S.O.S.!!!! Fish stuck in overflow PIPES!!

[wetpetz]

About 10 minutes ago a chromis went in the overflow weir and somehow got sucked up the quarter inch gap into the pipes and is now somewhere in the plumbing!
He's causing a lot of problems right now and I need any ideas on how to get him out, dead or alive honestly at this point I realize the former is more likely, but it just really needs to happen ASAP.
All suggestions are welcomed!!

Sincerely,

stuck wetpetz

Edit: 10 minutes ago = 3:37a.m. PST on Friday, April 26, 2019****

 

[CNDReef]

If you can ,turn off the return and take the plumbing apart.
If you still can’t get to him try some RO tubing to push him through.

 

[homer1475]

Depending on your plumbing, my guess would be a gate and/or ball valve.

When one of my fish went for a ride, I have a gate valve right before my full siphon enters the sump. It's where I found my starry blenny. He was a little bit torn up, but made a full recovery. I now put a strainer on my overflow pipes so this cannot happen again if a fish makes it into the overflow.

 

[wetpetz]

Pipes coming apart is not feasible at the moment, but R.O. tubing is a super decent idea... thank youuuuu!!

 

[Maacc]

If you ever can work on your plumbing, making every valve a true union and adding some additional union's really helps for this and to clean out inevitable bio growth long term. Also, as said above, a strainer is a really good thing.b
Good luck, I hope you get him out.

 

[MichaelClark55]

Here's the fix, cheap plastic gutter guard and zip ties

 

[vetteguy53081]

At worse, you may have to cut the plumbing to free it and add a simple UNION or connecter as it is called to put the pipe right back together