Think You've Got Problems??

[rockjock3]

I was so tired by the time I got everything pretty much put back to together that I went to bed.

We tore the tank apart. Removed all the things I want to keep and carefully stored them into a bucket with water, water-movement, airlines, and a small filter.

We drained the water. :depressed:

We removed the rock. :depressed:

We removed the sand. :depressed:

We could not find the worm. :depressed:

I know its there. I've got the photo. I've got half eaten or completely eaten soft corals. :depressed:

I don't know where it's hiding. :depressed:

All of my live rock is sitting in a bucket, drying out and dying. :depressed:

I should have taken a photo of my tank before, but here's a photo of it now (the actual aquarium lights were removed so we could reach in).

I've also got a photo of my family room.

I was afraid to come downstairs just now, I wasn't sure what I'd find. I don't know what to do.

I'm off to post on a saltwater fish forum to see what my next steps should be.

At least now, I'm confident that it's not IN my tank (where it is, I'm not sure). So, I've replaced the sand (after sifting it), replaced some of the water with old and the rest with new, replaced the rock (where the worm is probably hiding) with rock from another tank and restarted the filters. I hope the bacteria in there does it's job and is able to handle the bio-load. I'll do water tests in a couple of hours to make sure.

Welcome to my life.

this could be the next BIG horror movie

Keep going like you are. Add one or two corals at first. If nothing gets eaten then the worm isn't in their. If it does then it is either in the rock or the coral that you put in last.

 

[thanksforallthefish]

I agree with DB ... move all your stuff out of the house and call in an air strike before that damn thing tries to take over the world!

 

[gndpdr]

wow...did you leave it sitting like that all night? if i were you i would inspect the crapper before sitting down

 

[300bar]

Wonder if WhalerKyle is still around.

 

[Ann Marie]

Oh, hell no! I put a lid on the bin and then put a bunch of books on top of it. I was still worried when I came downstairs. I didn't want to look in the bin.

I like the idea of segregating different pieces of the rock into buckets and such. The rocks could probably get away with just water movement. It's the corals and other animals that need all the other stuff. I don't want to sacrifice any more corals (at this point I don't have enough soft corals to even do this with) to try and find out where the worm might be.

I'm seriously thinking about killing my live rock. Live rock is basically rock that has organisms living in and on it. Anything could be living in or on it, including good bacteria that we want in our tanks. If I put it out in the hot sun for a few days, it should dry up and everything should die. I could then put it in buckets of saltwater to get off the decay and eventually put it in one of my tanks where it will eventually become 'live rock' over time.

My friend and I that were emptying the tank had on our Kevlar dive gloves. Hey, they are not just for diving!

 

[gndpdr]

i guess at this point i would do some more reading on the thing...did it need another one to lay eggs ?...what i'm getting at is will everything be dead after the cleaning or does it have a chance to repropagate? ....at this point i'm sorry but the only option left is thermal nuclear cleansing

 

[ScubaRich]

If you are going to let it die, I say go for the high explosives approach! :bounce2: shoot some video, I'll pay a dollar to watch that thing get blown to bits! Who knows, get enough people and you could pay for new rock. I just want that thing dead!

 

[Puffer Fish]

You have got to be kidding. Permanent tends to be a very long time. Know any welders? Welding gloves, leather welding protection jacket for the arms and chest...and if you can't get the thing out...220 volt welding rod into the tank will make a pretty good sized dent in that alien looking monster.

I'm not in the least squeemish about most things, eating bugs in the military and such...but that worm would have me pulling out the shovel and buying new coral I'm thinking.

Permanent.....PERMANENT.....think that one over real well before you leap into the unknown. Be very careful when hunting things that can hunt you back.

Now...go kill it!

I tried to warn her.. but no.. .they don't have bristles... nope...nothing to worry about there... maybe next worm she gets she will listen...

 

[Randy43068]

a few things to consider:

1) REMOVE AL LOFF TOPIC POSTS AND BAN FOR A FEW DAYS ANY OFF TOPIC POSTER!
2) Get a hot water tank heater, connect it to 220V, insert it into the tank and boil the crap out of everything.
3) get new fish

:d

 

[Deefstes]

1) REMOVE AL LOFF TOPIC POSTS AND BAN FOR A FEW DAYS ANY OFF TOPIC POSTER!
2) Get a hot water tank heater, connect it to 220V, insert it into the tank and boil the crap out of everything.
3) get new fish

I'm sorry Randy but this was off topic!