Oscar out of water for 10+ minutes....Oh NO

[littlebigfish]

My dad had a Oscar when I was growing up, he use to feed it worms, and it would jump for them......he really liked to jump. Anyways everynight he would place a rock on the lid, and cover the tank with a blanket....he seemed fine, until Chrismas morning when my sister and I walked down the stairs and saw him stuck to the floor Anyways I am glad you were lucky, and yours lived, but please make sure you put something substantial for weight on the lid, to prevent a future tragety.

 

[plah831]

he really liked to jump....he seemed fine, until Chrismas morning when my sister and I walked down the stairs and saw him stuck to the floor

awww, that's so sad. what a horrible Christmas "present" :sad:
I hope you and your sister weren't traumatized by it.

 

[Phuong Tran]

I think....in order to appreciate his experience and pay homage for letting him be in jeopardy you should hold your head in his world for 10 minutes and have your husband push snooze............then he can come and get you :joke:

LMAO>>>>>>>> Thats a good one.....LOL

 

[Phuong Tran]

funny i should run into this topic considering my incident today with a albino rainbow shark. I got this shark for my cousin who wanted one for her 100 something. anywho so as soon as it is in the tank it went nuts looking for a hiding spot, i put some things in but nothing was as apeaaling as trying to jump into the filter, well i checked on him like every 15 min to check if he was still trying, but then someone arrived at my house and in the time i attended to them which was like 15-20 min he managed to miss the filter and escape through the space on the side of the filter, i walk in the room to show my guest the fish and i here some splashing, my heart sunk all i could say was oh no oh no and everyone wondering why had gone white. i freaked out cause i hate seeing fish out of water it gives me chills so i had no idea how to grab it, luckily someone who is not skidish grabbed it while i was freaking out and put it back in the tank. it seemed freaked out for a while stuck to the side of the filter intake but was swimming fine after a while so :clap: i had to tape and open holes where he might escape from again

WOW..... I too get freaked out to see a "PET" fish out of water.......its like nails on a chalk board.... Funny because I dont mind them out of the water when I go fishing......HMMMMMMM..... Also it really creeps me out when I see a dead fish in an aquarium...... it sends chills up my spine.......but I dont mind cooking a dead fish when I buy them or fish for them........HMMMMMM, maybe its just a pet thing.......Anyone else feel the same??????

 

[Phuong Tran]

[/QUOTE]Anyways I am glad you were lucky, and yours lived, but please make sure you put something substantial for weight on the lid, to prevent a future tragety.[/QUOTE]

Sorry about your fish......thanks for advice.... will do better job about keeping him in the tank....

 

[Ghost_knife]

It amazes me how resillient fish can be, betta and Eels have a huge track reccord for surviving out of the tank.

 

[plah831]

It amazes me how resillient fish can be, betta and Eels have a huge track reccord for surviving out of the tank.

oh, i know. my betta was thrown out of his tank during the big quake of '89 (actually the whole thing was dumped on the ground) and he was on the carpet for like hours. i just plopped him back in and he acted like nothing happened.
that labyrinthine organ is really somethin'.

my snowflake was a little worse off. he was all dry to the touch (due to the dust and all) and he had to plump up a bit in the water before he could swim away. oh, well, he made it and became my favorite fish because of that (although he was already up there because he had the gall to eat one of my blue chromis the same night that i got him. he did it right in front of me, too )

 

[Ghost_knife]

natural Air breathers, thats why, when I moved my giant Gold gourami jumped from the transit box and was out of water for 15 min, poped back into the box and is still alive today

 

[plah831]

natural Air breathers, thats why

isn't that the labyrinthine organ? gouramis have those, right, but don't bettas too?

 

[rosita]

Yup. Both.