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Rescue mission!

LadyDay

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I need some clever thinking!
My clearly not too clever female Killi has jumped behind the background filter in the tank, into the narrow vertical space that contains the heater and pump for the filter, and I don't know how to get her out! I clearly should have fish proofed it! I am making a lot of dumb mistakes recently! Anyway, do you guys have an idea? The only solution I've come up with it to literally suck her out with a hose, but I'm scared it would hurt her and it would definitely scare the bejeezus out of her!
Is there a trick?
Here are pictures of her in the predicament and of the filter seen from the top.
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(The filter is not on, I didn't take the picture from the top right now.)
 
I think you’re only option sadly is the most brutal and you’re best siphoning her out.
It shouldn’t actually impact the fish too much and will only cause minor stress. I’ve siphoned up so many fish over the years in error and only ever causes damage to one which was a goldfish during my early fish keeping days.
 
I think you’re only option sadly is the most brutal and you’re best siphoning her out.
It shouldn’t actually impact the fish too much and will only cause minor stress. I’ve siphoned up so many fish over the years in error and only ever causes damage to one which was a goldfish during my early fish keeping days.
I got her! I siphoned her out. Poor thing!
Surely I'm runnning out of errors to make with this tank (I've made a couple)!
 
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