hOW LONG HAS A FISHED LIVE IN YOUR OVERFLOW?

[JARRETT SHARK]

I just found my clown that i bought 5 months ago. Thought he died but today saw him swimming and eating, why he never made it to the filter sock like the other 10 fish i found dead in there due to much water flow. The problem is he is so fast and with two pipes a net does not fit easy in there, so i guess thats his new home

 

[THEDLO]

My uncle had a wrasse live back there for over 2 months. We thought it was dead so didn't bother looking till one day while doing maintenance it jump out and landed miraculously in the tank.

 

[DaddyReefer13]

I have had my chromis there for over 6 months and a midas blenny for a couple of months

 

[Jim]

+1 I had a wrasse living in my overflow for at least 3 weeks. I had to drain the overflow to get him out and found a serpent star that was missing for at least 3 months and was twice the size.

 

[nanchil]

I had my wrasse for over 2 months in the overflow....

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

I guess they eat left overs

 

[roc5288]

I just found my clown that i bought 5 months ago. Thought he died but today saw him swimming and eating, why he never made it to the filter sock like the other 10 fish i found dead in there due to much water flow. The problem is he is so fast and with two pipes a net does not fit easy in there, so i guess thats his new home

Can you cover your overflow ?

 

[masterswimmer]

I just found my clown that i bought 5 months ago. Thought he died but today saw him swimming and eating, why he never made it to the filter sock like the other 10 fish i found dead in there due to much water flow. The problem is he is so fast and with two pipes a net does not fit easy in there, so i guess thats his new home

New home?? Is the 'old home' cutoff six months?? lol

I'm stunned at the replies to your question about how long people have had fish living in their overflow. Apparently reefers with long term 'resumes' are skipping over this thread. I've had fish (and seen fish) living in overflows for so many YEARS that they were forgotten about so long ago that when breaking down the tank the reefer completely forgot where the fish even came from.

Years and years and years are possible. Obviously not the ideal home, especially for a fish that can grow large. Small fish there is no limit on how long.

swimmer

 

[DrHarryLopez]

I guess I better ck my overflow, but i don't know how i'm gonna do it.....,

 

[Chraddam]

I had a 4" female ocelaris living in one of my nanocube baffles for about 4 weeks, I was sure one of the cats got to her and ate her!!! Forced me to put a door on my(previously open) canopy!!!

 

[Ben251]

I had some wrasses and gobies in there for about 6 months... and had a tiger pistol shrimp living in the sump for about 1.5 years, saw him and got him out last week!! shrimp is almost bigger than my thumb now...

 

[TaboutMoney]

new home? that sucks for the clown =/

 

[oonycxwilloo]

You guys are lucky.. just last week I had my blue spot jaw jump in my over flow and went down the drain and straight into the my nac7.

Skimmer stopped working so I checked the skimmer pump, what do ya know? See a dead jawfish in there.

Doesn't stop here though...

(same day, just a couple hours later)

Had my golden moray do the same smart move as the jawfish.. Lost 2 creatures in 1 day...

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

that sucks Will , they did the follow the leader game

 

[marrone]

It depends on the fish and the size of the overflow. Some fish will actually do very well in the overflow, as there are usually plenty of things to eat in there and the pipes will give it protection and hiding spaces.

 

[Mattl22]

My over flow is takes up a lot of space wAs thinking of throwing some cheto in there ??

 

[KathyC]

I had a Flame Wrasse in one for about 6 months. I'd just feed him in there, did finally get him out

My Yellowtail Coris also went in..but manged to get him back out after a fairly short time period or he'd be dead by now.

I'm working on a solution to cover the overflows...my next reef tank invention

 

[125reefer]

i built cover using plstic and mesh.if i need to suck out nd lying debris i cn just lift it up.

 

[JavyJaverson]

i had a wrasse live in the overflow for about 2 years or so. It was my first fish only tank and i bought a wrasse not knowing about their jumping abilities. One day he went missing and i assumed he died and was under the rocks or something. Anyway, the tank was up for about 2 years after that before i broke it down and found the wrasse. Amazing to say the least. One thing though, back then i used to keep a sponge on my drain pipe so thats how he avoided being sucked in.

 

[Mattl22]

Anybody growing cheto in there over flow?