tinytawnykitten Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I just spent the last quarter hour crawling around on my hands and knees on the floor looking for a Bolivian Butterfly Ram which jumped out of the net. Thank goodness for my 4 year old who recognises all the fish and said 'but Mummy there are two malivian butterfly rams in the tank'. The one I lost must have jumped into the tank. Talk about lucky. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I dropped a baby guppy once...never found it. I spend like half an hour searching. I've also dropped a cory (well, he jumped!) and very nearly dropped my angels a few times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 almost dropped a Discus when the net ripped at the bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Killis jump One this morning decided to jump from some Java moss I was moving to the storage bucket... bang onto the floor covered in all sorts of stuff including worn concrete picked it up and chucked it back in the tank... hid for a couple of minutes untill I added food same as me I guess... offer food or drink and all else is forgotten :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I dropped a Leopardfish down a sink :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindy500 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 i was climatising a couple of SAE in a bucket and one jumped out, took about 5 minutes to find him, he was in my shoe! not the one i was wearing... i put him back in the bucket and he looked dead, just floating but slowly recovered and half a hour later was swimming fine, hes still alive 4 months later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 droped an aro and a pacu lol they wer to strong for me :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I dropped my 16"+ ornate a couple of times while trying to pull him out of the 2' deep overflow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 A-town drops fish..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 A net full of fire eels about 35cm long. Would have been about 10 from memory, they move like snakes and the distance they could go was out of it. Took about 10mins to get them all back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I had a Bala shark jumped out of a bucket TWICE :roll: onto freshly laid concrete floor and it looked like a fish battered and ready to be fried. I didn't expect it to live, 2 weeks later I did not even know which fish it was and it is still swimming around with its mates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu :) Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Yet to drop a fish, but out of sheer flukey luck I had hatchet fish jump straight into a net I was about to put in the tank. Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I have dropped a few fish.. Worst one was a bowl full of baby fish.. Had just caught them was around 70 demasoni, 30 johanni, and 40 peacocks and a heap of jullies at 1-2cm long.. It took a long time to find most of them unfortunately lost a heap Moral of the story dont balance things on the top of the tank while your working in it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 This is not so much dropping but all the talk of losing and hunting for fish made me recall this. When I was in Form 2, our home room was the science class and they had a tank that had some goldfish in it. One day this kid was getting large pieces of thick cardboard that were being stored near the tank, he spun around for some reason which resulted in the cardboard hitting the fish tank and smashing or knocking it to the floor. I was absolutely beside myself as was my friend. We spend soooooo long hunting for the poor fish. Finally found the goldfish under the teachers desk, dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 had a female bristlenose flick herself free from a net. she hit the floor pretty hard too. picked her up and put her back in the tank. she's fine and breeding well :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 A net full of fire eels about 35cm long. Would have been about 10 from memory, they move like snakes and the distance they could go was out of it. Took about 10mins to get them all back. Where was this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 well a few yrs ago now when i started wrking in pet store the boss was showing me how to bag up a fish,1/4 to 1/3 water then air etc then he showed me how to tie the bag by twisting it as i said will it brake it burst and we got soaked and neons everywere, a few mths ago i was teaching new staff member in my new job what to do that the samething happend water everywere,i picked the fish up and put in tank quick before anyone noticed and just thought dayjavu, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axolotl-danio Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 The Chinese algae eaters are a nightmare to catch let alone the fact they jump out of you nets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver21 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 yea i was putting in an undergravel into one of my tanks, striped the tank completly except for the CAE, tried putting the grates down but he hid under them, hended up catching him in my hands and throwing him at the bucket of water, didnt realise till i was finished that i missed the bucket... bad i know but hes still alive, hasnt grown an inch but still alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 I have never dropped a fish. I have had plenty leap out of hands, nets, tanks and buckets, but I have never dropped one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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