Bug In My Tank

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Re: Bug In My Tank

Post by pollyanna40 » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:52 pm

Ewww im freaked out!! never thought of checking!! (only had machine a wk) i'll be checking now for sure!!

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Re: Bug In My Tank

Post by Wulfman... » Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:25 pm

I'm surprised that no one has linked to the infamous cockroach story. Or, the many previous discussions of it.

Anyway, do a forum search of "cockroach" and start reading. It all started way-back-when by the user "chrisp".


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Re: Bug In My Tank

Post by mundanenoodle » Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:41 pm

Yeah, it hadn't been in there long. It was still alive and squirming.

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Re: Bug In My Tank

Post by avi123 » Sun Jun 26, 2011 4:09 pm

mundanenoodle wrote:So last night as I was going to bed I checked my tank to see if it needed filled. As I peeked in I saw a giant pincher bug in the tank! It's a sealed tank of course so the only way it could have gotten in there was to crawl in the mask and down the tube! Pretty gross! Needless to say I had a little trouble going to sleep that night!
It means that you don't have an anti rebreathing valve at the inlet to your mask!

p.s. boy, don't pollyanna looks great?

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Re: Bug In My Tank

Post by BleepingBeauty » Sun Jun 26, 2011 4:52 pm

Wulfman... wrote:I'm surprised that no one has linked to the infamous cockroach story. Or, the many previous discussions of it.

Anyway, do a forum search of "cockroach" and start reading. It all started way-back-when by the user "chrisp".


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I confess I didn't wanna read that post again (gave me the willies the first time!), but here it is: viewtopic.php?p=34271#p34271
avi123 wrote:It means that you don't have an anti rebreathing valve at the inlet to your mask!
Um, no, it doesn't. My Hybrid has an anti-asphyxiation valve in the elbow, and any determined bug could easily get past it. Avi strikes again.
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Re: Bug In My Tank

Post by terio2 » Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:24 am

I saw a small black ant in the display of my S9 never have ants in the room. Strange.

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Re: Bug In My Tank

Post by Kilgore Trout » Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:55 am

mundanenoodle wrote:So last night as I was going to bed I checked my tank to see if it needed filled. As I peeked in I saw a giant pincher bug in the tank! It's a sealed tank of course so the only way it could have gotten in there was to crawl in the mask and down the tube! Pretty gross! Needless to say I had a little trouble going to sleep that night!
You know the old wives' tale about eating spiders in your sleep? I'd thought that when I was using my FFM I'd never worry about that again. Until now.


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Re: Bug In My Tank

Post by OutaSync » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:14 am

Kilgore Trout wrote: You know the old wives' tale about eating spiders in your sleep? I'd thought that when I was using my FFM I'd never worry about that again. Until now.

I haven't heard that one. How does it go?
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Re: Bug In My Tank

Post by mundanenoodle » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:39 pm

OutaSync wrote:
Kilgore Trout wrote: You know the old wives' tale about eating spiders in your sleep? I'd thought that when I was using my FFM I'd never worry about that again. Until now.

I haven't heard that one. How does it go?
The average person "eats" about eight spiders during sleep in your lifetime!

My nose mask has no valve, but I have ffm that does.

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Re: Bug In My Tank

Post by katcw » Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:13 am

Yup -- I've had ants show up in my tank. YUK!