Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!

[Altohombre]

I thought about getting more hermit crabs. I know most people hate them because they kill their snails. Well I don't see my snails doing a damn thing. Even with 10 of them they barely cover enough area on the glass to do anything and I just scrape it off with my magnet. They don't go anywhere near the rocks. The only thing they do is clean around my powerhead from time to time. I feel like my hermit crabs are constantly working and moving around the rocks.

On a stupid mistake note: My roommate at I stayed up till 2 watching the US Open last night so I started making water at 12 cuz I was down to my last top off. Well neither of us remembered I was making water and went to bed. This morning at 11am my other roommate comes running up and tells me their is water all over the floor. It wasn't as bad as I had imagined, but a couple towels later It was clear. I knew our kitchen floor needed a good cleaning anyway.

[yote]

Good enough excuse to clean the floor I guess.
My hermits usually did a decent job cleaning up the tank.But I got tired of them using my SPS to rest in.So I dropped them in the fuge.

[cthegame]

I think hermits are great. I will get another 20 or so. I love how quickly they take care of any dead fish, snails, etc. I never have to remove anything that dies in my tank because those hermits really do a great job.

Plus my snails seems to make babies all the time. So far, i have found baby 5 snails that survived and now are large enough to not be eaten. They are still growing tho.

[Altohombre]

I have also seen a few baby snails. How long do they take to grow?

[cthegame]

The one i caught and put in the fuge took a couple of months to be big enough for the DT.

[Altohombre]

Soooooo.... my roommate just called me saying he got a call from our "super" saying that my little leak caused a leak into the apartment below us which had a lighting fixture fill up with water and crash down to the floor. Estimating a $400-800 fee. I'm kinda pissed off right now.

[yote]

OUCH,That sucks.

[daugherty]

ouch sorry to hear that

[Altohombre]

I just checked the apartment and the only damage was that the cheap plastic covering over the kitchen light fixture fell and broke. Not one speck of water damage to the ceiling or anywhere. They can't even prove that it wasn't a leaking dishwasher or something else that caused it. We're waiting for the super to call us back. I'm not paying more than $100 bucks for this crap.

[dustin_P74]

if it is only the cheap plastic light cover that is broken then i would only give them a 20 to go replace it