Killed my new Snowflake

[Steverd]

I feel so bad, I had this guy for just a few hours, I got a pair in and they where very small.
I couldn't find him, though he was hiding in the rocks,
So about 4 hours later, I still can't find him and look in my Glass Hole overflow,
and there he is wedged in the overflow box between the side and filter material.
I turned off all pumps, remove the filter material and he goes down the drain
into the sump. He was swimming a little sideways, so I put him in the refugium
and a few minutes late - DEAD - Sorry little guy.

My return pump is only on ECO mode.
Do you think he just got to close to the overflow?

I just put netting around the overflow box - *sigh* -
I hope this prevents the other clowfish from going down the overflow.
Has only one else have this horrible experience?

 

[PDR]

Sorry to hear that :( I wouldn't think a healthy fish could get caught up against the overflow like that...

 

[Steverd]

Sorry to hear that :( I wouldn't think a healthy fish could get caught up against the overflow like that...

Thank you, I didn't think so either, I had the return flow as low as I could set it (ECO mode).
Only in the tank a few hours, was he lost? Has he never see an other flow before?
Sad Day.

 

[ca1ore]

Eels, particularly small ones, are really good at getting themselves tangled up. They don’t see well, using smell to find food. Overflow mesh like that will collect good smelling stuff (if you’re an eel) and they’ll get tangled up. I’ve mostly given up on eels. They’re always funding their way into places you don’t want them, and either grow too large and start eating other fish or hiding such that you never see them. I have a 30” zebra and you’d never know except when I feed it at night every week.

 

[Katrina71]

I'm very sorry :(