If your gonna be dumb…gotta be tough

[wednesday13]

Was siphoning out some bichir turds last night as i usually do for a mini w/c on an autodrip system. Went to take a dump myself and forgot about the hose … drained my sump completely and fired a years worth of scum into the tank … always fun when u create your own disasters. Took the time to change filter socks, clean the sump and fire er back up. Thought u guys might enjoy a laugh at my expense and a reminder not to leave a siphon unattended lol…


8:00 p.m.
9:00

11:00


7:00 am… almoooost back to normal

 

[jjohnwm]

Man, you caught me with that first sentence...and this post only got better and better! I was laughing so hard I had to put my coffee down. It's not easy to get me to put my coffee down.

But I'm not sure why you were worried. Lots of people seem to keep their tanks looking like that all the time...must be done on purpose?

Aren't they called grey-water tanks?

 

[wednesday13]

Man, you caught me with that first sentence...and this post only got better and better! I was laughing so hard I had to put my coffee down. It's not easy to get me to put my coffee down.

But I'm not sure why you were worried. Lots of people seem to keep their tanks looking like that all the time...must be done on purpose?

Aren't they called grey-water tanks?

Happy to give u a good laugh all u can do in these cases. Test of patience lol

 

[jjohnwm]

As long as I'm here...a question. Do you just siphon out a bit of water to grab up those turds, and then wait for the auto-drip to re-fill the tank? That's another big benefit of the system which I hadn't really thought about. I really, really want an auto-drip system; just can't make it work in my circumstances, nowhere to have waste water draining out on a constant year-round basis.

Okay, so now that your tank has re-filled and cleared up, I see that there are still a bunch of big turds that you missed. Why didn't you...oh, wait...never mind, those are the fish...

Yeah...I'm not a poly guy...

 

[wednesday13]

As long as I'm here...a question. Do you just siphon out a bit of water to grab up those turds, and then wait for the auto-drip to re-fill the tank? That's another big benefit of the system which I hadn't really thought about. I really, really want an auto-drip system; just can't make it work in my circumstances, nowhere to have waste water draining out on a constant year-round basis.

Okay, so now that your tank has re-filled and cleared up, I see that there are still a bunch of big turds that you missed. Why didn't you...oh, wait...never mind, those are the fish...

Yeah...I'm not a poly guy...

heeey now, turds with cool patterns lol … and correct, i just siphon turds “for fun” before they hit the drains. The autodrip fills everything back up in and hr or two. I keep my sumps much fuller than regular style so i can take out 20-50gal on my systems while there still running. i have a 650g on drips/canisters/over head sump so its kinda my “reservoir” for the fish room if theres an emergency like this i can pull out 300-400 gal of cycled water if needed while the tanks still running and itell fill back up in a day.