Has anyone ever had a fish get caught in a pump intake?

PoriferaBob · #1 01/05/2006, 01:44 PM

Has this ever happend to anyone? Did it survive?

know-it-all · #2 01/05/2006, 02:03 PM

mixed results
but most just went back into the intake untill they died

the one that hurt the most was my cuttlefish that took a ride down
to my sump in the 5 minutes I had the screen off for cleaning

PoriferaBob · #3 01/05/2006, 02:13 PM

I feel so terrible. I had a beautiful and very very healthy mandarin that I had placed into my sump. I had him there because I already have one in my reef and I was just trying to find a new home for this little guy. He was only supposed to be there for a little while till I could put him in a container. I thought the intake was covered well enough that he would be safe. But I was wrong. He was sucked in. I had to slowly pull him out. The saddest part is that the little guy who looks aweful is still swimming around trying to make it. He really must have been a heallthy little thing to still be fighting. I know I might tget flamed for my stupidity and I guess I deserve it but I really was trying to do what was best for him I was just too late.

Travis L. Stevens · #4 01/05/2006, 02:47 PM

I've had a blue damsel and a red mithrax crab meet their end in my needlewheel pump for my skimmer.

Dubbin1 · #5 01/05/2006, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Travis L. Stevens
I've had a blue damsel and a red mithrax crab meet their end in my needlewheel pump for my skimmer.

MMMM a damsel crab shake

Andrew · #6 01/05/2006, 03:25 PM

I had just got my new puffer into full saltwater and he was in a 10 gallon qt tank with a tomato clownfish and devil damsel and I have so happy because they were getting along and no fighting what so ever and the next morning I found him sucked to the pump intake.

flyhigh123 · #7 01/05/2006, 03:41 PM

1 foot eel... it was not pretty...

chucksta1 · #8 01/06/2006, 11:56 AM

I had a red legged hermit crab get sucked into a power head. (it extracted him from the shell).. Bad crab pate.
I swear he must've taken a running start and used a snail for a springboard to get up high enough to get sucked in.

glxtrix · #9 01/06/2006, 12:22 PM

fortunately not yet with my saltwater friends, but I had a freshwater dwarf puffer be taken by an intake tube, I was devistated, I cant imagine what I would do if one of my saltwater fish died that way, I'ld prolly go comotose.

kbmdale · #10 01/06/2006, 12:46 PM

SUSHI!!!

Doug · #11 01/06/2006, 12:53 PM

I had a puffer that got caught up in a power head.

andynyc · #12 01/06/2006, 01:51 PM

My chocolate star that I had for over a year was found caught in my power head intake.

I was upset.

Rikko · #13 01/06/2006, 09:18 PM

I've seen several (not mine). There's really no excuse for not covering the intakes anymore.