Rough week. RIP Beauforti

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Vancmann
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Rough week. RIP Beauforti

Post by Vancmann » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:22 am

My one and only Beauforti recently died. I purchaced him in summer of 1995 and he died july 26th 2009. He was in great health condition and it was my first fish death that I have felt a deep loss. Reason for death: He got jammed between the large acrylic tube and the tank's back wall. After his death, I felt the need to get more fish so I went ahead and purchased 3 striadas and 5 more clown loaches.
One of the baby clown gave me a clue to how the Beauforti got stuck. One day while watching the baby clowns try to enter the turbo tube I noticed that a current from some of the water that exited the tube forced the fish between the pipe and the tank's back wall. The problem is that the pipe was not parallel to the back wall and it made a tapering gap. Due to the strong current, the baby clown was unable to back out of the gap and was only able to move forward into the tapering space. I observed this for about 10 minutes until the clown started to breath rapidly then he began to sit still but in a "about to give up life way". I had to watch this to make sure of the problem. I immidiately switched off the pump and moved the pipe so that he was able to swim out. He was in a trance for a bit. I have recently made a brace that fixed the problem by holding the pipe up off the floor and 1/2 inch off the back wall. There has been no more cases of any fish being stucked. What a price to pay.
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Post by chefkeith » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:03 am

Sorry to hear it.

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Post by mickthefish » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:24 am

it's always crap when these things happen as i think wev'e all been in the same situation. sorry bud.
it did have a good life though, so some solace can be taken in that.
plus you have new babies to care for now. :wink:

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Post by wasserscheu » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:37 am

Sorry for that loss, Vanc, you had him for an outstanding long time.
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Post by Keith Wolcott » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:02 am

Sorry Vance. He was a beautiful loach.

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Post by Marcos Mataratzis » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:34 am

I´m sorry... Image
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Post by FishyLady » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:16 pm

Really sorry, the loss of a loved pet is always very hard.

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Post by starsplitter7 » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:23 pm

I am very sorry for your loss. Thanks for letting us know what happened so people can protect their fish.

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Post by Vancmann » Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:24 pm

Everyone thanks for the comments, I really appreciate it. Quite a few people on this site know this botia and has requested pictures of him in the past. I just wanted to let them and everyone else know.
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Vance
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Post by irab » Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:57 pm

Sorry about your loss
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Post by BotiaMaximus » Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:14 pm

Very sorry to hear the bad news Vance. I was just getting to know your gorgeous Beauforti from your photos. He was a beauty and it appears that you provided him with a very long and pampered life.

Best of luck with your new babies. :)
"Long May You Loach"

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