Aqua Andy
Fish Crazy
Hi all,
I just thought I'd share todays drama.
I bought a juve Bristlenose Plec yesterday it's an inch long, and is my first Plec so I was exited. Introduction to my Juwel Lido was fine. I've been watching him frequently today, and about noon I couldn't find him anywhere. I didn't worry at first as there are a few places for it (I don't know the sex) to hide out of sight. A couple of hours ago I started to get a bit worried and manually explored the tank, it was not to be found. I came to the conclusion that it must have entered the filter chamber where the pump exits, it's not interference fit and there was a 3mm gap. I dismantled the filter and I could intermittently see it swimming at the bottom of the filter chamber. I decided to turn the aquarium lights off, and shine a torch through the hole where it entered the filter chamber (which is the only way for it to swim in or out). After standing over the tank perfectly still for 20 minutes, it shot out of the hole and I quickly covered the hole with my fish net. I've now reassembled the filter, and wrapped a piece of tights around the pump nossal to block the gap.
Phew.
Has anything similar happened to anyone else?
I know the gap is small, but as you cannot remove the filter chamber, I see the gap as a slight design flaw as I was just lucky the fish swam out of it's own accord. I had no way to retrieve it.
A relieved Andy
I just thought I'd share todays drama.
I bought a juve Bristlenose Plec yesterday it's an inch long, and is my first Plec so I was exited. Introduction to my Juwel Lido was fine. I've been watching him frequently today, and about noon I couldn't find him anywhere. I didn't worry at first as there are a few places for it (I don't know the sex) to hide out of sight. A couple of hours ago I started to get a bit worried and manually explored the tank, it was not to be found. I came to the conclusion that it must have entered the filter chamber where the pump exits, it's not interference fit and there was a 3mm gap. I dismantled the filter and I could intermittently see it swimming at the bottom of the filter chamber. I decided to turn the aquarium lights off, and shine a torch through the hole where it entered the filter chamber (which is the only way for it to swim in or out). After standing over the tank perfectly still for 20 minutes, it shot out of the hole and I quickly covered the hole with my fish net. I've now reassembled the filter, and wrapped a piece of tights around the pump nossal to block the gap.
Phew.
Has anything similar happened to anyone else?
I know the gap is small, but as you cannot remove the filter chamber, I see the gap as a slight design flaw as I was just lucky the fish swam out of it's own accord. I had no way to retrieve it.
A relieved Andy
