Earlier I turned on the light to discover my Bamboo Shrimp caught in the filter of my tank. It is a very good filter, a stingray, but this is not the first time I have lost fish to it (they have a habit of getting caught behind it). D:
Anyway, I moved the filter but instead of zooming away to hide like he usually does he floated lifelessly to the bottom of the tank and just lay there, deathly pale and with an injury on his side.
I assumed he was dead and went to move him but he tried to swim away, quickly swimming all around the tank and going up the glass, etc. I thought he might be able to make it so prepared some liquifry for him, which he normally loves, but to no avail. He swam off into a plant and I turned the light off.
Quite a few hours later, I came back, turned on the light, and discovered him lying on the floor of the tank, even paler than before. Normally he'd swim for cover when I turn the light on but he didn't. My cory cats keep investigating him but he doesn't even move. Just now the water current moved him slightly so he's now lying on his side.
I know it's almost certainly too late to save him now but is there anything I can do to help make him more comfortable? I have a peaceful nano tank with a quiet betta that probably wouldn't bother him, so if I put him there he'd be more likely to die in peace and not be eaten by cories, but I'm not sure if picking him up and moving him to the next tank will stress him out more? I just have no idea what to do, so if you have any advice I would be extremely grateful.
Just one last thing, is there anything I can do to the filter to prevent things like that from happening again? I have had several small fish swim behind it and get caught before now, and while this may be because they went there to die they may well have got caught. If you can suggest anything I would be most grateful, I really am at a loss of what to do.
Thank you for reading this, I'll keep you posted about what happens.
Anyway, I moved the filter but instead of zooming away to hide like he usually does he floated lifelessly to the bottom of the tank and just lay there, deathly pale and with an injury on his side.
I assumed he was dead and went to move him but he tried to swim away, quickly swimming all around the tank and going up the glass, etc. I thought he might be able to make it so prepared some liquifry for him, which he normally loves, but to no avail. He swam off into a plant and I turned the light off.
Quite a few hours later, I came back, turned on the light, and discovered him lying on the floor of the tank, even paler than before. Normally he'd swim for cover when I turn the light on but he didn't. My cory cats keep investigating him but he doesn't even move. Just now the water current moved him slightly so he's now lying on his side.
I know it's almost certainly too late to save him now but is there anything I can do to help make him more comfortable? I have a peaceful nano tank with a quiet betta that probably wouldn't bother him, so if I put him there he'd be more likely to die in peace and not be eaten by cories, but I'm not sure if picking him up and moving him to the next tank will stress him out more? I just have no idea what to do, so if you have any advice I would be extremely grateful.
Just one last thing, is there anything I can do to the filter to prevent things like that from happening again? I have had several small fish swim behind it and get caught before now, and while this may be because they went there to die they may well have got caught. If you can suggest anything I would be most grateful, I really am at a loss of what to do.
Thank you for reading this, I'll keep you posted about what happens.
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