Almost Lost My Yellow Tang Today

[nycitaliano9]

MY AQUA CLEAR 70 FILTER SUCKED UP MY FISH GOOD THING I SAW HIM AND SHUT IT OFF but im worried he is not going to make it.......................................................HE DIDNT MAKE IT RIP YELLOW TANG

 

[Tonyscoots84]

lolz... we all i think we all think the same way nyc....

good luck to ur tang.... wish it the best...

 

[nycitaliano9]

Is There Anything I Can Do To Help Him. I Feel So Mad About This I Should Have Left The Quick Filter Part But I Took It Off Thinking It Would Be Ok Since My Fish Are Big. I PUT SOME STRESS COAT in anything else i can do.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

mike i know you said the sponge thing looks huge on the powerhead but if it will keep your fish alive i would put it on for now.

i wasn't able to find that impeller for you.

 

[nycitaliano9]

My Yellow Tang Has A Half A Circle On His Body From The Powerhead He I Breathing Heavy What Should I Do With Him He Is Swimming Around But Looks Hurt.

 

[Reef Lover]

Leave him alone in the tank. You don't want to do anything to stress him out. I would add garlic to the water to make sure that he will continue to eat, and also add selcon. It has fatty acids, so he won't loss weight if he becomes a picky eater and it also has vitamin c to help the fish when they are ill or damaged.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

same thing happened to my angel but he was pretty much a goner. i hope your yellow tang pulls thru.

 

[nycitaliano9]

I hope so too he got a big hicky now

 

[fritz]

He should be ok. Fish get bit on the side all the time. FT has had a Kole Tang that got chewed up on his side and he's healing nicely. If a tang can heal in a FT tank, it should be fine in yours.

 

[nycitaliano9]

Thanks You Give Me Hope

 

[Chris5]

WOW sounds like what happened to me was on the board one day and turned around to see my YT stuck to the bottom of the power head right by his eye OMG, quickly shut it down put some stress coat in and left him alone, his eye was buldging for like 2 days, felt real bad but eventually he pulled through it was just swelling i guess and it subsided :flower:.....

Good luck with your YT...

 

[Tonyscoots84]

my clown actually died recently from a powerhead incident... i dont leave the intakes uncovered anymore....

 

[masterswimmer]

nyc, sorry to hear about your accident. Hope he pulls through.

swimmer

 

[nycitaliano9]

Thanks Everybody Im Sure The Little Guy Will Be Ok

 

[glipper69]

don't take this the wrong way, but it sounds like you should start buying better equipment; if you can swing it.

peace,
Frank

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Wish all the best for the fish to recover ASAP


Signhhhhh....So many poorly design equipment out there and users are so poorly aware of the danger! We should really start an equipment safety thread for live stock.

 

[barebucta]

Yea sounds familiar, I have the same 802 you're tallking about had a lawnmower blenny that was a little to curious. Didn't see him for a couple of days until I seen his tail sticking out of the power head. That's all she wrote.......he looked like mush.....I had to flush him.:frown:

 

[nycitaliano9]

Rip To My Yellow Tang I Got Home And My Fish And Crabs Were Eating Him.

 

[PalmTree]

RIP :frown: