Do your fish wedge themselves so far in your rock-work they actually get STUCK?

[reefgirl189]

Yes. My blue throat trigger just killed himself by doing this last week actually. It took us over a day to find where he was and by the time we did he was already rather banged up from struggling. He deteriorated quickly after that. All parameters great, all other fish doing fantastic. No explanation for the stupidity.

[fencer]

Yes stupid CCB

This happened to my blue tang. He was always sleeping in weird places. Then she chose the smallest cave and twisted her spine so bad. No recovery after that.

[kien]

Originally Posted by reefgirl189

Yes. My blue throat trigger just killed himself by doing this last week actually. It took us over a day to find where he was and by the time we did he was already rather banged up from struggling. He deteriorated quickly after that. All parameters great, all other fish doing fantastic. No explanation for the stupidity.

Oh yes, triggers would be the worst for this because they have a very tall and rigid dorsal fin. My triggers would always use this fin to secure themselves into their sleeping holes. Never had one get stuck but can totally see it happening in the right circumstances.

[fishoholic]

Longhorn Cowfish are notorious for this. The 2 I owned both eventually wedged themselves into rock and died. Unfortunately for cowfish the stress of being stuck will kill them within a few hours The second one I owned I managed to get stuck twice (thankfully I had been home both those times) and I was able to get him unstuck fairly quickly, even moved the rock around to prevent him getting stuck again. Sadly though the 3rd time he got stuck it killed him and happened while I was at work and couldn't save him For that reason I will not have another longhorn cowfish in my current tank set up.

I'm also pretty sure I had a wrasse that got stuck in the rock and died, but I can't 100% remember.

[marineman41]

I had a blue face angel wedge himself so tight when he tried to get out he had a huge gash across his one side. Needless to say he died a few days later.