Regular Member Deku Posted November 10, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 10, 2010 After reading a sad story on here about how a womans goldfish died by a freak accident when doing water changes. I was wondering. Could you seperate the goldfish when you do water changes? So that you dont harm em? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member ashlee18 Posted November 10, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 10, 2010 You could separate them but it could be more stressful to the fish. The best thing to do is keep an eye on them during water changes. Personally, my siphon isn't strong enough to kill my fish, even if they stop swimming against it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Deku Posted November 10, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 10, 2010 You could separate them but it could be more stressful to the fish. The best thing to do is keep an eye on them during water changes. Personally, my siphon isn't strong enough to kill my fish, even if they stop swimming against it. ahh ok then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted November 10, 2010 Admin Share Posted November 10, 2010 If you have a hose that is strong all you need to do is put a sponge on the end so that no fish can get sucked up, or put up a tank divider when doing a water change, just make sure it has slits so the water can pass through 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Cynders Posted November 11, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 11, 2010 Exactly, seriously don't over worry. It's on rare occassion, they will learn to swim to the other side of the tank when you bring in the hose. Although Soochi likes to play with it since it's not a strong pull.... What kind of Siphon do you have? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Hidr Posted November 11, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 11, 2010 I put a net on the end of mine to keep fish out of it. Only after I vacuum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jeana727 Posted November 11, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 11, 2010 I had it happen to a goldie years ago when I 1st got my Python! The Python is VERY powerful! You can NOT leave it unattended! I have a big tank and after cleaning really good, when doing a BIG water change it CAN be a little boring to hold the barrel. So I place it in a corner with net covering the intake. Then I sit right next to the tank. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted November 11, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 11, 2010 The best thing to prevent harm is to pay attention. My fish like following my hand so I gotta be careful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member redfish Posted November 11, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 11, 2010 Yes, just being very careful. Boog likes to "taste" and poop/dirt stirred up when I do a water change...heaven forbid he missed out on a potential morsel of food. So he swims around the vacuum, I'm just careful to steer it away from him. Once we have a larger tank and I go the Python route(siphon & bucket do for now) I will net the vacuum end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Deku Posted November 11, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 11, 2010 Exactly, seriously don't over worry. It's on rare occassion, they will learn to swim to the other side of the tank when you bring in the hose. Although Soochi likes to play with it since it's not a strong pull.... What kind of Siphon do you have? My friend gave it to m e. Though I wanna change syphons soon cause this one sucks it has the weakest pull ever. It doesnt even pull all the poop out. But Iam asking, cause when I used to work in a petstore I remember all the syphons I used and there was this one that pulled every little bit of fish poop out from the gravel, and right after it, itd be sparkly clean. It had a strong pull. Not strong enough that itd pulll the fish from the other side. but strong enough a fish cou ld get stuck there. I had a goldf ish get stuck there. The fish was small and thetube was very wide. It was made to prevent this kind of problem with SMALLER fish. But since sunny is a fatty he might get stuck. Which is why Iam afraid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jeana727 Posted November 14, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 14, 2010 Best advice...always cover the suction end with something. It is just too easy to look away for a second & boom a goldie is sucked in! I even use my Python as a regular siphon hose (NOT hooked to the sink) when cleaning & removing water and STILL the suction is extremely powerful!! (I only actually hook it to the faucet when refilling!) Best to err on the side of safety and cover those intake tubes! ((Gotta be careful when refilling TOO it is easy to run a tank over!! Nothing like the sound of a WATERFALL in your living room to bring you back to reality!!!!)) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member austinado16 Posted November 23, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 23, 2010 Mine also love to root around in the gravel next to the python. Never had a problem with them getting sucked into it and I actually do leave it unattended as it drains down the tank after I'm through vacuuming. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jeana727 Posted November 28, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 28, 2010 (edited) ANYTIME you leave it unattended be SURE to place a net over the barrel!! It is easy for a curious fish to get pulled in & the powerful suction can literally tear them open!!! The BEST thing is to ALWAYS be right there with it!!! Edited November 28, 2010 by Jeana727 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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