i just lost a lot of fish in my daughters tank. not sure of exactly what happened, but when i got home the water was so cloudy i could not see the driftwood center piece and fish were floating! i did find 5 rocks from outside, 4 crayons, and chips inside while changing water. things like this happens when other peoples kids come over and they dont watch them! sucks because i was at work and got the call.
What's the most grusome death one of your fish has suffered?
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My story is a 4 fish death story.....
Being the Cheap-a** that I am I decided to DIY my own overflow instead of buying a CPR or eshopps...and I know most of you have done this without any problems....
But, I built my overflow with plans that I found on the net but decided to make some changes to it so that 1) it would fit my tank and 2) that it would give me the flow that I wanted (about 1,000g per hour but would've liked 1,200g/hr. you know whats going to happen already but to be absolutely clear I stuffed the intake pipes with sponges so that fish would not get sucked into this PVC contraption.
After I built this thing (I've since called it my death trap), I had it running for a couple hours that night with no problem, I went to bed. The next morning, on my first count, I was missing two fish. I looked around...there were no jumpers. So, I figured, they could only have gone up the overflow. When, I dismantled the first intake pipe, one fish (which is bigger than the opening of the PVC pipe had basically been sucked up the pipe bent in two (i.e. the fish was folded over itself, which is really the only way the fish would have fit in the pipe). - Adult Boseman Rainbows.
So, because I was still one fish short, I dismantled the other intake pipe, and out flopped another 3 fish, died basically the same way.....
I felt so guilty, I dismantled the whole thing that day and then put in an order for an eshoppes overflow the next day.
Kz
Being the Cheap-a** that I am I decided to DIY my own overflow instead of buying a CPR or eshopps...and I know most of you have done this without any problems....
But, I built my overflow with plans that I found on the net but decided to make some changes to it so that 1) it would fit my tank and 2) that it would give me the flow that I wanted (about 1,000g per hour but would've liked 1,200g/hr. you know whats going to happen already but to be absolutely clear I stuffed the intake pipes with sponges so that fish would not get sucked into this PVC contraption.
After I built this thing (I've since called it my death trap), I had it running for a couple hours that night with no problem, I went to bed. The next morning, on my first count, I was missing two fish. I looked around...there were no jumpers. So, I figured, they could only have gone up the overflow. When, I dismantled the first intake pipe, one fish (which is bigger than the opening of the PVC pipe had basically been sucked up the pipe bent in two (i.e. the fish was folded over itself, which is really the only way the fish would have fit in the pipe). - Adult Boseman Rainbows.
So, because I was still one fish short, I dismantled the other intake pipe, and out flopped another 3 fish, died basically the same way.....
I felt so guilty, I dismantled the whole thing that day and then put in an order for an eshoppes overflow the next day.
Kz
Silver Aro got his stomach bitten out by a pig nose/arrow head puffer. never owned a puffer or aro again.
The first fish i ever had was a gold fish. It tried to swim in to a log and got stuck and i didnt know it till the next day.
I found a needle fish dead, sliced open along his belly from gills to tail. It looked like an autopsy. Still have no idea how he got such a long clean cut.
my cap fell off my filter got plugged up dismantled the filter and there was reptar. my senegal :-(
I recently had some guppies get sucked up a python, that was hooked up to a 1,500 gph transfer pump.
I don't think you can find a more gruesome death than being eaten. I still feel bad for every Rosy that my Ribbon Snake downs.
i've had a few fish get there guts sucked out on a filter alos not grusome but i got my first arow i was so happy he was about 3" the next day i couldent find him but my tsc had a big lump in his gut
mine was probabily 2 pea puffers that were sucked into a filter and got killed by the impeller... kinda reminds me of finding nemo except nemo didnt end up as fish paste
