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End of my Favorite Fish

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Singlemalt

We had a BBQ on Sunday. I was in the yard with friends and my 13 yr old came out and said "there is some bad news". My Orange Spotted Rabbit Fish lost a battle with an eductor. Found him stuck headfirst in one of the holes that suck in extra water to increse the flow. My best guess is that he found a bit of hair algae to graze on and before he knew it got caught up in the suction.

Very sad - my first loss. It upset me more than I would have expected.
 
Phyl

Phyl

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Officer Emeritus
Sorry to hear about you losing your fish. They are beautiful fish.
 
JohnS_323

JohnS_323

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Sorry to hear that Lou. It's a shame losing your favorites like that.

I'm glad you posted this, though. I picked up a pair of those eductors a few weeks ago and have been dragging my feet about installing them. I think I may be glad that I waited.
 
mikem

mikem

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Sorry to hear this. I haven't ever lost my favorite fishes yet, but I can just imagine how you feel.
 
C

coralnut99

Sorry about the Rabbit Fish. Losing fish to stuff like that and carpet-surfing are tough to take. I removed my eductors a long time ago for this reason, and I'm dragging my feet on installing closed loops.
 
S

Singlemalt

Thanks to all - I guess it's an unavoidable downside to a great hobby.

I do like the Eductors though. I've been thinking about covering the killer holes with a mesh of some sort - maybe so of the wife's old pantyhose. I'm sure it would clog over time but it also be very simple to replace and I could keep my flow going.

Any ideas??

Lou
 
R

Rbu1

I would use that stuff that they do cross stich with. It is like a plastic material with a bunch of tiny little holes in it. Not sure what it is called.
 
S

Singlemalt

Excellent Idea!!!!!!!!!!! and beleive or not my wife does cross stitch and needle point. Wonder if she'll miss a small piece of backing.....?
 
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