Ever sucked a fish up while doing a water change? - Aquarium Advice

blazeyreef · 01-28-2007, 01:42 PM

well the other day I was doing a water change in my 10gall and I somehow sucked my bolivian ram up! if I sucked up a neon I would have understood but the bolivian is the biggest in the whole tank!
anyone else do this?

**Devilishturtles** · 01-28-2007, 01:49 PM

When I used to work retail, I sucked up quite a few fish. Mainly feeder fish, but a few others. It's not fun! I also killed a few this way... Never any of my own though, they are too fat to even think about fitting in the tube of my gravel vac. lol

blazeyreef · 01-28-2007, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Devilishturtles

When I used to work retail, I sucked up quite a few fish. Mainly feeder fish, but a few others. It's not fun! I also killed a few this way... Never any of my own though, they are too fat to even think about fitting in the tube of my gravel vac. lol

lol, I diddnt think I could either, but up went my queen! lol

WaterPond · 01-28-2007, 01:52 PM

i've sucked up zebra danios when i had them. I suck up baby feeder guppies all the time. I have also killed a few shrimp by cutting them in half when vacuuming...

gu2high · 01-28-2007, 01:54 PM

I suck up zebra danios fry and eggs all the time. I saved the water to net out them.

NeonJulie · 01-28-2007, 02:04 PM

I nabbed a Neon for the first time the day before yesterday. They were doing so well staying on the opposite side of the tank, I guess maybe they all crammed into the clay pot and felt they couldn't flee. Either that, or they couldn't be bothered to move. I looked and thought 'wow not as afraid as they used to be... why aren't they mov-crap!' I have the tiniest gravel Vac I could find (takes forever to do lol), so I looked down the barrel and there it was, pressed up against the back of it. So I submerged it... and had all the neons back together again. I don't know which one it was, they all looked ok.

Good thing I guess... my siphon goes straight into the toilet.

SparKy697 · 01-28-2007, 02:11 PM

My wife laughs at me as I sit there with my finger on the valve ready to shut it off when somebody gets too close. What is it with these fish that draws them to the suction tube like a moth to a flame. But go in there to try and place food by a specific fish and they all run like their life depends on it... I guess that is why it's US keeping THEM in a box and not the other way around.

hsherman1986 · 01-28-2007, 02:31 PM

all the time. Most recent was an austrailian rainbowfish. We have sucked up an angelfish before (juvi, only about 2 inches).

critter333294 · 01-28-2007, 03:57 PM

My cories seem to like to swim under the siphon when I gravel vac. I've almost sucked up one or two of them before.

hc8719 · 01-28-2007, 06:37 PM

i take out all the caves and plants floating around in my tank, so my BGK is always looking for something he can hide in. he'll follow the gravel vac, and attempt to get in, though he hasn't succeeded yet

01-28-2007, 01:42 PM	#1
blazeyreef Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,598 Images: 1	Ever sucked a fish up while doing a water change? well the other day I was doing a water change in my 10gall and I somehow sucked my bolivian ram up! if I sucked up a neon I would have understood but the bolivian is the biggest in the whole tank! anyone else do this? __________________ Houston "Face Trials with Smiles"-Porter Ellett *My aquariums-5gall snowball shrimp, 20long-awaiting setup,29gall planted* "We are nothing until we make ourselves somthing" CTR**

01-28-2007, 01:52 PM	#4
WaterPond Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Corunna, Ontario (outside of sarnia) Posts: 2,616 Images: 5	i've sucked up zebra danios when i had them. I suck up baby feeder guppies all the time. I have also killed a few shrimp by cutting them in half when vacuuming... __________________ Jason Canadian Aquarium Auction!

01-28-2007, 02:11 PM	#7
SparKy697 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northwest Indiana Posts: 1,240 Images: 3	My wife laughs at me as I sit there with my finger on the valve ready to shut it off when somebody gets too close. What is it with these fish that draws them to the suction tube like a moth to a flame. But go in there to try and place food by a specific fish and they all run like their life depends on it... I guess that is why it's US keeping THEM in a box and not the other way around. __________________ -Joe Click "My Info" for tank information. My 55g Tank Log Read About The Nitrogen Cycle Read About The Fishless Cycle

01-28-2007, 06:37 PM	#10
hc8719 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 1,932	i take out all the caves and plants floating around in my tank, so my BGK is always looking for something he can hide in. he'll follow the gravel vac, and attempt to get in, though he hasn't succeeded yet __________________ "Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research." George Bernard Shaw

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01-28-2007, 01:54 PM	#5
gu2high Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Central NJ Posts: 356	I suck up zebra danios fry and eggs all the time. I saved the water to net out them.

01-28-2007, 02:04 PM	#6
NeonJulie Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 102	I nabbed a Neon for the first time the day before yesterday. They were doing so well staying on the opposite side of the tank, I guess maybe they all crammed into the clay pot and felt they couldn't flee. Either that, or they couldn't be bothered to move. I looked and thought 'wow not as afraid as they used to be... why aren't they mov-crap!' I have the tiniest gravel Vac I could find (takes forever to do lol), so I looked down the barrel and there it was, pressed up against the back of it. So I submerged it... and had all the neons back together again. I don't know which one it was, they all looked ok. Good thing I guess... my siphon goes straight into the toilet.

01-28-2007, 02:31 PM	#8
hsherman1986 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 719	all the time. Most recent was an austrailian rainbowfish. We have sucked up an angelfish before (juvi, only about 2 inches).

01-28-2007, 03:57 PM	#9
critter333294 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 70 Images: 5	My cories seem to like to swim under the siphon when I gravel vac. I've almost sucked up one or two of them before.

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