A Manificent mess

[mtfatwork]

So Dustin calls me tonight and says that the Magnificent is missing. He said he looked all over the tank, fed, and no sight of him. I get home check behind the tank, the sump, nothing. Turns out my poor beatiful foxface decided to take a nap in the tunze rock :(. I found him, pulled him out, and he is still alive currently, but he is in really rough shape. I am sure he sustained serious internal damage, and I will be really surprised if he makes it through the night. I am so sad, he is my favorite fish, and I have wanted one for sooo long. Poor guy (sniffle, sniffle.)

[wolmutt]

Thats too bad. The one plus of using seio is that the propeller is shaped in such a way that if fish go in there while the power heads are off they do not get hurt when they turn back on.

[mtfatwork]

he wasnt in the tunze though, he was sucked onto it, and couldnt get out, cause he had wedged himself into a nice crevace to sleep that just happened to be the intake to a powerhead :(. Poor guy. I am gonna go cry some more now. (Literally)

[christensonjes]

Dumb fish. Of course the favorite does that!

[wes]

When I had my coral beauty in QT, I came home one day to find him sucked to the intake of the skimmer. Completely C shaped and everything, wouldn't even swim away. A day later, she started swimming, the next, eating again. now, she's fat and happy. Best of luck! I'm sure it has the best conditions for recovery!

[mtfatwork]

well, hes dead. :(

[smeese]

I had a Magnificent jump out of my sump once. Also dead. Quite a heavy loss sorry to hear.

[wes]

I'm so sorry mary, it was a beautiful fish.

[Trimixdiver]

Sorry to hear that Mary....:bawling:

[clownnut]

sorry to hear that.

[Chris Goetz]

That sucks guys... it was a very cool fish.

Can you do something to the tunze rock to keep that from happening again?
Chris

[mtfatwork]

Not really sure I guess, anyone have any ideas? I have never heard of that happening before, so I am guessing he might have been mildly retarded :(

[oyam123]

Nothing like having a "special needs" fish in your tank.
SORRY:cry:

[onnen]

I know what your going through!!!!! You get that "special" fish that you have wanted for a while and then it is gone....... Good luck and sorry to hear about that!!!

[patent]

Sorry to hear about the fish. That's painful.

Not really sure I guess, anyone have any ideas?

I don't know anything about the tunze rock, so take this FWIW, but could you cut out a little portion of screen (e.g., that plastic window screen material) and silicon or epoxy it to the rock's opening? I have some screen if you wanted it, though given gas prices it would be cheaper to drive to Home depot and get some.

patent

[Zivman]

sorry to hear that. he was a beautiful fish

[Soltaker]

bummer dude. :frown:

[mtfatwork]

well, I got another one on order at least :). Hopefully this one will be smarter...lol

[clownnut]

can you can some egg crate or screen or something stop the big fish?

[Irenicus]

That really sucks :(. That fish showed a lot of promise.

[mtfatwork]

I think I am going to try some screen on the openings.

[epidemic]

TUNZE= Bassomatic

[mtfatwork]

TUNZE= Bassomatic


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