Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

[Glacier]

Hi,

I thought I might tell you this, been bored lately (revision takes it toll - not that Ive done alot ).

I have an eheim 2026 filtering my tank, when doing a water change I spooked one of my silver dollars, this sent it crashing to the side of the tank hitting the filter intake tube and knocking off the end piece (the sort of guard to the intake). After completing the water change and seeing the 'guard' lying on the bottom of the tank I just left it there, thinking all my fish are big enough, nones going to get sucked into the tube (the guard had been off previously, nothing bad had happened so I carred on doing other water changes on other tanks).

The lesson came the following night, when I hadn't put the guard back on, I was going to bed, the tank lights were off and I remembered I took out some shrimp for my growing oscar. Not wanting it to go to waste I went back downstairs and got the shrimp, turned the lights back on and dropped pieces of shrimp in. The oscar was sluggish and I could tell wasn't in the mood for feeding, so I removed the shrimp and turned the lights back off, though carried on watching. The oscar floated near the intake, next thing I know I heard a 'pop' sound as momenterily, the oscar's side had touched the intake. The oscar now has a few scales missing, but apart from that is happy as larry and absolutely fine. Though I can't help but feel if I had just spend 10 seconds putting back the 'guard' it wouldn't have happened.

 

[Venom]

I always do that too(procrastination). Luckily nothing has happened. I feel bad for your oscar.

~Best wishes,

Venom

 

[Glacier]

Yeah so do I, like I said it had been off before and nothing had happened, if I had just reached in and put it back nothing would have happened. The oscar is fine now, swimming all about and eating normally etc, just had a little white mark on its side but now it seems to have gone.

 

[mojo2776]

I feel bad for your oscar, but at least you learned the lesson without actually losing a fish.

 

[cszachury]

Poor oscar, but I am also a procrastinator!

 

[Dragon Hunter]

i had a similar incident.mine didnt have a happy ending.

i was doing water change and my son was playing with the playing with the hose. he pulled on it and the gravel cleaner tube fell into the tank. i left there being lazy thinking nothing bad will happen. i woke up the next morning and a 14" spotted gar was stuck in it and was dead.