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mattb
10-09-2007, 11:00 AM
I woke up this morning to see one of my dispars stuck to one of my Tunze 45 nanos, he was still breathing, but unable to swin... fishy go byebye :(
mtfatwork
10-09-2007, 11:07 AM
:bawling: Tunzes should be considered a deadly weapon. I think I will start carrying one with me late at night when I have to walk to my car.

"Back off thug, or I will stick you with my Tunze!!"


That would teach them...


Anyway, sorry for your loss :(
mattb
10-09-2007, 11:11 AM
Yeah, it ticks me off... I'm thinking of turning those nano off at night to be a little calmer.... My school of chromis have had my Pocillioppora verracosa home at night to hide from them...

Glad I didn't go with two more 6100s...
mtfatwork
10-09-2007, 11:22 AM
I lost my first Magnificent the same way. Why is it the prettiest fish are always the dumbest...
mattb
10-09-2007, 11:23 AM
Ugh! I think that cost a bit more than my dispar!
Taklu
10-09-2007, 11:43 AM
Sorry to hear that Matt. Dont mean to Hijack the thread, Tunze are good for corals only tank or the fish we get are smart to not venture close to the tunze?
mattb
10-09-2007, 12:25 PM
He 'appeared' to be healthy, but I'm no fish whisperer... My guess was that something wasn't right.. ironically, it was on my nanos, not my big honkin' 6100s.
clownnut
10-09-2007, 01:36 PM
sorry to hear that!

i have 5 tunze in my tank, the copperband and other tangs swim by or looking for food around them all the time. i dont think if you keep the tunze housing clean, they can create enough of sucking power to catch a healthy fish.
Irenicus
10-09-2007, 01:36 PM
That sucks. Those tunzes are dangerous.
mattb
10-09-2007, 01:49 PM
They are clean, my 6100s are complete covered in coraline, wavebox mostly, they were the only black in my tank :) I do notice my purple tang swimming around them looking for stuff too.. though he's pretty SOL..
droinablunt
10-09-2007, 01:57 PM
sorry to hear that!

i have 5 tunze in my tank, the copperband and other tangs swim by or looking for food around them all the time. i dont think if you keep the tunze housing clean, they can create enough of sucking power to catch a healthy fish.

I have lost 3 fish this way, the housing was clean, and the fish where healthy.
mattb
10-09-2007, 02:01 PM
I have lost 3 fish this way, the housing was clean, and the fish where healthy.

That sucks...
morty
10-09-2007, 08:37 PM
It might be interesting to look into building an add-on box made out of eggcrate to help prevent the tunze deaths. I have some black eggcrate and would be willing to give it a shot if anyone is interested. Problem is I don't have a tunze to build it around, so someone would have to bring one over.
reeftanktime
10-09-2007, 09:02 PM
I lost a fish to a maxijet with the intake missing. I felt horrible for the torture I put that fish through.
reeftanktime
10-09-2007, 09:03 PM
It might be interesting to look into building an add-on box made out of eggcrate to help prevent the tunze deaths. I have some black eggcrate and would be willing to give it a shot if anyone is interested. Problem is I don't have a tunze to build it around, so someone would have to bring one over.

Didn't redwingers tank have something like this???