Fish NEED water to live...

[jenBLKAROWANA]

Well.......

We were cleaning our tanks when a friend popped over...The 55 was the last tank to clean...The B/F started the python up in the 55 gal, and we went upstairs, they left to get some beer, and I started dinner....Well, they came back, and we started talking about our brackish tank....A half hour later, the gurgling
of the water downstairs caught our attention.....

The tank was just about empty! We took action and started to pump water back into the tank, and took a few buckets out of our other 2 tanks in the basement....Out of 18 fish, we were able to save 11...We lost all of our Bosmonis...we had 5 of them, and we also lost a Red rainbow, and a malichi(sp)

That was about $75 worh of fish :(

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Never walk away from your tanks while cleaning them.....

Jen

[joeytoe]

I to learned this Lesson a few years ago, but thankfully I only lost one Fish.

[thamunsta]

u really gotta keep an eye on those tanks when syphoning. back when i used "bucket and hose method" before i got a python id always be spilling water all over the place. id turn my head for a 1 SECOND and itd pour all over everywhere...... it sucked

[rvrrays]

I learned a long time ago to set the depth of the python just in case.

You can lightly clamp the hose to the side of the tank or let the hood or tops hold it in place.

I've been there more than once.

Colin

[piranha45]

i was letting the python drain my tank one time, while i was on the comp (which is right next to the tank). suddenly i saw a brown streak go down the python's line. I stopped the flow in time before the ropefish would have had his face mashed in by the python's outtake.

[TaratronVaeVictus]

To my shame, I add this tale: last year, siphoning hair algae out of the reef tank (I had the tube in the water, and the actual plastic "tube" off, so I could suck the algae out direct), a clownfish got too close too fast, and suddenly no water or algae was soaring through the Python; a quickly killed percula blocked the path.

[Peanut_Power]

Had that happen once....sucked. Also accidently was doing tooo much and overfilled one tank while i was drainin another...oh man that was a bit chaotic for a few minutes! :P

[intermision]

That sucks, but at least you were able to save some of the fish.

[cabouta1]

i was filling 135 after doing water change , hooked up python and walked to bedroom and left to fill. I was on computer for a while, when i realized i had left water on. i walked to living room, to find it full of water. water all over the place. luckily however i have tile throughout the house and wasnt a big problem. just got a big broom and squeegeed out to back yard.

[shoefreak03]

i never leave when syphoning water out cause sometimes the fish will get caught into the syphon. if it big enough, it will only leave a mark, if not, then it gets caught in the tube.

i use a regular garden hose to syphon the water so never used a python. with the hose the syphon is pretty strong

[shoefreak03]

btw,

sorry about the lost, everyone needs to learn somehow, trial and error and leaning from your mistakes is the best way to learn

[peanut]

good advice

[ballsmcgee1234]

learned that lesson a year ago and it sucks, lost two spotted gars, and a shovel nose catfish...:(

[toxicfish]

it has never happened yet..............................execpt for over filling with a python , atleast I have hard word floors

[Isis_Nebthet]

I've never over filled or drained too much. BF did siphon a goldfish once.

[silverhawk97]

ouch sorry to hear about your loss :(

[guppy]

I gravel vaced up a horsefaced loach once.

[fishboy]

i work at a petstore and i was doing a water change on the feeder tank and i walked away to help out a customer at the register and came back to half the store flooded it sucks

[nick]

you didnt get fired?


i got an ass whooping last year with the python and my 20long.... must have been 40 gallons overflowed to the floor......

carpet toooo

[nick]

ive overfilled tanks at least 10 times.... never over drained it i use the hood holder method

[Pangong_ilong]

I thought , i'm gonna loose my ray last night. I was syphoning the water, while I'm cleaning the glass. The syphone somehow touched the ray, by the eyes. And instantly turned it off. Don't do 2 things at the same time.

[fishboy]

no i didnt get fired, actually i dont even think i got yelled at or anything i just mopped it to the drain in the middle of the store

[xxt2goodxx]

that sucks. I always overfill my tanks, never trained them, I clip my python to the top of my tank and then let it hang down so far and it just drains untill it gets to that point then bam. no worries.

[peakesfancyfish]

The problem is when I start one thing and forget something I was doing the living room carpet gets wet!! Wife then gets mad and I love cleaning wet carpet. My buddy theory on this is for the luck people that have basements that have drains in the floor. They don't have to clean carpets when they make mistakes!!! :ROFL:

[bak69]

I'm usually more nerves when filling the tank. :eek:

[BigNicky]

Nice to see you saved a few, lessons learned eh? :grinyes:

[bam-bam]

you live and you learn

[weicong]

i always complete everyhting then do my other stuffs.

[gomezladdams]

The python is a relativly new thing for me so no accidents yet ,Sorry about your fish.