Why do the weird things happen to my tank...

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Rogue951

So next question.... how do I get him out...

I had a filefish do the same. I had to dismantle my plumbing.

[Rogue951]

dont say that. =(
would require taking apart my tank and moving the whole thing off the wall.

[Rodney]

Could always try a small plumbing snake to push it out, otherwise I think your stuck
Or if you have a spare pump hook it up to the bottom and try and blast him out, could be messy tho

[FishyFishy!]

Hook a return pump to the bottom of your drain tube and blow him out LOL

I vote for that.... And make sure you take a video!

[Rogue951]

lol yes I thought about the blow out method with either compressed air or with a pump. and yeah the mess came to mind so that was my last resort.
After all that thought and work and hours of wasted time. The most useful $8 tool I have ever bought.



You can see what it had to crawl up and over and around and up again to get into the pipe in the first place.

Serious ninja hermit here.



I wish I took a picture but I actually tried a "long line" rescue, firefighter style. lol.
dropped a string down in some vain hope it'd grab it and pull itself out.
didn't work so well.

[KPG007]

Wow, thats pretty incredible! Good job getting him out

[neven]

since im on LED, i installed a mesh cover that reaches my overflow strainer height so its eliminated all my hermit crab issues, had one do the same thing but luckily i use PVC hoses so it wasn't as bad to fix. But the one that got stuck in the valve, not realizing it and i turned it to hear a big crunch.