Hurricane Ike - Fish Stories

[sourapple]

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lol sounds like buncha fun

[Fire_chair]

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If you put it on YouTube you'd have PETA all up in yo grill instead of CAK.

[screename]

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All my fish were in heaven.  All filters and powerheads were run off my extra generator for the duration of the storm.   8)

[NewAquaMom]

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I got a story.
Friday night around 8pm power goes out in my apartment. I was expecting this. So it was no biggie. Well wake up the next morning to my apartment flooded. From driven rain seepage under the foundation or some such of my 1st floor apartment While my kids and I are wading around with Ike tearing ship up outside. I start moving stuff. Fish seem well.

Five days later. Still no electricity. Most of my fish that I couldn't pull out and take to a friends are gone. My beautiful 6 inch Firemouth. My blue veil tail betta Alpha. What seemed like several hundred Daffodil Fry that got flushed while desperatly trying to remove fish dismantle tank to get to some place with electricity. None of the corals made it in my nano reef tank. The only tank that seemed to get by without any loss. My invert tank. All shrimp and snails happy and accounted for.

Now the only apartment available to me was a second floor. I have a 75g to put up. A 55g to put up. 10g and a 20g. I'm trying to get excited but it's not there for me anymore. This hobby has become a little more sad and disheartening that I expected. Blah.I need a drink

[Krisvalkyrie]

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I am sorry to hear about that - let us know if you need help moving things and getting set up again.

[jeb102385]

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I have a good/bad story about the storm I have a neighbor with a generator who said I could use it so I hook up all the tanks minus lights (so maybe 600 watts total) and a fan to it. I didn't know him to well and it turns out he is a short tempered raceist *******. In five days I heard him lose his temper and flip out on 5 people for no reason. Then I knocked on his door to ask if he turned off the generator and he was loading 5-6 guns to "defend his property" I didn't lose any fish thank god but man when my lease is up im moving the hell away from the nutso next door

[Delock]

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ROFLMAO....

I'm coming over to your place this weekend!

[geoff_tropheus]

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       :naughty:

[schance]

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sonds like someone needs a hug/straight jacket

[jeb102385]

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More like a swift kick in the a$$

[dblondfemme]

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my crays died, my mean fish decided to eat each other, my planted tank looks incredibly delightful, and I am praying they all recover from this shock.  They are so hungry.....
I just want power back.....
they say maybe monday night :-)
thank goodness for friends who took me and all of my travel-able animals in....

[Krisvalkyrie]

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I am sorry your crays died.  

One of mine did too and it was sad.  

I can give you one of my living ones though...

[dblondfemme]

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awwww that's so sweet.....
I just need to get power back...then I guess I should worry about the fish....
people who aren't fish people just don't understand.... but it hurts to lose them.
I crated all of my suggies up friday morning and stood and talked to each tank...telling them to hang in there... or swim for their life if they had the chance....
The dogs and I got into the car with the sugar gliders and headed up the road about 12 miles.  I kept saying... I wish I could take my fish.... but then that would have been a more cruel death.  At least with the bubblers they have a chance.

[schance]

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you would be surprised how muc the aerorators help

[Airjammer]

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I have 2 55 gallon tanks, 1 with about 10 african cichlids, the other with an Oscar, a monster Pleco and a convict. I recently moved my wife's Betta from a vase to a 1.5 gal filtered tank. All of my fish survived the storm with minimal bubbles. I ran 1 powerhead off of my inverter. The only loss we had was her PRIZED Betta! I don't understand this. We can get another betta from her mom in Waco. I just don't get it.