12 Volt Man's post disaster giant barb shots

[12 Volt Man]

Hey everyone, its been awhile since I have posted..

some of you may remember shots of my two giant lemon finned barbs (in a 90 soon to be 150).

well... the other day - disaster struck

one of the monsters jumped right through my glass top and two strip lights during the night..too late by morning.

the fish must have got spooked and hit the top with such force that it pushed up the peice of glass, sliding back one of the 4 foot lights (turning it on in the process) and made it out of the tank.

I could not believe it had I not seen it with my own eyes..

even with a full glass top (old style 3 peice) and two 4 foot lights on the tank, the monster fish made it out.

as luck would have it, my LFS had a few small ones in (about 4 inches) and I grabbed one. I would like to have grabbed all three, but a 4 inch barb will be 10 inches long in about 6 months the way these fish eat. I don't have the room for more than two until I relocate them to a monster tank..

so far, no problems with the monster 18 incher swimming with the little one..

 

[12 Volt Man]

a shot of the two fish I USED to have.. \

RIP big guy..

 

[12 Volt Man]

I feel bad now for not putting extra weight on top of the strip lights.

I never would have thought in my wildest dreams that a fish, even as big as they were, could get out of a full glass top with two big lights on it had I not seen it with my own eyes.

the middle piece did not break, surprisingly..

 

[alli13zeal]

Oh man.. I can't even imagine how much that would suck, that sounds rough. :shakehead: Good luck with the new guy

P.S. They are gorgeous

 

[rich311k]

Sorry for the loss. He was a handsome fish.

 

[12 Volt Man]

before and after shots.

the little guy has a LOOONNGGG way to go

I am going to put some books or something over the top as added insurance that the same thing does not happen again..

the one that is left is actually a bit bigger than the one that jumped..

before and after shots:

 

[12 Volt Man]

the glass peice with the suction cup is the one that the fish went up through...

 

[lferg]

That 90 looks TINY with those huge fish.

 

[lindsey crashed]

those guys rock.. where did you get them? ive seen them in the books, but couldnt find much when i went to research them... they are super cool. sorry you lost one.. :/

 

[12 Volt Man]

I got them from my LFS. they are actually hard to find in my area, since getting these ones as babies three years ago, I have only seen a tank of them one other time.

thats why I had to grab one while I could.

its sort of conicidental that a customer brought them in right at the time disaster struck, so I had to jump at the chance.

the timing will work out good, because by the time the new one is good sized, I will have my new place and new 6 foot tank..

so it should work out okay in the end I hope..