R32GOTMLK Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 this is the second time this has happened to me in 2 different tanks. in 2 both tanks i have a uvfilter one day i herd a funny grinding sound comming from the filter, so i took it all apart ad found that a cl had swam in the intake and into the impeller :-? causing it to make a grinding noise. this happened on a smaller uv unit which u cant take the motor assembly apart so hes stuck in there but when it happened on the bigger uv unit the whole thing just stopped working, but i could take the motor apart to get it out. so for those of u that have these units and smaller cls beware Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 yeah, i don't know what attracts them to the UV filters in particular - for some reason they like playing with it and removing the suction pads etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Ohhh NO Thats Shocking, can you cover the Inlet with a Piece of Pantyhose or something?? To stop them from getting in. I'm not fimilar with those Units so not sure of the Set Up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 so for those of u that have these units and smaller cls beware Matt So, basically people should beware that clown loaches are idiots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 So, basically people should beware that clown loaches are idiots? My clown loaches resent that implication, Ira! Just as well for you they're not quite smart enough to hunt you down and make you apologise! I think people should be aware that clown loaches like to squeeze themselves into small tunnels/caves and to them a filter intake looks like a tunnel... and they probably don't live long enough to learn from their mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 :lol: Classic Story about Loaches :lol: I was doing a Re-Vamp in my Discus Tank not so long ago I had, had a couple of Clown Loaches in there for a while, noticed the Carcass of a Loach one afternoon , so thought ok I'm now down to 1 Loach :roll: while I was re-vamping the Tank about a month after finding the Loach Carcass , I pulled out a large piece of driftwood, stood it up on it's end to easily get it out of the Tank, when I heard a PLOP , thought what on earth was that :roll: , looked down into the Tank and there was my Lost Lonely Loach , man he was so big, so much bigger than I remember him being last time I saw him . He now has 8 new Loaches to play with 6 Clowns and 2 Botia :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 :lol: Classic Story about Loaches I was doing a Re-Vamp in my Discus Tank not so long ago I had, had a couple of Clown Loaches in there for a while, noticed the Carcass of a Loach one afternoon , so thought ok I'm now down to 1 Loach :roll: while I was re-vamping the Tank about a month after finding the Loach Carcass , I pulled out a large piece of driftwood, stood it up on it's end to easily get it out of the Tank, when I heard a PLOP , thought what on earth was that :roll: , looked down into the Tank and there was my Lost Lonely Loach , man he was so big, so much bigger than I remember him being last time I saw him So what was the carcass you found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaVitamins Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 So did the little guy survive the UV filter ? :-? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Bikbok: Then Carcass I found was the other Clown Loach, orginally I had 2 , found the Carcass of 1, thought I had lost the other as well, but he was hiding in the Driftwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32GOTMLK Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 So did the little guy survive the UV filter ? :-? :roll: hi no both died Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaVitamins Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Ohh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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