Powerhead ate my pipefish

Paul B · May 15, 2014

I can't believe how stupid I am. Well, yes I can. I have been having a problem losing pipefish for a long time and I couldn't figure out why.
But I did now and I should have realized it which is driving me crazy because I usually see these potential problems. The problem started a couple of years ago when I changed from my ancient 25+ year old powerheads and started using Korilla's. The pumps are fine but they have a bunch of long slots on the sides where the water enters to be pumped out by the propeller.
That slot is the same diameter as most pipefish and pipefish not being the tuna's of the sea, can't pull free once they get stuck in a slot.
Now I think I solved the problem as I glued these acrylic bands around the powerhead. This one is done and I will now do the other one. I still have my dragon faced pipefish but if I had not seen this, He would be toast, or at least pipefish gel.
Now I am trying to get a few more pipefish but of course no one has any. :smokin:

revhtree · May 15, 2014

Dang sorry Paul!

Paul B · May 15, 2014

Not as sorry as the pipefish. I loved that fish. He was like family. :hat:

Naiad · May 15, 2014

Glad you caught it before it got the dragon face at least :'(. I have lost several fish to power heads when I put them on a controler. The fish liked to use the off power head as a bed at night and you can guess the rest. Now I manually turn them on and off after giving the remaining fish a wakeup boot.