Dang nabit.....

[Mugwump]

...motor on my big Diatom is fried.....snail shells clogged the shaft/impeller housing and burnt it out.....seized bad...couldn't even turn it manually......oh well, I can still run the regular sized Diatom's....but dang it.....................

[LizStreithorst]

Well, that's a shame.  Pond snails? 

I got some pond snails as a gift with an Amazon sword I bought 7 years ago and put in the 125 in the shop Over the years I thought I'd gotten them all by mushing them just lately they started showing up again.  I cleaned out the canister filter and found a huge mess of them that had been breeding in the filter media.  I killed as many as I could.  They're still showing up in the tank.  Little buggers are determined to find a way to survive.

You gave me a gift of them.  It must have been eggs because I recieved no snails with my snots.  But they were in a BB tank with sponges and easy to spot and kill or suck up with WC.  They can't survive against me in a BB tank with sponges.

[Barb]

Too bad.  I did the same thing, sucking sand into my pump I was using to do wc's on my discus tank with a sand bottom.  Tried not to but did it anyway.  Back to syphoning out the door.
Barb

[GraphicGr8s]

Just order a new one.

http://www.diatomfilter.com/

[LizStreithorst]

Just order a new one.

http://www.diatomfilter.com/

I figure that him ordering a new one is not the problem.  The problem is in the fact that he is kicking himself in the ass for having screwed up the old perfectly good one.

[Mugwump]

Well, that's a shame.  Pond snails? 
You gave me a gift of them.  It must have been eggs because I recieved no snails with my snots.  But they were in a BB tank with sponges and easy to spot and kill or suck up with WC.  They can't survive against me in a BB tank with sponges.

No the stupid Malaysian trumpet snails we got with a plant, or something??


I gave you some snails???

[Mugwump]

Just order a new one.

http://www.diatomfilter.com/

Considering that I got this one free, from a guy closing his fish room, $169+ looks pretty steep for a replacement.....I can get (3) hot mags for that............but....I do really like the Diatom filters...I still have two std type left to use....

[Mugwump]

Just order a new one.

http://www.diatomfilter.com/

I figure that him ordering a new one is not the problem.  The problem is in the fact that he is kicking himself in the ass for having screwed up the old perfectly good one.

yep, lots of self butt kick'n going on here.....ouch..ouch...ouch.....

[LizStreithorst]

Well, that's a shame.  Pond snails? 
You gave me a gift of them.  It must have been eggs because I recieved no snails with my snots.  But they were in a BB tank with sponges and easy to spot and kill or suck up with WC.  They can't survive against me in a BB tank with sponges.

No the stupid Malaysian trumpet snails we got with a plant, or something??


I gave you some snails???

[LizStreithorst]

Well, that's a shame.  Pond snails? 
You gave me a gift of them.  It must have been eggs because I recieved no snails with my snots.  But they were in a BB tank with sponges and easy to spot and kill or suck up with WC.  They can't survive against me in a BB tank with sponges.

No the stupid Malaysian trumpet snails we got with a plant, or something??

Yes, You gave me a gift with the snots.  Must have been eggs cause there were no snails in the bag.  No worries, they're all gone.  I just said it to make the point that they will find any way to survive.  They didn't beat me in a BB with just sponges, though.


I gave you some snails???

[Mugwump]

Well, that's a shame.  Pond snails? 
You gave me a gift of them.  It must have been eggs because I recieved no snails with my snots.  But they were in a BB tank with sponges and easy to spot and kill or suck up with WC.  They can't survive against me in a BB tank with sponges.

No the stupid Malaysian trumpet snails we got with a plant, or something??

Yes, You gave me a gift with the snots.  Must have been eggs cause there were no snails in the bag.  No worries, they're all gone.  I just said it to make the point that they will find any way to survive.  They didn't beat me in a BB with just sponges, though.


I gave you some snails???

LOL...ok....I always look to least try and make sure that if the tank has a few, they don't end up as part of the deal too..... .....the rams horns that we have show a red foot print...I've been looking for the blue/green type.......hard to find em now.....?....it's those dang mts's that I hate....our assassin snails are slowly kick'n butt tho...

[LizStreithorst]

I'd buy some of those for the shop but that's where my Mystery snails live and I don't want to loose them.  I've triedbringing them home but have always ended up sucking them up with WC