Haffs09
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I lost my second fish to getting stuck to the intake of a prop pump. The first time was a yellow tang that met its end due to injuries incurred from a MP60. It lasted two weeks after I found it stuck to the pump, but it slowly withered away. I had it for almost ten years.
Yesterday, I suffered another loss and this one was my pride and joy. Due to my unsuccessful attempts to rid my system of ich via hyposalinity (2 attempts), I caught my 6 fish and moved them into two hospital tanks and started treatment with cupramine. In my 55gal tank, I'm using a modded maxijet for additional circulation. Unfortunately, I found my 4.5" achilles tang wrapped around it. It was still respirating, but after an hour, it was dead.
I almost lost a goldflake in a similar fashion. Fortunately, I was right there when it got stuck and was able to turn off the pump. The goldflake wasn't hurt and is doing well in that same tank. Maybe when adding new fish, we should reduce power to the pumps or use sleeves until the fish get used to their new territory. I think once they are familiar with the pumps, they learn to keep their distance. In the cases of the goldflake and achilles, they were new to the tanks. For the yellow tang, I fed nori on the same side of the tank as the pump, so maybe that's why it got so close to it. I'll never know.
Yesterday, I suffered another loss and this one was my pride and joy. Due to my unsuccessful attempts to rid my system of ich via hyposalinity (2 attempts), I caught my 6 fish and moved them into two hospital tanks and started treatment with cupramine. In my 55gal tank, I'm using a modded maxijet for additional circulation. Unfortunately, I found my 4.5" achilles tang wrapped around it. It was still respirating, but after an hour, it was dead.
I almost lost a goldflake in a similar fashion. Fortunately, I was right there when it got stuck and was able to turn off the pump. The goldflake wasn't hurt and is doing well in that same tank. Maybe when adding new fish, we should reduce power to the pumps or use sleeves until the fish get used to their new territory. I think once they are familiar with the pumps, they learn to keep their distance. In the cases of the goldflake and achilles, they were new to the tanks. For the yellow tang, I fed nori on the same side of the tank as the pump, so maybe that's why it got so close to it. I'll never know.
