105, 3years on a road of bones

[Patio]

Saw this recently on another forum (an unidentified worm seems to be eating my silicone?):

 

[HankDean V]

How are you going to stop those little SOB’s from traveling to new tank?

I’m planing to go acrylic , don’t give them silicone to go through,
This is the second tank they’ve done this for me,
The cal academy knows about them, they’ve had them,
Their current and former staff are who I am turning to for advice,

And wtf are they?

A type of bristle worm, I believe.

 

[L/B Block]

I’m planing to go acrylic , don’t give them silicone to go through,
This is the second tank they’ve done this for me,
The cal academy knows about them, they’ve had them,
Their current informer staff are who I am turning to for advice,

A type of bristle worm, I believe.

Yeesh. Sorry you have to go through this twice! Be nice to find a fish that eats the little sobs!

 

[Coral reefer]

I’m planing to go acrylic , don’t give them silicone to go through,
This is the second tank they’ve done this for me,
The cal academy knows about them, they’ve had them,
Their current and former staff are who I am turning to for advice,

A type of bristle worm, I believe.

Do you think they are eating are just burrowing through? Twice?!? Yikes

 

[HankDean V]

Burrowing seems like a good call.

 

[Darkxerox]

Certain silicones can get eaten by urchins too (rare of course given how we don't hear it, but the custom tank guys at RAD blamed them and had to put on armored seams

These however are we sure it's a worm doing the actual munching or are they just investigating a new hole?

 

[L/B Block]

A point brought up by chat GPT -is that no animal can actually digest silicone (as far as we know) -but if the silicone is compromised (due to kalk among other reasons mentioned) so that various species such as snails and worms can get in and bore through it).

 

[HankDean V]

Certain silicones can get eaten by urchins too (rare of course given how we don't hear it, but the custom tank guys at RAD blamed them and had to put on armored seams

These however are we sure it's a worm doing the actual munching or are they just investigating a new hole?

This method is more or less what was been suggested , just that I’m going to do it to a dry tank. And convert it into a freshwater tank

 

[HankDean V]

It all comes down today.
This road of bones is at an end.

 

[Turkeysammich]

Good luck with the transfer. May it be a smooth road ahead.

 

[HankDean V]

New roads, fresh bones.

 

[L/B Block]

Much different vibe! Looking forward to see how this tank grows out

 

[HankDean V]

A huge thanks to everyone that helped out yesterday!
Had a big crew at the house, made moving these tanks easy,
Thank you to Lawrance, Schmitty, Daniel, Ryan, and Marcos! You guys are the best!

 

[Darkxerox]

Which tank did you end up going with Patrick? I kinda like the no background look.

 

[HankDean V]

Which tank did you end up going with Patrick? I kinda like the no background look.

It’s a 150gl, 5x2x2, found it on marketplace for cheapish,
Still aiming to get a acrylic fatty in the future,

 

[HankDean V]

Cleaning out the tank I found a few more tunnels.
Thought I might,

 

[Kensington Reefer]

@HankDean V
Master P- that’s crazy!

 

[L/B Block]

It is pretty insane

 

[Wrangy]

Was awesome to meet you today mate and chat reefing! Thanks for taking me across to Aquatic Collection with you, it was a blast to see some cool stuff we don't get in Aus! Hopefully the transfer treats you alright and things settle in quickly!