I have some kind of cold and have lost my voice along with a fever and the usually cold symptoms. :sick: I still need to keep up with my tank duties so I went down to clean the pre-filter for both filters. I took off the pre-filter and guard from the canister and washed them out really well then decided to prune some plants and re-position the filter outlet tube. After I was done I started the filter and was adjusting the outlet when I looked down and saw the filter guard and pre-filter on the shelf. 
I reached in to the tank to attach it and watched in horror as a small cory was sucked in! My first instinct was to stick my finger over the inlet which resulted in a loud "thunk" so I grabbed the cord and yanked it out of the wall. I quickly stripped the filter down and found a confused but healthy cory swimming around next to the media baskets!!
Since the filter was apart I did a nice cleaning and put it back together before I moved on to my next task... moving 2 discus and 3 clown loaches from QT to the big tank. The discus were easy to handle since they tend to hide near the filter but when I went to move the clowns I only found one. I know they are awesome jumpers but I couldn't imagine they took off while I was catching the other fish, I thought I had seen them a little earlier in the day but was not sure. I decided to empty the driftwood/plants (barebottom tank) and caught the one loach, I was about to start looking for them behind the tank when something caught my eye... 2 loaches about 1" away from my foot!!! They were hiding in a piece of the driftwood and decided to bail out onto the heated tile floor!! I tried to scoop them into the net but as we all know they are slimy as can be so I was forced to "roll" them into the net. I was really concerned but they are 100% fine after an hour in their new home. :clap:
I reached in to the tank to attach it and watched in horror as a small cory was sucked in! My first instinct was to stick my finger over the inlet which resulted in a loud "thunk" so I grabbed the cord and yanked it out of the wall. I quickly stripped the filter down and found a confused but healthy cory swimming around next to the media baskets!! Since the filter was apart I did a nice cleaning and put it back together before I moved on to my next task... moving 2 discus and 3 clown loaches from QT to the big tank. The discus were easy to handle since they tend to hide near the filter but when I went to move the clowns I only found one. I know they are awesome jumpers but I couldn't imagine they took off while I was catching the other fish, I thought I had seen them a little earlier in the day but was not sure. I decided to empty the driftwood/plants (barebottom tank) and caught the one loach, I was about to start looking for them behind the tank when something caught my eye... 2 loaches about 1" away from my foot!!! They were hiding in a piece of the driftwood and decided to bail out onto the heated tile floor!! I tried to scoop them into the net but as we all know they are slimy as can be so I was forced to "roll" them into the net. I was really concerned but they are 100% fine after an hour in their new home. :clap:
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