Late home tonight (dark) .... fed the fish, listened for the pumps and airstones... all seemed good
Had a raging storm a couple of hours ago, and a clap of thunder that nearly knocked me off my chair....
Jokingly posted about whether the new batch of Silver Perch might have jumped out of the tank in fright....
Once the storm passed out to sea a bit.... thought I go and check....
First impressions.... about twenty fish lazily swimming around the surface.... not overly surprising... This new batch of fingerlings seem to like to do that....
Could hear the air pump humming in the garage... but the water smelt a bit suss.... and something just didn't seem right...
Flicked the torch into the tank...... no air.....
:HSM:Either the air pump had vibrated off the table... or close to the edge...and the clap of thunder had tipped it off, ripping out the airline from the pump outlet... Dead set shock the house big time....
Spent the last hour standing in the pouring rain... netted out the fish on the surface into a temporary tub..... drained about 80% of the water, one because it was rife, two because I couldn't see the other 80 fish....
The fish in the tub didn't look too good for a while even with a couple of airstones running...
Refilled the tank... reconnected the airpump/airline and secured it... had only boodgied it together when I arrived home with the fish ....
Put the fish back in the tank... cranked the air to the max and salted.... all looks good...
Lesson.....
Don't get your fish until you've set everything up ready for them
Make sure that you do the things you should have done before you went and got the fish anyway.... the next morning.....
If the reason you didn't do the things you should have the next day is because you're on the floor with an abscessed tooth.... pull the bloody thing out with some pliers and go and do it
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Haven't had the midnight run in the rain but was out today getting wet playing with the system.