Inside my emperor biowheel.
It swam against the current, over the biowheel and into the bottom of the intake side near the impeller. After spending the day staring at my tank looking for fish parts, looking under driftwood, and searching the house, I concluded that it got out of one of the small openings and my dog ate it. I was seriously upset. I kept looking in the filters and concluded no way. A couple times I thought I heard an unsual gush/splash sound near the tank over the course of the day. I took off the Emperor. The intake side drained immediately and I took off the tube. Searched the deep side, no luck, poured out every drop of water and was looking for body parts when I saw a wiggle in the bottom of the intake side. I had to pound the filter several times to get him out. He was without water for a bit of time. Then he put up quite a fight getting out of the bucket. This dude can jump! He's looking like his usual self now. I hope this doesn't become a habit!
Is this a common occurrence with loaches?
It swam against the current, over the biowheel and into the bottom of the intake side near the impeller. After spending the day staring at my tank looking for fish parts, looking under driftwood, and searching the house, I concluded that it got out of one of the small openings and my dog ate it. I was seriously upset. I kept looking in the filters and concluded no way. A couple times I thought I heard an unsual gush/splash sound near the tank over the course of the day. I took off the Emperor. The intake side drained immediately and I took off the tube. Searched the deep side, no luck, poured out every drop of water and was looking for body parts when I saw a wiggle in the bottom of the intake side. I had to pound the filter several times to get him out. He was without water for a bit of time. Then he put up quite a fight getting out of the bucket. This dude can jump! He's looking like his usual self now. I hope this doesn't become a habit!
Is this a common occurrence with loaches?