cherrybarbboi

hi, a about 2 months ago one of my fish got stuck to my filter and a few days later passed away (had it not been for one of its tank mates -who whenever she got near the filter would get inbetween her and the filter and also helped her stay a float by supporting her very gently-she would not have lasted tht long). to solve this problem me and mi father put PVC pipe around the filter and drilled holes in it so tht stuff could get thru and be sucked into the filter. it has worked quite well since the pull of it is not strong enough to get one of mi fish stuck to the filter. mi question is: do fish get stuck to filters often?

Chrisson

I never had experience with fish getting stuck to filters but when my fish gets to close it quickly swims away.

cherrybarbboi

i also saw at the fish store oncde tht an african dwarf frog and fish were both stuck to the filter at tht certain tank

Lucy

Normally, healthy fish won't get stuck. If they get stuck, it's usually because they're sick or weak.
Your dad had a good idea. You could also have attached a peice of filter floss to the intake.

cherrybarbboi

kay ty for the advice ( : i just wonder why she wuz weak bc in the morning i woke up and went to mi tank and couldnt find her bc shes a marble mollie so she blends in pretty well with the filter which is black and thn i saw her stuck to the filter and we turned the filter off and she swam off thn we turned it back on and in 3 days we found her dead at the bottom of the tank when i woke up i loved tht fish and i miss her but i have other rele good fish which i love 2 so im okay (as u can probley tell i love fish ingeneral and say tht i love thm a lot lol)

Lucy

You can type out the whole word, we don't charge per letter and some of us old people have a hard time reading when letters are omitted.

cherrybarbboi

laugh out loud i will sorry

Lucy

lol, is one that we understand. I should have been more specific, and said text speak is hard to read for some.

cherrybarbboi

ohh okay i do text a lot so that would explain why i shorten words i just hope i dont do that on my next text in september lol

Lucy

Especially not a spelling test.

cherrybarbboi

i did do well in english last semester or quarter or whatever but we never had a spelling test so i didnt really get tested on spelling but hopfully that is the same this next year

Tony G.

lol sometimes when i cant read something i say it out loud haha it sure helps ...rofl, reminds me of that one time we talked about age.. lol

cherrybarbboi

i love using texting language its awesome roflol (which to all u ppl who dont know wut roflol means it means roll on floor laughing out loud) lol

Tony G.

hahahahahahaah i didnt know that one i use text language on msn only its kinda hard sometimes like the other day i was talking to my couzin and i was like haguaryu and she´s like gudgudfhank u lol
smiley to whoever can figure that one out

Lucy

On a forum such as this where you're asking for advice or giving it, we ask you to refrain from text spek.
You're threads will be more apt to be read and responded too.

Here's a sticky about it.
Please type in English!

Tony G.

apt... appartment? appropriate?

lol

Lucy

Apt, defined as likely, inclined.

More likely to be repsonded to.

Tony G.

lol i still dont get it