Luck Loves Me... today that is

[Jonergin]

I'm so lucky that I worked a night shift tonight and got home at midnight.

I came into the dark house and saw the glowing belly of my Green Tex pressed up against the glass in a spot that he never hangs out in, let alone sleeps in. I turned the light on to find my Tire-Track Eel lying limp on the surface, pasty and gasping, the Tex gasping right along with him.

The culprit? My stupid Fluval 405...again. The little part at the bottom curve of the return nozzle had fallen off for the second time today. The flow was directed downwards into the tank, thus providing no surface agitation, thus reducing oxygen exchange. Yesterday I had noticed that it was gone but saw no bad effect on the two fish. This morning they were breathing hard so I checked the params and they were fine. Put the part back in place and within an hour they were acting just fine.

So I guess sometime tonight it fell off again. I pulled the fish out and put them in my 75 for the night. I'll have to set up a bubbler just in case it happens again.

Should I just silicone it in place??

 

[flstffxe]

I would silicone it and be done with it.

 

[BlackShark11k]

Silicone back in place and add an aerator! If your fish ran out of oxygen that fast you should definitely consider one

 

[manlyfish]

do it i'd hate to have fish die because of something like that

 

[snyder810]

just add a power head to the top of the tank to create surface agitation...i had an extra koralia layin around threw it in with my cats for that very reason....wouldn't consider taking it out now.

gotta remember a lot of the fish we keep are river dwellers, they like some current