bman
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have a general question to all regarding the use of plastic plants. Mainly the kind that attach to a weight at the bottom in one location, and then spread out from there. Similar to a corkscrew val. or a grass clump.
In my old tank from 5 years ago, I had several fish swim down the blades and get lodged in the tight area around where it attaches to the base, and die.
Recently, I lost my angel fish to the same problem. I did not personally see the fish literally swim down, get stuck and die, but that seems to me what had happened. Especially since if the fish were to die on it's own, I find it hard to believe it would float down the plastic plant and just wedge it's dead body there. But I could believe that once a fish goes down, they would have a pretty hard time backing up to get out.
Anyone else ever run into this problem?
I am slowly trying to figure out the live plant thing before this "death trap" gets removed, but I just wonder if I'm the only one?
In my old tank from 5 years ago, I had several fish swim down the blades and get lodged in the tight area around where it attaches to the base, and die.
Recently, I lost my angel fish to the same problem. I did not personally see the fish literally swim down, get stuck and die, but that seems to me what had happened. Especially since if the fish were to die on it's own, I find it hard to believe it would float down the plastic plant and just wedge it's dead body there. But I could believe that once a fish goes down, they would have a pretty hard time backing up to get out.
Anyone else ever run into this problem?
I am slowly trying to figure out the live plant thing before this "death trap" gets removed, but I just wonder if I'm the only one?