FishProfiles.com Message Forums

	Death By Vibrations
never say die Hobbyist Posts: 85 Kudos: 58 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Jul-2004	well this morning when i woke up i went to feed my fish in my 60g and to my suprise they were all dead. Cause of death: filter vibrating against glass. so now all my fish are dead exept for my BN so today im going to take back my filter and get another 1 in replace of it. You know what the sad thing is my rams,kribs,swords and angels were breeding and my tank was near completion.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
~ Sin ~ Mega Fish Posts: 1252 Votes: 28 Registered: 24-Mar-2003	Wabbit! That really sucks mate. hugs What kinda filter was it? Sin
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
SJinNJ Fish Addict Posts: 568 Kudos: 447 Votes: 16 Registered: 21-May-2003	How exactly would the filter vibrating against the glass kill fish?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Wow! That's terrible to hear! I suppose the waves of vibrations must have gone through the water and just overwhelmed the fish. They 'sense' things in the water, rather than hear, so I assume they were 'sensed' to death. Poor fish. At least one survived. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
never say die Hobbyist Posts: 85 Kudos: 58 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Jul-2004	it was an internal power filter by (can i say the brand name?) resun. The magnet where the impellor sits wore down and it started shaking and theyre for killed my almost finished tank].
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Silverlight Enthusiast Posts: 212 Kudos: 396 Votes: 43 Registered: 04-Jul-2004	Wouldn't it make more sense to believe that the filter simply stopped working and your bacterial filter was destroyed overnight? I mean, what's really suggesting that the vibrations killed your fish? You might want to look for something else wrong here.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
never say die Hobbyist Posts: 85 Kudos: 58 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Jul-2004	my filter was working as i could hear it from my room the grinding was that lound and when i rested my hand on the tank it was vibratig. You know how they say dont tap the glass of a fish tank! well imagine that but for 24 hours straight. and i only did a water change 2 days before and everything was normal ph-6.8 ammoni-0.0 and the fish were healthy. so now im going to invest in a cannister filter.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
SuperMummy! Mega Fish Posts: 1207 Kudos: 915 Votes: 30 Registered: 03-Jan-2003	Well, why is the earliest thing I can remember as a child being told about the fish "don't tap the glass!". In theory I would say that if there were constant soundwaves vibrating through the water, the fishies would succumb to the stress and keel over.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003	i play 400 watts rms of bass that shakes 3 floors of an apartment building everyfday for over a year n my sub faces my main tank everything shakes n my fish r fine heathly n have show quality colours i dont think the vibrations killed the fish over night maybe an electrical surge the dont tap on glass is cuz of the direct n sharp short wave length at a hi frequency going thro the water slam a door n fish dart play loss frequency bass that shakes floors fish r fine my eels actually come out n watch my woofer cone pound during music like metalica with higher treble
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
opiate Enthusiast Posts: 152 Kudos: 82 Votes: 12 Registered: 30-Sep-2004	Yeah... I'm just curious i have a 5X3 metre bungalo and i have my music up so loud that the windows shake, but this fish dun seem to mind??? is this is short term thing or will my fish eventually die?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
chrism Enthusiast Posts: 152 Kudos: 109 Votes: 19 Registered: 14-Jul-2004	good choice of music Brybenn we live right next to a train track, we get waves in the bath if a train goes past, that doesnt seem to bother them, altho they dont like it if i let the cupboard door slam on the unit they are on!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003	thanks and yes a quick sharp bang liek a door slammin sends out a hi frequency short wave length n scares them music dont botherthem think about the fish that live in rapid water or the constant vibrations of a bubbler or the water flow from a hob filter its all relative
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53


	Jump to:

The views expressed on this page are the implied opinions of their respective authors.
Under no circumstances do the comments on this page represent the opinions of the staff of FishProfiles.com.

FishProfiles.com Forums, version 11.0
Mazeguy Smilies