Today's tank maintenance did not go as planned

[SeahorseKeeper]

I figured that I would do some tank maintenance today since I was off from work. Well, it seems I probably should have not done the maintenance and enjoyed my day off. I somehow managed to knock my dry side of an MP10 into my fresh batch of saltwater. The MP10 was in the water for like 5 seconds. I got it out right away. I'm not sure if there is any hope for it.

Then, I discovered that my female black and white clown hates me. If my arm was in the tank, it would repeatedly bite me even when I was nowhere near her anemone. I was doing some work around the top of the tank and the fish would spit water at me. Finally, the clown leaped out of the tank and landed in my shirt. It was STILL biting me when I got it out of my shirt. It did this routine twice. Now anytime I go near the tank, the clown goes berserk when I go near the tank. If someone else goes near the tank, it just stays in its anemone.

Here is a pic of the clown:

Please share your stories of maintenance gone wrong.

 

[PaulKreider]

Lol my larger female perc hates it when im messing around with her "cornor" of the tank, always nips at my hand!

 

[Dana]

Yup my black clown hates when I put my hand in there. She goes after me big time. I guess she's a libra and just doesn't like cleaning

 

[jgraz]

What did you do with the dryside? There are lots of tricks for drying them out but I would get it into a container covered with rice. and right into the fridge. Both will help to pull the moisture out. I dropped the power supply for one of my 10's into the sump and I did the same, after a few days it worked fine. As for the clownfish, well, I got nothing. Maybe he likes you.

 

[46gReef]

Sorry to hear! +1 on the rice & FWIW my maroon hates me!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Wow that is just plain crazy! Set up a video camera and get her to jump again! HA! That would be an instant hit!

 

[Aqua fire/medic]

Wow that is just plain crazy! Set up a video camera and get her to jump again! HA! That would be an instant hit!

Yes! The next YouTube sensation! Lol!

 

[MitchReef]

My little misbar Ocellaris male hates my turkey blaster...I can do anything I want in or around the tank and he is just fine, but if I have my turkey blaster in my hand he will actually come out of the water to bite my hand....

 

[Dtech07]

That made my day! you got to try and get that on video id watch it! Take care and don't take it personal. As far as the MP10 you can disassemble it to a degree then like all electronics place it in the middle of a container of rice for a few days it will absorb the moisture then blow with compressed air to remove the salt residue.

 

[Dana]

This thread is funny.... I never knew so many people had this issue lol
I was like, what the heck is with my crazy clown?!?!
Yes she will come out of the water at me too.
I use diversions lol

 

[glb]

This is hilarious!


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[skinz78]

I had a Clown like that, her name was Satan.

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

I'm definitely going to have a video camera going the next time I do maintenance. It seems like random things like what happened today, happen to me a lot. For example, I was at Cedar Point and was waiting for my friends to get done a ride.The ride was one of the spinning ones that goes pretty high up. Well, someone threw a quarter off the ride while they were up high and it pelted me on the arm. I had a huge welt for like a week.

I have the MP10 in a bag of rice. I'll see what happens. I'm supposed to be getting a new pump on the 15th to replace one of the MP10's, so I at least have a backup plan.

 

[c_healy]

My black and white always nips my hands when I am in the tank.....he really likes to go in between my fingers and bite me there......it will catch you off guard sometimes......silly little bugger!


Oh and while I was doing maintenance today I overflowed my bucket with rodi water :/

Made a nice mess in the kitchen...thankfully the wifey wasn't home so she doesn't have to know about that

 

[brandon2432]

Flooded the basement just yesterday water get made a lot faster when you don't watch it. Lol I have only had the clown problem with a clarck kill clown.


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[c_healy]

Well woke up this morning to my return line disconnected and the pump for my ats unplugged.......time to have a talk with the people we are renting a room to....not happy, luckily my sump is setup to handle the back flow in case of a power outage.

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[Mike J.]

My 5 year old Maroon Clown bit my wife over a month ago and she was bleeding like a stuck pig. I would never have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes. She still has a scar on her finger and says she'll never reach in that tank again.

 

[spscrazy]

I have a maroon clown that bites me whenever I reach into the tank loves to bite the inside of my arm where its nice and soft this week while cleaning the front glass I'd keep my eye on it and whenever it got close gave it a little chase worked well with no bites so I felt a little smug having won that round an hour later I walk by the tank and...what the heck ??? one of my corals maybe 6" across is upside down on another coral weird cause it is/was put in place a year ago with super glue and coral putty I put it back awhile later another one is flipped I had no idea a 3" clown could pull a coral 2x its size off and tote it around whats scary is a clown that can think of a plan of revenge and execute it gonna sleep with one eye open!!!

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Well woke up this morning to my return line disconnected and the pump for my ats unplugged.......time to have a talk with the people we are renting a room to....not happy, luckily my sump is setup to handle the back flow in case of a power outage.

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Yikes! I forgot to mention that I had a mini flood as well. I didn't hook my canister filter back up right and the splash of water let me know.

I have a maroon clown that bites me whenever I reach into the tank loves to bite the inside of my arm where its nice and soft this week while cleaning the front glass I'd keep my eye on it and whenever it got close gave it a little chase worked well with no bites so I felt a little smug having won that round an hour later I walk by the tank and...what the heck ??? one of my corals maybe 6" across is upside down on another coral weird cause it is/was put in place a year ago with super glue and coral putty I put it back awhile later another one is flipped I had no idea a 3" clown could pull a coral 2x its size off and tote it around whats scary is a clown that can think of a plan of revenge and execute it gonna sleep with one eye open!!!

That's crazy!!

 

[3Twinklets]

Lol!!! Sorry Krista. Now I have the heebie jeebies and keep running to check everything on my tank to make sure I don't have anything on the floor, except baby toys!!