NNNNOOOOOOOOOO :-(

[bbradtmiller]

So after work and dinner last night this is what I came home to...

All pumps and filters were all off. Water had no movement and no oxygen. We had a storm so I think the power went out and then nothing came back on. I about lost and and then I noticed one of the two tsn's taking a breath once every 10 second. I sprinted around the house getting other pumps and got the filters and water moving again. I spent the next hour trying to revive him and making S patterns helping the water moves trough his gills. What really help was holding him in front of my return bar and letting the current and oxygen rich water flow through his mouth and gills.

HE LIVES!!! Very sad that I lost my other tsn, but miracle that this one made it :-(.

He was 2 feet long, with a 12" girth. Notice his size compared to a pop can


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[johndirst]

Sorry for your loss man
Almost exactly a year ago I lost 90% of my stock on my 360 because of a faulty outlet that shorted out while I was camping...

Rebuild my friend, rebuild!

 

[bbradtmiller]

Sorry for your loss man
Almost exactly a year ago I lost 90% of my stock on my 360 because of a faulty outlet that shorted out while I was camping...

Rebuild my friend, rebuild!

Sucks to hear that about yours...is there any kind of back up or safety something or other that can be set up to prevent this from happening again?


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[shelbybmc]

So Sorry

 

[johndirst]

Sucks to hear that about yours...is there any kind of back up or safety something or other that can be set up to prevent this from happening again?

Well I had just moved into this house a few months prior, the outlet itself was cracked from behind which eventually caused the short and flipped the breaker (good thing too cause this easily could have burned my house down). So no flow, meant no air and I was gone for just over 2 days... I have since distributed the load across multiple circuits just in case. It was just poor timing, any other day I would have noticed it and the fish all would have survived.

 

[bigcatfan]

sorry to hear that, ive lost a few fish the same way. atleast your quick thinking you saved one of them.

 

[IRONWOOD]

Thats too bad, such a nice fish

 

[fish042099]

OH NOO!! That stinks, thats about the worst sight to come home too.

 

[bbradtmiller]

Thanks for the condolences. Yeah timing has a lot to do with it...it was my brothers birthday so we went to dinner after work, who knows maybe if I would have gotten home at my normal time he would still be alive. Sucks


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[greenbud]

I am sorry this has happened to you.

But this is a prime example of why people need to spend the 60 to 80 bucks and add a battery back up inline with their air pump. It has saved the lives of my RTC and tsn twice now