Vortech vs Yellow Tang

[MikeB]

Well I will give you one guess who won!!!!

The Vortech

I was working on my Dirtbike Saturday in the garage, came inside and looked at the 120, the Yellow Tang got a little to close to the Vortech. He was stuck and I was to late. He was already dead

RIP

 

[Paul_N]

ahhh man sorry to hear...:sad: How big was the tang?

 

[I-K@ndY]

RIP sorry to hear ...

 

[MikeB]

ahhh man sorry to hear...:sad: How big was the tang?

He was at least 4"

 

[Pizzapro83]

He was at least 4"

sorry to hear that. What kind of bike do you have?

 

[MikeB]

sorry to hear that. What kind of bike do you have?

2000 yz250

It's older but she runs like a champ. Would not trade it in for nothing. Just put a new FMF Turbine Core 2 Silencer on it Saturday.

 

[Tenacious716]

I take it the tang wasn't doing too good before this happened?

 

[MikeB]

I take it the tang wasn't doing too good before this happened?

He was fine. He had no problems what so ever.

 

[Tenacious716]

That's odd... usually if they are healthy they can withstand the force of the powerheads. Sorry man!

 

[inactive]

Sorry about your loss man, be optimistic! At least it wasn't a Chevron!

 

[SDguy]

My tangs eat off my vortechs all the time. They are on full blast. I'd wager the tang was ill to begin with. Sorry for the loss.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Pics or it didnt happen..

 

[jaytizzle]

My tangs eat off my vortechs all the time. They are on full blast. I'd wager the tang was ill to begin with. Sorry for the loss.

+1 - I'm not challenging your account of the story or anything. I just know that none of my fish (lots of wrasses, tang, hawkfish, etc.) have ever gotten caught in my vortechs and they run full blast. The matted filefish even swims laps around the wet side and doesn't ever get caught! Hopefully it was just a freak accident.

 

[MikeB]

They were fed the night before this incident an he was his normal self.

 

[MikeB]

Pics or it didnt happen..

I did not get any pictures since I bolted to the tank to remove him hoping for the best. But when he sank to the bottom like a feather falling through the air, i knew he was a goner...

 

[tbaquatics]

Fish can't have accidents? Perfectly healthy humans do stupid thinks all the time that get themselves killed. Survival of the fittest. It's kinda like saying only a sick human would get his/her shirt caught in a wood chipper etc....

Bet the tang was just saying, I can get a little closer, a little closer..... whack ...

 

[inactive]

I would think something happened to the tang, this does not seem normal now that I think about it.

 

[kev2me]

CSI: Pacific Ocean.

 

[nivram]

I found my tang the other day in a similar fashion. I had just cleaned my vortech mp40 and set it to reef crest. Prior to that I was using the purple mode and it was full of algae.

The tang appeared perfectly healthy the morning prior. And I have seen it eat algae off the wet side when it's at a slow rpm. Regardless I did not see it happen. But I wouldn't be surprised. Tangs have lots of surface area to get sucked into the pump if they got too close.

 

[shakenbake]

I've had 2 blond naso's 4+ inches get stuck to my koralia 4's.The first was there for no more than 5 minuts and i pulled him e was off and he was fine until about a week later when i noticed he wasn't as active swimming.Two days later he was dead.the second was there all day for all i know. when i pulled him off him off he was still alive but his skin was all loose and his side was caved in.he hung around for another week or so.needless to say i'm done with naso tangs.too bad though because they're cool fish. my first one was like a pet . he would rub all over your hand and get exited when you put your hand in the tank.like petting your dog