Then I do beekeeping and then on top of that I do my reefing I understand your frustration lol!!!