Woke up to an odd noise...

[Slate]

Well around 5:30 this morning my wife and I woke up to a strange clanking sound coming from inside the house. So I stumbled out of bed in quite a daze, since I had pretty much just fallen asleep after a big birthday party for a couple brothers of mine. At first I thought it was my dog eating his food or something but he was in his bed staring at me with a great WTF look. I then realized the noise was from the room with my tank in it. So my first thought was that the pump on my HOB skimmer was freaking out clanging around in the overflow box. So I peered over the light to the back of the tank to realize the noise was actually my trigger fish who had jumped out of the tank!! He managed to land in my hang-on plastic container I use to bag corals, I also keep my tongs and scraper in there which was what the clanking noise came from. So, in my hung over daze, I grabbed the container off the tank threw the tongs/scraper aside and hucked the fish back into the tank. He is doing just fine this morning and is one lucky fish.

 

[NC2WA]

....and the noise is gone??

 

[Frankie]

Great story!
Triggers are survivors thats for sure. He wasn't going down without a fight! Enough to wake you up anyhow

 

[Krish]

You'll be amazed at just how long a fish can stay out of the water and still live. Glad your trigger is still alive.

 

[psb]

So reef jerky is not a cure for a hangover?

 

[Slate]

....and the noise is gone??

Yep, but every noise in the house after that mad me think I fish could be jumping out!

So reef jerky is not a cure for a hangover?

No, but the two ibuprophen I took before I went back to bed mad me feel quite a bit better .

 

[iroll253]

that "WTF look" made me lol while eating ramen.

 

[luisse25]

that "WTF look" made me lol while eating ramen.

i love ramen
glad to hear the trigger is fine........

 

[dtd87]

lol I wish my firefish would've made a noise when he took a leap of faith grats on the survivor though

 

[NC2WA]

I also LMAO on the WTF comment...I can just see the expression on the dog's face.

LOL

 

[jake65]

shane, do you need any eggcrate or screen... i have a bunch...lmk

 

[Slate]

shane, do you need any eggcrate or screen... i have a bunch...lmk

I have some, I will probably make up something with it till I get the new tank running.

 

[slim_jim989]

Glad to hear his/ she is doing fine, better then when I woke up to gushing water ans my return hose had come of my return pump and water was all over the carpet and not in my tank