Pies Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 Well just got home after being at a BBQ at a friends house (Chris Downs for those who know Chris). So I am watching the tank, enjoying the fish in the evening, halides off, blues on. Fish are flying about, searching and foraging for food as they do before the lights go off. Then I hear a splash, and then a sound I can only describe as a fish flapping around the back of my tank. F#%k! A moment of panic, then listening while doing a count. Hrmmm. Call for help "jane!". There ain't much room behind my tank, make jane squeeze in and have a look. Six Line wrasse. F#$K! Grope around for a minute before resucing the wrasse. He is looking bad, covered in fluff and saltcreep from the towl on the floor behind the tank. F%#K! Check him in. Watch in horror as he floats up-side-down in little spirals into the anemone! F%#K!!! Then he falls to the sand floor, upside down, covered in fluff and salt. Not looking good... Wait... A few minutes later he turns over and lies face up, breathing but looks bad. Then a few fish visit him and decide to eat him, or at least bite him! CAN IT GET ANY WORSE? Fend fish away with Hagen stick. Watch a cleaner shrimp grab him, YAY!, and drag him towards the back of the tankm HRMMM... Six line then swims away and hides. After a few more minutes Six Line joins the other fishes and is swiming around, although not looking great, looking pretty good given the circumstance... So I guess the big question will be if the poor little bugger will be their tommorow. Anyone else managed to save a fish after a few minutes flapping around the floor? Wish me luck Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJackJack Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 i've had a tropheus moorii jump behind the tank and had to rescue him, he was covered in fur and dirt, and he made a full recovery after the incident. although he's a tanganyikan cichlid, u couldnt kill em with a hammer. hope all turns out ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 Nice to know Jane has her uses :lol: I have had an ancistrus survive several hours out of water but other fish have been well and truly dried out by the time I have found them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 same, had a few suicidal fish the ones ive rescued in time have been fine. good luck did that package arrive?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Just got home and thought I would update. Six Line Wrasse is alive, well and eating. All other fish accounted for. I am going to work on some sort of "fish kepper inerer" thing to try and avoid it from happening again. Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varven Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Mollies and swordtails fortunately have been the only ones to "jump" my tanks... the mollies were tought little things... started swimming right away. Now why cant they all be like good peacefull goldfish and not do dumb stuff like jump around ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Had a silver shark jump out of the tank and flap around in the lights for a while until I managed to grab him. Another one(Or maybe the same one) landed behind the tank in the massive amount of fluff and was there for a few minutes before I managed to push him far enough to the OTHER side with a grabber thing to reach him and throw him back in. Both were fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriber Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 I have had an ancistrus survive several hours out of water Sounds like an interesting story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Totally stripped the tank. Took the plants out and didn't notice the bristlenose nestled in a large clump of Java fern. Had the plants sitting on a large tray while we finished cleaning and resetting the tank up again. Stopped for lunch in the middle of it all. Went back to work and it wasn't until we were about to put the plant back in the water that we noticed the fish. Probably it helped it was in a wet plant so it didn't dry out as much as it would have if it had jumped out onto the carpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Well noticed today that their is no sign of the Six Line Wrasse. This is sad, maybee my favorite fish... It could be hiding but we all know the truth is that its gone. Have looked for it and not seen anything so assume its died in the tank. Now the problems begin, what killed it? I hope its that it was weaker since jumping out, but there are other options... Did my Anemone eat it? Did one of the many starfish I have eat it? Pistol shrimp? A crab I havn't seen perhapps? Bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJackJack Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 anenomes are very well known for taking advantage of sick and injured fish for an easy dinner. very sad, such a beautiful fish. hope a miracle occurs and he is just hiding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 I think you better remove all the liverock from your tank and search for him. You can store some at my place temporarily, free of charge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 After all this time he turned up, ALIVE!!! He is in the overflow in the right hand side of the tank. He is also staying there as I have NO SHOW whatsoever of getting him out... Well not ideal but good to know its stall alive!!! YAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 Who woulda thunk it eh? Why don't you send Janey in to get him? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Mark if yr the fanatical bloke that i think you are.... turn the taps off that control the water out on the standpipes, then get jane at the ready.... soon as the tank is full...... above the overflows, turn the pump off and WAIT, hopefully the little bugger will swim out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 I'd just plug the return from the sump into the hose going to the overflow and blow him back out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 The top of my standpipe 'combs' are level with the top of the tank... So no can do. I only see 3 options: 1. Break off some of the teeth for the overflow, thus creating a big enough hole for it to escape (or worse, for other fish to join him!) 2. Break down the whole tank and start again (I am keen, Jane is not) 3. Leave him there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 man a new comb is 10 bucks unless you know a perspex laser cutter , break the thing and free Nemos mate :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Its just not that easy! Besides be my luck that if I opened up the combs I would just end up with all my fish in there! Stupid fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 But at least they'd be able to get back out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Well its my last day of work today (I quit!) and I am sitting downstairs sending emails and finishing off some things. I head a splash and the noise of alluminimum scratching, which are my T5 reflectors. OHH NO! Another fish jumped out! I looked everywhere but could see nothing. O-well I will do a count when the lights come on. Lights on and all fish are there + 1! The Six Line Wrassee has jumped back into the tank! Whoohoo! The end of a little drama and I am quite happy! YAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 DAMN youre lucky, that fish has to be worth double what you paid as hes so smart!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted May 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 New tank design feature: Overflow Box Jump Proof Protection System, which as an acronum is lid. Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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