this happend when i just had a small fw tropical tank. i went to go feed my fish and when i opend the lid i herd a thump. i thaught i just bumped the tank or the hood sliped. then i noteced a glass fish floting around like it was dead. so i went to net it out and it jumped out of the net. turned out he spooked when i opend the lid and ran into the side of the tank and knocked itself out.
Any funny fish stories to tell?
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I used to have a 200gal bin on the floor that I'd keep feeders in. One year I started noticing that feeders were disappearing from the bin and something was tearing several feeders up a day. I tore the bin down thinking I had a small bass that came in with the feeders. Nope, found nothing. Refilled the bin, placed the feeders back in, and the mystery continued. I figured my mom's cat devised a way to balance itself on the rim and grab feeders since there were never any wet footprints leading away from the bin. So, every morning, I'd put the cat out as I left for school. No good, the massacre continued.
I got permission to borrow a school camera to set up in the basement. (the school wanted the film if it was interesting). What the camera recorded was amazing.
It turned out my Mediterranean octopus was the culprit. Everyday, this 2lb turkey would push the lid of his tank up, crawl along the side of the adjacent tank to the washer/dryer, along the back of the appliances to the workbench's lower shelf, and finally into the bin for some serious munchies. When he had his fill, he retraced his path back to the tank, lifted the tank lid, and eased himself back into his house. No wonder he wasn't eating as many shrimp as he usually did in the evenings.
I got permission to borrow a school camera to set up in the basement. (the school wanted the film if it was interesting). What the camera recorded was amazing.
It turned out my Mediterranean octopus was the culprit. Everyday, this 2lb turkey would push the lid of his tank up, crawl along the side of the adjacent tank to the washer/dryer, along the back of the appliances to the workbench's lower shelf, and finally into the bin for some serious munchies. When he had his fill, he retraced his path back to the tank, lifted the tank lid, and eased himself back into his house. No wonder he wasn't eating as many shrimp as he usually did in the evenings.
Strangest thing which happened to me is my silver shark went mad. It tried to jump out then went from one end to the other of the tank as fast as it could banging on the glass. It eventually did several loops then went belly up. The day after my other silver shark did the same so now no more of them 
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.In '84 I had a 90T with 8 RBPs in it. When my roommate brought a cat home she said she was worried about the cat getting up on the tank. I made a sliding SS top for the tank and, before installing it, put the cat on it to test its strength. No problem. The cat barely caused the steel to flex. So, on the tank it went. About 10 months later, I came home from the ship (retired Navy) and entered the house to a gurgling sound. The filter on the RBP tank was struggling. The cat had jumped up onto the tank, from the staircase, and the whole shebang went into the tank.
The gurgling of the filter was caused by the cats fur. There was a very gory scene everywhere you looked. I hooked a diatom filter to the tank and started it up as I continued to net larger pieces from the tank. As the water started clearing, these white objects started standing out. A little more clearing and you could make out the cat's skull plus 7 smaller skulls.
Yep, the cat was pregnant and neither one of us thought there would be an increased risk of the cat getting on top of the tank. At least I was able to get everything cleaned up before she got home. I was tempted to let her think the cat ran away but, owned up to it in the end. The RBPs were gone by the end of the week.
The gurgling of the filter was caused by the cats fur. There was a very gory scene everywhere you looked. I hooked a diatom filter to the tank and started it up as I continued to net larger pieces from the tank. As the water started clearing, these white objects started standing out. A little more clearing and you could make out the cat's skull plus 7 smaller skulls.
Yep, the cat was pregnant and neither one of us thought there would be an increased risk of the cat getting on top of the tank. At least I was able to get everything cleaned up before she got home. I was tempted to let her think the cat ran away but, owned up to it in the end. The RBPs were gone by the end of the week.
Don't piss of your fellow tank mates:
it all happened when i had a 30 gallon tank with a ryukin goldfish that sucked up little pebbles and shot them at the other fish this didnt go well with the fire eel and the tire tread eel they attacked him and he jumped out of the tank and on to the floor and i put him back in.Then he stoped shooting rocks at the other fish and put them on the filter head and clogged the filter several times.My eels dont like a dirty tank and when it was really dirty they killed the ryukin and buried him under the rocks all i could see was a eye and a long fin sticking out of the pebbles.
The moral of the story is dont piss of your fellow fishmates.
HAve a good day MouthWash
it all happened when i had a 30 gallon tank with a ryukin goldfish that sucked up little pebbles and shot them at the other fish this didnt go well with the fire eel and the tire tread eel they attacked him and he jumped out of the tank and on to the floor and i put him back in.Then he stoped shooting rocks at the other fish and put them on the filter head and clogged the filter several times.My eels dont like a dirty tank and when it was really dirty they killed the ryukin and buried him under the rocks all i could see was a eye and a long fin sticking out of the pebbles.
The moral of the story is dont piss of your fellow fishmates.
HAve a good day MouthWash
