!CAUTION! FX5 killed my fire eel (pics)

[Lrry93]

Or my eel killed itself. He got caught in the outlet overnight and didnt find him until the morning. He was stuck good and took alot of pushing to get him free. He lived for around 8 more hours before he passed away

 

[crazyman229]

wow sorry about the loss he was nice

 

[REDKID!!!]

ouch! dude sry thats a bummer!. How did it get in there? isnt that where the water blows out?

 

[bigspizz]

ouch! dude sry thats a bummer!. How did it get in there? isnt that where the water blows out?

When his head plugged one hole it forced him out of the other.....Could have been anyone of us. Thanks for posting pics and giving us the heads up.

 

[Steve_89]

Wow that sux

 

[cichlid savage]

Wow how did that happen?

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Sorry for your loss bro.

 

[Cichlas]

Sorry for your loss

The FX5 switches off for 1 minute every 24 hours to purge air etc, my guess would be that he swam into it during that 60 second down time. My black shark knocked the inlet strainer off my FX5 and my 6 inch albion black shark got sucked in and killed

 

[AMG]

Sorry to hear about the loss of your Fire Eel.

 

[Mystix212]

Sorry for your loss

The FX5 switches off for 1 minute every 24 hours to purge air etc, my guess would be that he swam into it during that 60 second down time. My black shark knocked the inlet strainer off my FX5 and my 6 inch albion black shark got sucked in and killed

Exactly what I thought.
What probably happened it that he swam in on the left during the off time, and as the water current flowing out the right formed a suction, he then got thrown through. The resulting pressure probably killed him, along with the abdominal stress.