Background:
Drove down to Florida to get 2 Orange Spotted Filefish that were thriving for 2 years in captivity.
Since then, I've added 2 more OSFs. Both went through strick quarantine and are eating well and fattening up.
About a month ago, one of Florida OSFs (female) had what I thought was a freak accident. In the morning, it was eating and swimming like normal. I had my back to the tank working for a couple of hours. I went to feed the fish and the female OSF from FI was head first in a powerhead where it sucks in water. I stopped the powerhead removed the fish. There was no physical damage to the fish, but it was no longer breathing. I chalked this up to freak accident.
Fast forward to today, and the male OSF from FI did almost the same thing. Only difference was it was just up against that same powerhead and I caught it much earlier after feeding. While it's still breathing, it's completely unresponsive. I have it in an in tank acclimation box to see if it will recover. This is my fattest dominant male that eats like crazy.
It's my understanding that heathy fish shouldn't have any issues with powerheads.
This is a 108gal tank and the offending powerhead was an Octopulse 2.
I also have Blue Striped Pipefish that have no issues with that powerhead.
@Jay Hemdal Any thoughts?
Drove down to Florida to get 2 Orange Spotted Filefish that were thriving for 2 years in captivity.
Since then, I've added 2 more OSFs. Both went through strick quarantine and are eating well and fattening up.
About a month ago, one of Florida OSFs (female) had what I thought was a freak accident. In the morning, it was eating and swimming like normal. I had my back to the tank working for a couple of hours. I went to feed the fish and the female OSF from FI was head first in a powerhead where it sucks in water. I stopped the powerhead removed the fish. There was no physical damage to the fish, but it was no longer breathing. I chalked this up to freak accident.
Fast forward to today, and the male OSF from FI did almost the same thing. Only difference was it was just up against that same powerhead and I caught it much earlier after feeding. While it's still breathing, it's completely unresponsive. I have it in an in tank acclimation box to see if it will recover. This is my fattest dominant male that eats like crazy.
It's my understanding that heathy fish shouldn't have any issues with powerheads.
This is a 108gal tank and the offending powerhead was an Octopulse 2.
Reef Octopus Octo Pulse 2 Flow Pump (Pump Only)
PUMP ONLYMax Flow: 1,600gph | 5~10watts | 20 - 80+ gallonsApplicable for glass or acrylic aquariums up to 1/2 in.
www.coralvue.com
I also have Blue Striped Pipefish that have no issues with that powerhead.
@Jay Hemdal Any thoughts?