Weird, and scary

King Chubs

King Chubs

Chubs, Mogh, Appolo and, Sherlock
Feb 20, 2006
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I was looking at my tank last night, just chilling out, something I'm sure all of you love to do, when I realized one of my Black Mollies was missing. I looked all over the tank, trying to figure out where he could be. Then I saw him, suctioned to the mouth of the filter. I quickly stuck my hand in and peeled him off. He looked like he was finnished. He actually had indents in the side of him, pretty deep to. He looked weak to start with, then he started to swim, and today he seems to be doing great, still a little sketchy though. Just wanted to share my first little weird fish moment with everyone.
 
You want to know something freaking scary! It hadn't even been 24 hours since I got my stingray and I came home from church and found him suctioned to the bottom of the power head. It was at the top and I didn't think he would go up that high, and I had not had time to put a sponge on it yet. I quick shut the pump off and he had a ring imprint and he started to bleed a little. Let me tell you I flipped out. He survived it and the ring went mostly away with time. I learned a lesson from that one.
 
Roan Art said:
If your fish got stuck to your filter, then your fish is sick. A healthy fish will not get sucked into a filter like that.

Roan
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well i think it had more to do with the fact it was a tiny black molly and the filter is pretty powerful....he is doing fine now (the fish of course)
 
I have had fish before that were seemingly healthy to get stuck on a filter.
Once in a while I have one that seems to be committing suicide. I rescue it, and behold a week later he is at it again. :duh: Some of them just dont seem to have any sense to them.
but for the most part the fish that I have found stuck had something wrong with them, or where old, weak, ect. I have had smaller fish or fry sucked up though...I guess they get too close and before they realize they are gone...
 
I have never had a fish get sucked in my the filter, but I have had one get sucked in by the siphoner. Luckily, he was alright. Now i make sure i am really careful when I do water changes.
 
Peanutsweet said:
I have had fish before that were seemingly healthy to get stuck on a filter.
Once in a while I have one that seems to be committing suicide. I rescue it, and behold a week later he is at it again. :duh: Some of them just dont seem to have any sense to them.
but for the most part the fish that I have found stuck had something wrong with them, or where old, weak, ect. I have had smaller fish or fry sucked up though...I guess they get too close and before they realize they are gone...
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I agree a healthy fish can get stuck. You never know when a fish may be running after one another, and not paying attention to where they are going. Fish may also try to pick food off of a flitter. I always keep nylon stocking over my intake just in case.
 
If you check the other posts from the original poster you'll find that this is a new tank that does not appear to be cycled yet, nor do I think that the Chubs are monitoring the situation. Chances are that the fish are, indeed, sick. Probably very sick.

Unless they are fry or seriously injured in some manner or you are running a filter that is way too powerful for your tank, healthy fish do not get stuck to filters.

Seriously. We've discussed this issue several times in here before:

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62856&highlight=filter+stuck+healthy
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64027&highlight=filters+stuck+healthy


Roan
 
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I too have had otherwise healthy fish get stuck to a filter, especially flat bodied or small fish, like gourami (flat body) and neon tetra (small). Its rare but it happens sometimes. I think it happens when they are "sleeping" and drift into it. Most of the time they wiggle free, but others, they need a little help to get free. After which, they are usually fine again once they have time to "swim it off". =P
 
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