View Full Version : Betta dried up out of tank, lived.
Onikun
09-09-2005, 11:31 PM
I came home the other day and sat around a bit before i noticed my betta wasn't in his tank. I checked behind the tank and sure enough he somehow jumped out. He was all dry and crusty looking like a cracker or cookie of some sort. I thought for sure he'd be dead. Instead when i touched him he started flapping around like any fish would. I put him back in his tank and its been 2 days and hes doing fine. at first his fins seemed to be glued together but now they seem fine. i guess that air breathing organ he has saved him because I don't know how long he was out for.
JinxXx0085
09-09-2005, 11:32 PM
I came home the other day and sat around a bit before i noticed my betta wasn't in his tank. I checked behind the tank and sure enough he somehow jumped out. He was all dry and crusty looking like a cracker or cookie of some sort. I thought for sure he'd be dead. Instead when i touched him he started flapping around like any fish would. I put him back in his tank and its been 2 days and hes doing fine. at first his fins seemed to be glued together but now they seem fine. i guess that air breathing organ he has saved him because I don't know how long he was out for.
WHOA! Thats freaky. I don't want to come home to a betta like that! I have plastic lids on those tanks so no problem for me lol.
Man, its still freaky though! Hes one lucky betta!
beautifulfish
09-09-2005, 11:59 PM
:eek:
khombre
09-10-2005, 2:56 AM
wow, that's one tough fish
hooray for him/her :bday:
ChileRelleno
09-10-2005, 3:10 AM
Not surprising at all...
Bettas are in the Belontiidae family and are known for something really neat...
Bettas have what is called a labyrinth organ which enables them to breathe air directly from the atmosphere, as well as normal gill respiration.
There are numerous accounts of Bettas surviving in nothing more than a damp spot. Bettas are anabantoids and gill respirstion alone cannot satisfy their needs, if prevented from surfacing for air can actually suffocate.
This is why the Betta, like other anabantoids, can survive in water with extremely poor oxygen content.
That puts your fishes reason(s) for surviving in a nutshell.
sumoschro
09-10-2005, 4:23 AM
Yeah....that's happened to me with crabs, frogs, snails, AND fish.... Finding them out of my aquarium crusty on the floor....ughh.
At one time I found one of my crabs downstairs in the living room under the couch dead...I live upstairs in the opposite corner of the house.
TheMightyQueenPixie
09-10-2005, 9:29 AM
Amazing how they can do that isnt it? Add some melafix to the water...Works wonders for dammaged skin and fins....It is also antibacterial so it will cut the risk of infection from injury...I lost a 1/2" fry down the heating duct once...Took me 20 mins to find her...She hit the water and it was like nothing happend to her...
FishFreak101
09-10-2005, 11:05 AM
WOW thats amazing! i hope he'll be ok!
zacdl
09-10-2005, 11:54 AM
Other fish can breathe air too, just not to the extent the betta can.
Leopardess
09-10-2005, 12:39 PM
Yep. Had that happen to me. I suggest a tight fitting lid of some sort! I know what you mean about the fins being glued together - same thing with mine. They never looked "great" again, but they healed up alright.
Glad he's doing okay.
ChileRelleno
09-10-2005, 1:07 PM
Other fish can breathe air too, just not to the extent the betta can.
Some oddballs can do it even better, such as the 'Walking catfish' and the 'Lungfish' amongst others.
Nice little article here,
http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/2000_06.php
on the Walking catfish.
fish_breeder_05
09-10-2005, 2:08 PM
thats a new one. I heard wheather loch had so much extra slime that thy shead there skin. My 7" dojo is the reason there is pieses of skin cloging my filter. Anyway, they can prouduse even more of a mucus-slime coat when they jump tokeep them moist. that one of the reasons why they are considered indestructable. snakeheads have such an advaced labrinth that when they were legal they would me able to escape frome the tank and traval from lakes or rivers to where ever it wants, destoying the ecosystem, which is why they are illegal.
Onikun
10-31-2005, 8:57 PM
he did it again last week lol he's still doing okay lol. i think sooner or later he'll learn lol.
