Note to self: watch where you gravel vac...

[punk-in-drublic]

So I just decided to do a water change on my 10 gallon and wasnt really paying much attention. The wife was talking to me so I kind of set the vac inside the rim and was talking to her. I turned back and the flow into the bucket had really slowed down and I didn't have much suction. I thought huh thats odd. So i'm checking the tube I dont see anything then I check the actual vac piece dont see anything. Water level is right where I want it so I drop the vac into the bucket and haul it into the bathroom to dump it. Fill my bucket and go to pick up the vac when I notice just a tiny spec of black near the plastic connecter of the vac to the syphon. I think to myself huh thats odd....

Low and behold I managed to syphon up a mollie. He was wedged in the vac so hard that I had to carefully pull him out by the tail. I figured he had to be dead by how hard he was jammed up there but I threw him in the tank as quickly as I could. He is all busted up but his fins are intact. He is missing a bunch of scales and looks really beat on but he has been alive for about 45 minutes now so I am hoping he will get through it.

So the moral of the story is pay attention when you suck.

I'll update later with the outcome if he makes it or not.

 

[punk-in-drublic]

So far hes still alive hes got a bunch of scales missing and some of my substrate playsand is stuck in the areas where scales are missing. Any ideas to try and help him out or should I just let it ride?

 

[Astus]

Aquarium Salt and Bump the temp up a bit to avoid infection maybe?

 

[Sab_Fan]

I had convict juvies that thought the siphon tube was just the neatest thing, so when I would try to clean the tank they would all swim over for a look

on the plus side, made it real easy when I wanted to siphon them out of the tank . . .

 

[Lupin]

I've done this mistake a couple times with no survivors as far as I can remember.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

So the moral of the story is pay attention when you suck.

That's funny when you take it out of context (sig worthy). I hope your lil guy pulls through though

 

[Gervahlt]

I use a garden hose for doing the actual water removal. One time I sucked up a corydora and didn't notice. Poor little bugger was found four days later during the next water change due to the smell. I'd looked everywhere for him, but never even considered the hose as a possible final resting place.

 

[Cliff519]

I hope yur Mollie makes it

 

[punk-in-drublic]

As an update the mollie was dead this morning unfortunately it didn't make it through the night. I was pretty sure he was done for last night so im suprised he made it as long as he did. He would have been fine had he been just a little bit smaller or a little bigger but he was just the right size unfortunately. I will definitely pay more attention in the future when doing water changes.