Guys, i have a fish emergency

[Lavey29]

My fang blenny is stuck in my return line. The pic below shows where he is. My pump os off. I need to remove the soft hose tp free him but how much water will come out of the tank?

Can my sump handle it?

Please advise

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Once the water falls below the drain vents in your tank it will no longer drain into the sump. So just below the drain vent slots is where the water will settle. It may be too much for your sump but I would just put some towels on the floor and get the poor guy out.

 

[Jeffcb]

My fang blenny is stuck in my return line. The pic below shows where he is. My pump os off. I need to remove the soft hose tp free him but how much water will come out of the tank?

Can my sump handle it?

Please advise

You may try removing some of the sump water first. Set it aside and return it after rescue.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

And then you can know how much to fill your sump so if ever you have a power outage your floors won’t get wet. A finely tuned sump should be able to accommodate any water above the drain vents.

 

[GoneReefin]

It looks like you’re on a reefer G2. If the water is just flowing over the baffle into the return pump you’ll have enough room. It is good to know this ahead of time for power outages though

 

[Derrick0580]

Bend your return elbow up above the water line so it can’t suck anymore water in. Have you tried just turning the pump on and pushing him back out the old fashioned way?

 

[Lavey29]

Ok am I better to siphon the water out of the main tank into some buckets first?

 

[Lavey29]

Bend your return elbow up above the water line so it can’t suck anymore water in. Have you tried just turning the pump on and pushing him back out the old fashioned way?

I didn't think about this can he go backwards or you thing he will fight it. He is nose down towards the sump

 

[Chrisv.]

If it does look like it will overflow, consider this a freebie. A power failure when you are not home would be a catastrophe. Worth fixing your sump situation if this is the case.

Regarding your fish, I've heard of this species swimming into return lines before, but never like this.

I'm a little worried that you will drain the water from the hose and he will refuse to leave the empty hose. Hopefully not.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

I wouldn’t recommend using the pump to get him out. It may be too much for him.

 

[Lavey29]

If it does look like it will overflow, consider this a freebie. A power failure when you are not home would be a catastrophe. Worth fixing your sump situation if this is the case.

Regarding your fish, I've heard of this species swimming into return lines before, but never like this.

I'm a little worried that you will drain the water from the hose and he will refuse to leave the empty hose. Hopefully not.

I thought it might siphon him down to the sump

 

[jabberwock]

I didn't think about this can he go backwards or you thing he will fight it. He is nose down towards the sump

Fish don't like to go backwards...

Edited - I forgot to wish you luck. Act as fast as is reasonable.

 

[Chrisv.]

I thought it might siphon him down to the sump

Hope so!

 

[Derrick0580]

You might look into duck bill return nozzles to prevent this in the future!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Act quick - Loosen clamp. . . Pull hose with a net waiting below to allow fish to fall in net and reconnect hose

 

[Lavey29]

This isvwhy I named him Evil Knevil

 

[Lavey29]

He would not come out at the bottom so I reconnected and turned pump back on. He rode the wave back up to his hidey hole

 

[Lavey29]

Thanks so much to everyone who responded

 

[Sean Clark]

I had a dragonete do this before. I don't know how long it was in there but it was ok after removal.

 

[jabberwock]

He would not come out at the bottom so I reconnected and turned pump back on. He rode the wave back up to his hidey hole

Whew... Glad it worked out!