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Post by Aura Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:49 pm

Doing a water change on the tropheus tank today, I walked away to do something while water was draining through a gravel vac attached to tubing, draining out of the window. . . when I came back it seemed like the water level hadn't gone down as much as it should have. Well, the biggest male was inside the vacuum part, all the way up to the top where the tubing connects. I stopped the flow and he came out and dashed into the rocks. Hope he's okay. He looked a little rumpled from what I could see. Shocked

I've had that happen once before when a loach swam up the vacuum and ended up on the roof of the porch. I guess I can't leave them unsupervised.
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Post by poolmako Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:41 pm

that made me laugh, im sure the fish will be ok, never had a fish make it all the way to the hose but have had them in the vac and i most likely have lost some fry while doing a water change.
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Post by Aura Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:57 pm

I did a really stupid thing on my tropheus tank water change today. This is beyond stupid! Embarassed

I started siphoning out the water (filling the gravel vac portion and lifting it up to start the draining process) and still had the end of the hose in my other hand -- the part that's usually hanging outside the window. I have no idea why I did that! I thought it was draining much slower than usual. bangin
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Post by poolmako Fri Nov 04, 2011 6:47 am

its amazing how you do the same thing so many times during a water change and then you forget something one day and the next thing you know you have the shop vac out cleaning up water.
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Post by buntbarsch Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:27 am

Betty, do not worry, this type of thing happens to the best of us.

It was funny though Very Happy
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