So - I wake up this morning to my female BNP stuck in the pvc tubing of my air driven oxygen plus bio-filter #2. This thing: http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=3936
She was stuck in the top part, head first, in that little gray pvc pipe... So, happily the top part came off and I was able to fit my pinky in there and push her back out by the head, as I pulled her out at the same time (VERY GENTLY) by the tail. She emerged a little frazzled, but quickly swam away - I didn't see any cuts on her, or even any scale damage (that I could see), I think she will be fine... she was back munching on driftwood a few minutes later & I got a pretty good look at her...
I took the filter out so she wouldn't go back in there while I was at work - I dropped it into the 29g so the BB wouldn't die off... I was thinking maybe I should just leave it out? Or I could try stuffing sponge filter into that pvc tube until she gets bigger, but I am worried that the air would just blow it out/not be able to get through?
So I have questions:
1. Should I treat her with anything? She looked o.k. this morning, but honestly I didn't get to stay home and continue to monitor because I had to come to work
2. She is in a 75g high light planted tank w/ pressurized CO2. The main filter is the Rena XP3 (well established, 3+ years), which I angle up towards the surface to get some surface agitation -- I had the air driven sponge in there to create a little bit more oxygen (had it balanced with the CO2 nicely... ) So, do you think the Rena XP3 will:
A. provide enough oxygen for the fish (CO2 is somewhere between 25-30ppm) and
B. do you think I will "miss" the extra BB from the sponge filter?
Here is a cell phone pic of a part of the tank... I don't want to kill my plants with any treatments, so I would QT her if toxic plant treatment is recommended...
She was stuck in the top part, head first, in that little gray pvc pipe... So, happily the top part came off and I was able to fit my pinky in there and push her back out by the head, as I pulled her out at the same time (VERY GENTLY) by the tail. She emerged a little frazzled, but quickly swam away - I didn't see any cuts on her, or even any scale damage (that I could see), I think she will be fine... she was back munching on driftwood a few minutes later & I got a pretty good look at her...
I took the filter out so she wouldn't go back in there while I was at work - I dropped it into the 29g so the BB wouldn't die off... I was thinking maybe I should just leave it out? Or I could try stuffing sponge filter into that pvc tube until she gets bigger, but I am worried that the air would just blow it out/not be able to get through?
So I have questions:
1. Should I treat her with anything? She looked o.k. this morning, but honestly I didn't get to stay home and continue to monitor because I had to come to work
2. She is in a 75g high light planted tank w/ pressurized CO2. The main filter is the Rena XP3 (well established, 3+ years), which I angle up towards the surface to get some surface agitation -- I had the air driven sponge in there to create a little bit more oxygen (had it balanced with the CO2 nicely... ) So, do you think the Rena XP3 will:
A. provide enough oxygen for the fish (CO2 is somewhere between 25-30ppm) and
B. do you think I will "miss" the extra BB from the sponge filter?
Here is a cell phone pic of a part of the tank... I don't want to kill my plants with any treatments, so I would QT her if toxic plant treatment is recommended...
