Yikes! Blue Tang almost (if not) SHOCKED!

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  1. Fish76

    Fish76 Fire Worm

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    So I was tilting my entire flimsy hood on my QT tank to put top off water today while the light was on and the entire hood slipped and fell in the water :eek: !! The fluorescent light was ON UNDERWATER and it started to smoke and fizzle right before I hit the power strip button off!! Talk about a close one. It's one of those cheap $35 entire setups bought from Walmart, the hinged door is only big enough to feed them so I'm always removing or tilting the hood to put anything in there.

    Needless to say my blue tang seems to be all right, but I thought it was a goner because it was laying flat on the bottom. Fortunately, it was doin' it's normal play dead thing. He's all good swimming around like nothing happened now.
     
    Fish76, May 3, 2009
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  2. dufresne

    dufresne Feather Duster

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    Huh, sorry about that.. glad you're ok
     
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  3. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    That could have been much worse, luckily it wasn't.
     
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  4. BaxterS80

    BaxterS80 Pajama Cardinal

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    Glad to hear you and the tang are ok..
     
    BaxterS80, May 3, 2009
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