Mental Note: Vortechs

kien · #1 12-03-2009, 06:57 PM

ya.. this isn't just a problem with the Vortechs.. Any fish small enough to swim into my tunze (6105s) can and will whenever i turn the pumps off for feeding time. First time I noticed it my strawberry/purple pseudochromas was in there and it took a chunk of his tail off as he darted out

Now I make sure I scare anyone out with a kabob skewer.

Leah · #2 12-03-2009, 08:08 PM

It is something I have always thought about when plugging them back in,
that has to hurt.

fkshiu · #3 12-04-2009, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by kien

ya.. this isn't just a problem with the Vortechs.. Any fish small enough to swim into my tunze (6105s) can and will whenever i turn the pumps off for feeding time. First time I noticed it my strawberry/purple pseudochromas was in there and it took a chunk of his tail off as he darted out

Now I make sure I scare anyone out with a kabob skewer.

Hmm, I would have thought that the new Tunzes would have the same "safe fish" function (a single crank every 15 secs or so to scare off nosey fish) as the old ones and the nanos while on feeding mode.

lorenz0 · #4 12-04-2009, 05:44 AM

^^^
yep my tunzes have that feature. will turn off and than plus now and than on feeding mode

kien · #5 12-04-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by fkshiu

Hmm, I would have thought that the new Tunzes would have the same "safe fish" function (a single crank every 15 secs or so to scare off nosey fish) as the old ones and the nanos while on feeding mode.

Hmm.. that's something I never thought to look into. The feed mode is switched from my Profilux controller as that's what they are both plugged into. So as far as they are concerned, they just turn on and off as the profilux commands. I wonder if there is such a feature in the profilux though! I will have to check, thanks for the tip!

fishoholic · #6 12-04-2009, 03:09 PM

If my koralia's are turned off I find my wrasse's like to curl up inside of them. I put masking tape on the plug as a reminder to check it first before I plugged it back in.

I hope your fish will be ok.

Funky_Fish14 · #7 12-07-2009, 06:31 PM

Hey any updates? How's the little fella doing?

JDigital · #8 12-07-2009, 08:38 PM

Yea, he is still kickin! His right gill has healed from what I can see, nothing hanging from it anymore, so that's a relief.

Funky_Fish14 · #9 12-08-2009, 02:32 AM

Good to hear!