Hole in leather? - Page 3

Jess · 09-17-2009, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reefmack

Could it be that the Fiji is just trying to move to get more light? The way it's leaning maybe it's detaching and growing the base towards a higher light position? Just a thought - it sure looks healthy enough otherwise.

Good call but it's so far at the top already and the way it's leaning and tearing is not really towards the light but more towards the front of the tank. I'm thinking that the leather is simply growing too big for the rock it's on and its just becoming too top-heavy for the base to support it. I'm going to leave it alone and just keep an eye on it. Well that's an understatement I stare at my tank all the time! My dog hates it... ha.

Here's a pic from yesterday I took to show you .... the hole is on the back of the base of it, facing the back of the tank.

Reefmack · 09-17-2009, 02:12 PM

You may be right - it's so big and heavy that it may be tearing off part of the base.

Jess · 09-17-2009, 02:17 PM

Ya, now just what to do about it??

Jess · 10-30-2009, 12:36 PM

Ok so now there is a new hole. The original hole is pretty much gone, and I have turned the leather over so it's not so top heavy. is the leather about to split? If so, will the "new" piece attach itself to the rock below?

BigAl07 · 10-30-2009, 12:38 PM

Looks like

to me!!

while you can!!

*in a heavily deep and metal sounding voice*

"Resistance is FUTILE!"

Jess · 10-30-2009, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigAl07

Looks like

to me!!

while you can!!

*in a heavily deep and metal sounding voice*

"Resistance is FUTILE!"

Ok AL! I've seen you use the alien response a couple times already this week!!!!

BigAl07 · 10-30-2009, 12:49 PM

Looks like an impending SPLIT-A-Roo to me

Jess · 10-30-2009, 12:53 PM

Hopefully my imagination is getting the best of me (once again), but I'm picturing the split happening, and then that piece of the leather whizzing around the tank in the current until I get home.... what can I do with it? Glue it?

09-17-2009, 02:12 PM	#32 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,162 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hole in leather? You may be right - it's so big and heavy that it may be tearing off part of the base. __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

09-17-2009, 02:17 PM	#33 (permalink)
Jess Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 710 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hole in leather? Ya, now just what to do about it?? __________________ Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. Some are known to drunk dial....I drunk feed. Confucius say man who fish in other man's sea bound to catch crabs My very first big girl tank The Nano

10-30-2009, 12:36 PM	#34 (permalink)
Jess Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 710 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hole in leather? Ok so now there is a new hole. The original hole is pretty much gone, and I have turned the leather over so it's not so top heavy. is the leather about to split? If so, will the "new" piece attach itself to the rock below? __________________ Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. Some are known to drunk dial....I drunk feed. Confucius say man who fish in other man's sea bound to catch crabs My very first big girl tank The Nano

10-30-2009, 12:38 PM	#35 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,551 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Hole in leather? Looks like to me!! while you can!! in a heavily deep and metal sounding voice "Resistance is FUTILE!" __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

10-30-2009, 12:49 PM	#37 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,551 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Hole in leather? Looks like an impending SPLIT-A-Roo to me __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

10-30-2009, 12:53 PM	#38 (permalink)
Jess Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 710 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hole in leather? Hopefully my imagination is getting the best of me (once again), but I'm picturing the split happening, and then that piece of the leather whizzing around the tank in the current until I get home.... what can I do with it? Glue it? __________________ Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. Some are known to drunk dial....I drunk feed. Confucius say man who fish in other man's sea bound to catch crabs My very first big girl tank The Nano

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