Wow the stars aligned for this little girl today. I got up early and fed the (kitty)cats, heard a little bonk in the sink, didn't think twice about it as I had a couple plastic cups in there. Figuring I'd do a little maintenance now so I didn't have to bother tonight, did a wc on the 15, mixed up a new batch, took a shower, etc. Came back to feed the two and watch the betta and noticed a panda missing.
With the smell of food in the water and no cory, I jiggled a few decorations and propped up the driftwood(good morning mr shrimp!) and remembered the 'bonk' when I first got up, over 45 MINUTES ago! there she was in the drain strainer, immobile but still shiny. Went and wet my hand in the tank and tipped her in it, then netted her, thought I felt a wiggle, and floated her in the top of the tank in the net. She just floated, and floated, and floated. I was about to give up and things started to wiggle and jiggle and she jerked and righted herself!
I let her settle back and the tank and she was stark white, with the biggest cory eyes I have ever seen, talk about mega-stress. After a bit of that I 'scooched' the other cory's into her line of sight and she was up and going, albeit with quite a bit of caution. Another 45 minutes later, she's colored back up, the gills are light pink again instead of red, and other then a little of the old slime coat is roughed up on her head, she's right back to normal.
SO, somehow she jumped out of the ONLY opening in the tank(barely 1" square), fell 30" plus the height of the jump onto cold stainless steel, and a plunge back into the water. And I was worried about adding a small package of peat to the filter
I never thought anything of the bonk I heard as it was way too loud to be a FISH....
Occasionally I have heard a little pop in the hood on that tank, I figured it was just a bit of things moving a bit from difference of temps. I wonder if it's that nutcase hitting it. So lights off today in that tank and maybe another wc this evening. She already looks great with no injuries apparent.
With the smell of food in the water and no cory, I jiggled a few decorations and propped up the driftwood(good morning mr shrimp!) and remembered the 'bonk' when I first got up, over 45 MINUTES ago! there she was in the drain strainer, immobile but still shiny. Went and wet my hand in the tank and tipped her in it, then netted her, thought I felt a wiggle, and floated her in the top of the tank in the net. She just floated, and floated, and floated. I was about to give up and things started to wiggle and jiggle and she jerked and righted herself!
I let her settle back and the tank and she was stark white, with the biggest cory eyes I have ever seen, talk about mega-stress. After a bit of that I 'scooched' the other cory's into her line of sight and she was up and going, albeit with quite a bit of caution. Another 45 minutes later, she's colored back up, the gills are light pink again instead of red, and other then a little of the old slime coat is roughed up on her head, she's right back to normal.
SO, somehow she jumped out of the ONLY opening in the tank(barely 1" square), fell 30" plus the height of the jump onto cold stainless steel, and a plunge back into the water. And I was worried about adding a small package of peat to the filter
I never thought anything of the bonk I heard as it was way too loud to be a FISH....Occasionally I have heard a little pop in the hood on that tank, I figured it was just a bit of things moving a bit from difference of temps. I wonder if it's that nutcase hitting it. So lights off today in that tank and maybe another wc this evening. She already looks great with no injuries apparent.
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