Luke Jaywalker
10-31-2005, 9:19 PM
Last year I had a red velvet sword who did that and wasn't so lucky. The only thing that makes this story even somewhat interesting is that I found her this summer when we moved and saw something red and desiccated wedged in a part of the stand I couldn't see until I had it in a bearhug.
Leopardess
10-31-2005, 9:21 PM
I really have to suggest a better cover. One of these times, you won't catch it and he'll die or be too far gone to save. It's really a horrible way to die. The reason it happened to me was I had a tank problem and the betta had to be removed temporarily. Well...add a fat dumb clumsy cat to a flimsy lid and you have an uncovered tank.
Please, for his sake, try to fix the problem.
Glad to hear he is still around though.
aquariumhobyist
10-31-2005, 10:38 PM
:eek:
lmao!
Onikun
10-31-2005, 11:01 PM
lol i dont have a lid for it. hehehe he'll be alright lol i think hes learnt not to jump out anymore lol hes not that dumb.
Roan Art
10-31-2005, 11:10 PM
lol i dont have a lid for it. hehehe he'll be alright lol i think hes learnt not to jump out anymore lol hes not that dumb.He is NOT going to learn not to jump out. Bettas DO that.
Get a lid for the tank or you will lose the betta at some point.
Roan
Onikun
11-01-2005, 2:12 AM
lol its not really a tank its more of a little plastic tub. To be honest I don't really like him much lol if he dies opps.
Jericho
11-01-2005, 2:51 AM
lol its not really a tank its more of a little plastic tub. To be honest I don't really like him much lol if he dies opps.
Ohhh man that post will p**s some people off. Better hope some of these people do not know where you live of your life may be in danger. If you do not want him why not give him to somebody who wants one?
Luke Jaywalker
11-01-2005, 7:18 AM
Better hope some of these people do not know where you live of your life may be in danger.
If people would be willing to kill another person for being apathetic about a fish, they're the ones with problems. That being said, that is a pretty crappy attitude.
Roan Art
11-01-2005, 7:26 AM
If people would be willing to kill another person for being apathetic about a fish, they're the ones with problems. That being said, that is a pretty crappy attitude.I wouldn't call his attitude apathetic. I'd call it irresponsible and label him negligent. He's been told repeatedly to put a lid on the tank, but doesn't bother. Regardless of how he feels about the fish, it's irresponsible not to give your pet a safe place to live.
A lot of people are apathetic about one fish or some fish, but they still look after them to the best of their ability.
Roan
patoloco
11-01-2005, 10:33 AM
lol its not really a tank its more of a little plastic tub. To be honest I don't really like him much lol if he dies opps.
LOL= Laughes out loud for his/her fish dying. :confused:
Can't believe a "fishkeeper" can say this. Hope you'll change your way of thinking Onikun.
BTW, I also have had some jump out of the water expereriences:
Bad ones:
* 6" bala shark. Found 3 days later almost 30 feet away from the tank.
* 4" koi. Escaped in the narrow space beetwen the hood and the hanging filter. Found the morning under the tank covered with ants. :sad:
* A 2" Green spotted puffer, went down the pipe to the sump, and kept in the surface of the filter floss. This was my mistake for not securing the screen at the overflow pipe.
Good ones?? (Can they be good :confused: )
* A pearl gourami that jumped right after I took the hood apart for cleaning. Fell inside the bucket filled with treated water. :soda:
* 3 months ago, when I bought a blue gourami and when getting home he was sticking to the bag in a place with no water. No signs of problem yet.
And the best escaper ever: the rope fish. I found mine in the canister 2 times. Then, it was in the sump at the same time as the green spotted puffer, but the ropefish made it to the water. The rope fish can stay up to 5 hours outside the water thanks to its lung-like suimming bladder.
