WEll, Tonight, for the first time in a week I did more than throw food in my tank and run off to work (or worry about an anemone) and As I was sitting there I noticed...

man.. my tank is getting kinda skunky... I never EVER had a problem with hair algae before... where is this coming from? wow... water looks kind of still... what? is that a dwarf hermit just HANGIN' OUT IN MY SCWD RETURN TUBE? <watch the scwd... watch the scwd...> dangit... the flow should have switched by now and blown him out...

so my mental workings went... check the plugs... there fine... check the power strip... ooooohhhh... it's unplugged... oh crap... my remora is on that strip too... check remora, sure enough, dry as a bone... eek. plug power strip back in (must have come undone when I was working on the tank) nothing...

only thing I can figure is over the last week (since I did a water change) that alot of build up has occured inside those powerheads... so.. they are soaking in vinegar right now..

do you guys think I should dump the water out of the remora before I start it up? Never mind, I will, no telling what skunkiness is in there.

Oh.. btw... YAY. I got a new job, only working nights on weekdays now! I can finally enjoy my weekends, go to maast meetings, and more importantly, enjoy my wife, and my tank. (not neccessarily in that order!

this ends my mindless rambling for the night.