Re: Water Change Fish Loss?

Also the prefilter for a mag 5 pump works very well in the siphon tube.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


StringerBell wrote on 11/19/2007 7:28 AM:
Yeah---

I think it`s gone. I havent seen it for 48 hours. I didnt vacuum the sand, I pulled a few "Stalks" of Macro out of the tank. They had attached themselves to rubble, or just packed the substrate more with their roots. So I probably disrupted things a bit when taking them out.

It just wasnt in my paradigm of expectations that a fish could get siphoned out.I will screen the tube in the future. I still dont think that was the cause.


"Wayne Sallee" <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fhqtfo$dec$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Don't vacume your substrate.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


jthread wrote on 11/18/2007 6:56 PM:
"Pszemol" <Pszemol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fhpttc.7g8.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"StringerBell" <StringerBell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:DBZ%i.1155$Y54.41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I`m really bummed.

I think I might have unknowingly siphoned a Scooter Blenny out of my tank during a water change, is this possible?

The other possibility is that I might have disrupted the DSB a bit when cleaning out some Macro Algae. Could this release ammonia into the tank bottom where the Blenny inhabits?

I havent seen a body yet............
How do you do your water change?
Where do you collect the dirty water?
I collect dirty water to a Instant Ocean salt bucket
and always inspect the water to put back to the tank
some snails or micro-hermit crabs back to the tank...

Interesting. I use a pump with a cover over the intake to change water. I guess that keeps me ftrom sucking up my pets too. But it doesn't help when I vacuum.

Anyone else do this?


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