7 days vacation and 1 dead fish

[Wes888]

The 15 gallon of RO/DI water that I prepared for ATO were all used up and the return pump was pumping bubbles for the last 2 days. I came back today and found the Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse dead on the floor semi-dried.

RIP... :(

 

[dcantucson]

Sorry about your loss Wesley. That sucks. They are (were) beautiful.

 

[Smitty]

Yeah Bro...sorry to hear that...vacations scare all of us, seems like something goes wrong everytime someone takes one.

 

[Gdbyrd]

Also sorry for your loss. That sucks : / I'm worried about that myself. My wife wants to take a trip to MI this christmas for 2 weeks...

 

[Wes888]

2 weeks!? :shock: That's unthinkable!

I've already did a dry run and tried not to do anything to the tank for a week before and it worked. It just happened that last week was exceptionally hot and water evaporated much more.

 

[ltljoker]

I always pay one of the guys from my lfs to come keep and eye on my stuff. It doesnt cost much:twocents: to have him stop by the house feed the fish and make sure there is enough water. Just something you guys mite try:bowdown:

 

[Melosu58]

You might want to think of some eggcrate or some netting on your tank. Wrasses are such jumpers.

 

[Wes888]

I had some eggcrate made but I got too comfortable and stopped using it. I bet if my return pump was not pumping bubbles for 2 days, he wouldn't jump neither.

 

[dcantucson]

Well Wesley sometimes you do all you can and then something goes wrong. What can you do? Can't stop living. You can rest assured that you did everything you could have. It's just one of those things.

 

[yote]

Thats why I quit taking vacations.
Sorry to hear about the wrasse Wes.

 

[ltljoker]

save your vacation money and buy fish :bounce::^::bounce::bowdown:

 

[wontonflip]

I think I've done well w/ my vacations this summer. Then again, I took mostly short weekend trips and just 1 2 week vacation where luckily, nothing went wrong and everything was pre-pared for the petsitter...and if all else failed, I had my lfs' number handy for those emergency visits :)

Sorry to hear, though, Wes. Any deaths are heartbreaking.