In this kind of event, it's natural that the fishes that can breath atmosferic air will have a better chance of survival. Gouramis can as well as the ropefish. The others were not that lucky. :Angel: :Angel: :Angel:
NOTE TO THOSE WHO KNOW:
I had to keep the green spotted puffer in this community freshwater tank because it was given to me as a "surprise" from a friend who found it so pretty for a gift. Too bad she dind't know the difference beetween a brackish and a freshwater fish. Also, too bad the fish store keeper was negligent enough to sell it to her. Hate those guys that only care for money.
Onikun
11-01-2005, 10:53 AM
Honestly someone gave me the betta cuz they didn't want it anymore and i just took it in cuz they wanted to flush it. I suppose what i'm giving it is better than the toilet no?
patoloco
11-01-2005, 12:48 PM
You are keeping it alive, but, since you are soing it, give it a little love. Don't be bad to the fish. Just cover his tank with a lid to prevent it from falling, and try to find someone who may care for it.
Maybe there is somene in this comunity that lives near you and can take care of it.
Try posting a forum thread giving it for adoption.
aquariumhobyist
11-01-2005, 3:32 PM
now this is just turning into a big issue which is not needed. :rant:
Roan Art
11-01-2005, 3:50 PM
now this is just turning into a big issue which is not needed. :rant:The issue of the well-being of an animal is not needed? :(
Sad,
Roan
aquariumhobyist
11-01-2005, 6:15 PM
The issue of the well-being of an animal is not needed? :(
Sad,
Roan
stop whining!
Roan Art
11-01-2005, 7:47 PM
stop whining!
No!
You're mean and I'm telling mom!
MOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
!!!
Roan
Jaydog985
11-01-2005, 8:13 PM
he did it again last week lol he's still doing okay lol. i think sooner or later he'll learn lol.
sounds like you got a suicidal fish...... think you can save him from himself??
Luke Jaywalker
11-01-2005, 9:11 PM
sounds like you got a suicidal fish...... think you can save him from himself??
I don't think he really cares.
fishisme
11-01-2005, 11:23 PM
what... i never use tops for my bettas and never will. I have had bettas over 2 years and not 1 jumped out. i guess i dont fill the tank to the top. but i think tops are annoying...
mr firemouth
03-16-2007, 3:28 PM
i had the same thing happen to me he is still alive 4 mounth later
Kyohti
03-16-2007, 4:39 PM
I came home the other day and sat around a bit before i noticed my betta wasn't in his tank. I checked behind the tank and sure enough he somehow jumped out. He was all dry and crusty looking like a cracker or cookie of some sort. I thought for sure he'd be dead. Instead when i touched him he started flapping around like any fish would. I put him back in his tank and its been 2 days and hes doing fine. at first his fins seemed to be glued together but now they seem fine. i guess that air breathing organ he has saved him because I don't know how long he was out for.
Had that happen with my red female, Ryoko. She was too stubborn to die. :P
Yeah, that labrynth organ saves a lot of jumping bettas from certain death!! I also had a royal giant female who was a persistent jumper. I ended up changing all my containers out for stackable plastic rectangular containers... all with lids!!
Honestly someone gave me the betta cuz they didn't want it anymore and i just took it in cuz they wanted to flush it. I suppose what i'm giving it is better than the toilet no?
It is still a living creature that can suffer no matter how much it is wanted. If you don’t want it or cant give it the proper care try giving it to a pet store. I am guessing you are on the young side; maybe one of your teachers at school would like to have it as a class pet, or you can give it to someone that can take proper care of it. At my local Kmart you can get a 2g tank for $17 this includes the under gravel filter, hood, light, gravel, a cave, plants. There must be something you can find to use as a cover around your house. You could even just get a piece of cardboard and poke air holes in it.
Bettas are tropical so I heater would be a good thing to buy...that would be about 15-20 bucks.
ChileRelleno
03-16-2007, 7:23 PM
@ Mr. Firemouth and others....
Why in hades are y'all responding to a thread who's last posting was in 2005?:huh: :confused: :rolleyes:
Wow. I didnt even notice. But I have noticed someone has been bringing back old threds.
kimmisc
03-16-2007, 8:12 PM
He was all dry and crusty looking like a cracker or cookie of some sort.
lol