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j_wishbone
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Please cover your pumps

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Guys

Listen to the other guys on the forum that said cover the pumps as it could suck the puffer in....

well.. after coming back to holidays.. I come home to this

I should have done something about it before.. but I didnt think that he would fit in????

so p!ssed about that.. no one else to blame but myself!!!

just needed to vent my frustrations....

Arrrrggh!!!
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WOW :rip:
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it really sucked man!!! =(
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i had a F8 get into my filter intake tube because the end of it must not have been tight somehow and fell off. filter ran dry, i went over to unplug it and take the intake tube off. i took it offand i saw my F8 puffer exactly like yours above in the pics. i put his end of the tube in the water and blew into the other end and he propelled out. fortunately i caught this before it was too late(he was really close to the impellor) and he immediately went down to the sand to recover and still is fine to this day. its been just over a year since that happened. he still has marks on his sides though from the tubing being so tight on him and he probably tried to puff up.
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Same thing happened to a SAP but I found it caught in the impeller. :(
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Pufferpunk wrote:Same thing happened to a SAP but I found it caught in the impeller. :(
Awww sorry PP
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sneaky little buggas thats why.. =(

and i thought his body was size was too fat..

but it actually squeezed through the hole??


so ive missed estimated his size too....
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that is too bad :(

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:(
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I'm so sorry for your loss :(
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thanks .. thats one way to learn from your mistakes?!
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ohhh you are going to make a lot more... the best is to learn from other ppl's mistakes ;) which = READ READ READ!!
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thats true JP... couldnt agree more

just unfortunate that along the way .. some of the fishes suffer!!!
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thus like BBQ ... low and slow ;)

know what you are getting into before you go there :D It takes a while but education is your best weapon :)

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