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Please cover your pumps
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:30 am
by j_wishbone
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!!!
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:34 am
by PolishPuff
WOW
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:45 am
by j_wishbone
it really sucked man!!! =(
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:09 am
by jus85411
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.
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:44 am
by Pufferpunk
Same thing happened to a SAP but I found it caught in the impeller.
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:47 am
by Ajepalmer
Pufferpunk wrote:Same thing happened to a SAP but I found it caught in the impeller.
Awww sorry PP
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 7:00 pm
by j_wishbone
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....
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 8:03 pm
by J-P
that is too bad
Welcome to the school of hard knox ...
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 8:19 pm
by SammyDee
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 3:23 pm
by L!$A
I'm so sorry for your loss
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:37 pm
by j_wishbone
thanks .. thats one way to learn from your mistakes?!
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:53 pm
by J-P
ohhh you are going to make a lot more... the best is to learn from other ppl's mistakes
which = READ READ READ!!
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:57 pm
by j_wishbone
thats true JP... couldnt agree more
just unfortunate that along the way .. some of the fishes suffer!!!
Re: Please cover your pumps
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 10:10 pm
by J-P
thus like BBQ ... low and slow
know what you are getting into before you go there
It takes a while but education is your best weapon
VERY rarely is anyone in a unique situation... most have done that or tried that. A search is a good tool, so is asking the question