First fish vs power head

[jason604]

So I turned of my pumps/power heads to to feed my tank and didnt realise this little bugger found his way into my power head and turned it on!!! I quickly turned it off right away when I saw something colorful in the power head. It was my very first fish tht I got 4 days ago!!! I quickly opened the power head n he bolted out but I did get a good look at him n he looked pretty beat up. But I didn't see any blood or parts missing. He's now just hiding in one of my live rock but seems alive for now. Should I take him out n use melafix on him in a seperate tank or let him be? Here is a pic of him in all his glory!

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[kien]

So I turned of my pumps/power heads to to feed my tank and didnt realise this little bugger found his way into my power head and turned it on!!! I quickly turned it off right away when I saw something colorful in the power head. It was my very first fish tht I got 4 days ago!!! I quickly opened the power head n he bolted out but I did get a good look at him n he looked pretty beat up. But I didn't see any blood or parts missing. He's now just hiding in one of my live rock but seems alive for now. Should I take him out n use melafix on him in a seperate tank or let him be? Here is a pic of him in all his glory!

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That's very common, sadly.. Did your powerhead not come with a grill to cover the front? Also, is there a specific need for you to shut off your powerhead during feeding?

[jason604]

Yes it did come with a grill but I guess the fish was able to slip through it somehow. I turn odd my power head cuz it was blowing the brine shrimp food everywhere and I was thinking the snails crabs and shrimps were not able to catch it floating around in the water.

[allie_san]

Yes it did come with a grill but I guess the fish was able to slip through it somehow. I turn odd my power head cuz it was blowing the brine shrimp food everywhere and I was thinking the snails crabs and shrimps were not able to catch it floating around in the water.

As soon as my powerheads go off my blenny is right inside them eating the algae.. I'm afraid one day I might forget he's in there.
I've been finding letting it the food blow all over gets the fish in eating mode.. Screw the crabs, they'll find food. Even my jawfish comes out of his burrow and all the way across the tank now. Hehe

[ckmullin]

Sounds like the little guy is just freaked out...I'm sure it'll survive.

Reminds me of that old joke...Whats red and white 100 mph... A frog in a blender.
(never said it was a good joke! lol)

[jason604]

I found him now hiding under a rock seems like each time he moves away from the rock he just keeps on spinning and rotating in a odd way that fishes don't do. I was able to catch a few pics. Should I put him out of his misery? Quarantine n medicate? Or let him be. I can't really tell but It may look like he's missing a piece of meat from his belly. Poor guy

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[Dearth]

If you have a quarantine tank I'd put it in there to see if it will heal

[ckmullin]

wow....looks like he is hurt. are there noticeable spots on the skin which look red as if bruised?

[jason604]

He didn't make it. Went to fishy heaven now =( after taking out his corpse there was a chunk of meat missing from his belly. MAKE SURE YOU GUYS CHECK UR POWERHEADS BEFORE STARTING IT!!! Don't want this to happen again!

[slakker]

One of the reasons why I never turn off pumps or powerheads when feeding...

[Dearth]

Only time I ever shut off the pumps or power heads is for cleaning them otherwise they always run.

Don't worry about your crabs and snails they will always find stuff to eat

[gregzz4]

Same here
I never turn off my powerheads other than for cleaning

The food will spread around well enough for everyone to find some with the powerheads on

Vortech and Tunze controlled units have a feed mode, but I never turn down my MP10s. It gives everyone a workout chasing the food

Sorry about your fish :sad:
Hate to say it, but it probably won't be your last loss. I've been at this for under a year and have lost 4 already. It's just part of the hobby :wink:

[jason604]

I also turn it off because the food just gets brought down to my sump through the overflow if I don't turn off my return pump

[Ginu]

I normally just hit the standby mode on my reef keeper and radions which puts the mp10's in feed mode and seems to work really well for me. Reason why I turn the return pump off is so the food doesn't get sucked in the sump, and at the same time the reefkeeper also shuts off the skimmer (flooding issues) and shuts of the ato so the alarm doesn't get tripped from all.the water in the sump... Walk away and 10 min later it all turns on automatically.

I never turn the mp10's pumps completely off though.