FYI: What could happen if you put a dumb platy and a CO2 bell in the same tank...

[Starry]

My stupid platy with his little fishy brain (really, I love my platies like other people love their dogs) went into my new CO2 bell from underneath and obviously couldn't remember how he got in. When I found him he was just floating there, not even moving. I lifted the bell a bit, he still wouldn't move. Finally he realized what was going on and slowly swam out. Have you even seen a fish woozy from CO2? Really, it's funny. He was swimming all wobbly and slow. He's recovered now, these guys have to be the most resilient fish in the world (by now it's common knowledge in this forum how often I have to move my fish).

The moral of the story: You'll know if your CO2 conc is too high if you have a bunch of fish looking like they smoked up! :)

[corvettekid82]

LOL glad he was OK. Maybe you could put a piece of plastic screen over the bottom to prevent them from wandering in there.
CO2 concentration is a hard thing to get constant. I just now found the trick to get my DIY setup to stay at 21ppm on a 46 gallon tank. I have 2 bottles of jello co2 running with 1/4 teaspoon yeast in them. They go into a powerhead and I wasnt getting much more than 8ppm of co2 in the tank. The trick was to slow my HOB filter to a trickle to get the surface agitation down. What a differance that made.. it shot right up to 21ppm in 2 days.
The sad thing: after all the fun in making my jello bottles.. I've been forced to eat a diet consisting only of it. 4 wisdom teeth 'extracted' will do that to you. 2 of them were impacted. :o
This is day #3 of no solid foods...

[Booswalia]

I've had to dig a swordtail out of my Hagen ladder 3 times now.

Maybe corvettekid would like a little Co2 with that jello. ;)

[Tim Bo]

I can relate to that too. I have a female Ram in a 12 gallon that seems to enjoy taking a peak inside the bell as well. She's gotten suck a couple times but has shown no signs of wooziness as of yet...

[tricksterpup]

I had an angel that got curious when i was syphoning water out of the thank. Next thing i knew, i had an angel in the tube.. well he didnt make it.
jim

[beviking]

CO2 is used to slow fish down at fish hatcheries and research institutions for marking and/or tagging them. Just run an airstone from a bottle of CO2 and they're out in minutes.

[Starry]

Originally posted by tricksterpup
I had an angel that got curious when i was syphoning water out of the thank. Next thing i knew, i had an angel in the tube.. well he didnt make it.
jim

Awww that's so sad! This was supposed to be funny thread! I'm very careful cleaning as well, cause I use normal thin airline tubing to siphon up stuff and get water out (it's a 10 gal, it's entirely possible). I usually don't find my fry until they're a few weeks old, so I have to be really careful as to what I'm siphoning up, and I always double check the bucket before I dump it.

On a similar note: My boyfriend was cleaning his 2-gal hex by the sink with 2 platy fry in it. He was siphoning straight into the sink, and guess where one of the fry ended up? Surprisingly, he made it back into the tank alive. I just really can't picture a guy, with their big clumsy hands, trying to pick up a 1-cm fry. Then again, the poor thing never made it to adulthood, so maybe there's my answer....

[cpr4cpu]

platties in the CO2 bell? If I could fit, I'd be in there with him!
Nothing like a good asphyxia high to make your day.

[Starry]

Originally posted by cpr4cpu
platties in the CO2 bell? If I could fit, I'd be in there with him!
Nothing like a good asphyxia high to make your day.

LOL. You don't think it's possible for them to get addicted, do you?