Was doing a big change on the barb tank. barb slipped through the platic cover of the hose and went down the hose onto snowy gravel. Took me a minute or two to get her back into the tank. Anything I can do to help her recovery or is it hopeless?
She's listing a bit and struggling to swim right now
Cherry barb went in the snow, anything I can do to help?
-
- Previous TOTM Winner
- Posts: 2154
- Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2020 16:19 pm
- Location: Truro, UK
- Has liked: 696 times
- Been liked: 1686 times
She'd have gone into shock from hitting the snow. Hopefully she'll recover ok given the time out.
Instagram - @the.cornish.fishkeeper
- VikingMummy2015
- TOTM Winner
- Posts: 2676
- Joined: Mon Jan 22, 2018 7:40 am
- Has liked: 856 times
- Been liked: 1824 times
Yikes...that’s one to sadly chalk up to experience. How about a net/stocking of some sort over the inlet so nothing large can get through?
240L Fluval Roma with Oase 600 Biomaster: 1 German red bristlenose, 4 male cherry barbs, 6 standard rummynose, 3 golden rummynose tetra, 9 emperor tetra, 14 cardinal tetra, 2 hengeli rasbora, 3 nerite snails, 1 adult Sulawesi snail and multiple juveniles continually appearing.
Parameters: gH2, kH1, pH7.4 (tap).
Fish fiend since October 2017.
Parameters: gH2, kH1, pH7.4 (tap).
Fish fiend since October 2017.
- WinterRose73
- Posting Legend
- Posts: 1040
- Joined: Fri Jan 31, 2020 22:36 pm
- Location: Somerset
- Has liked: 822 times
- Been liked: 693 times
What a shame
'Take wasps,' Death continued. 'Wasps are made entirely from bastard. Whose grand design are they part of?'
-
- Senior Member
- Posts: 355
- Joined: Sun Oct 25, 2020 21:28 pm
- Has liked: 175 times
- Been liked: 100 times
Sorry to hear man, I think Murphy's Law applies a lot to fish keeping. If you have a spare media bag wrap it round the end of the hose should stop most fish getting sucked up.SPACKlick wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:40 am Was doing a big change on the barb tank. barb slipped through the platic cover of the hose and went down the hose onto snowy gravel. Took me a minute or two to get her back into the tank. Anything I can do to help her recovery or is it hopeless?
She's listing a bit and struggling to swim right now
Aquamanta 90L Nano
6 Cardinal Tetra
4 Pepper Cory
6 Galaxy Rasbora
6 Amber Tetra
2 Rams (1 blue, 1 golden (breeding))
... More to come...
6 Cardinal Tetra
4 Pepper Cory
6 Galaxy Rasbora
6 Amber Tetra
2 Rams (1 blue, 1 golden (breeding))
... More to come...
-
- Senior Member
- Posts: 522
- Joined: Thu Aug 20, 2020 23:27 pm
- Location: Northamptonshire
- Has liked: 75 times
- Been liked: 301 times
Sorry to hear. This happened to me but when refilling and the cherry didn't go all the way through, just got stuck sideways :/
Sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss
40L nano
4x xiphophorus pygmaeus
Cherry shrimp
2x assassin snail
80L 'stairway'
4x Cherry Barb
10x X-ray tetra
4x Amano
1x Dwarf Neon Rainbow
20L Qtank
just java moss
4x xiphophorus pygmaeus
Cherry shrimp
2x assassin snail
80L 'stairway'
4x Cherry Barb
10x X-ray tetra
4x Amano
1x Dwarf Neon Rainbow
20L Qtank
just java moss
- Gingerlove05
- Forum Guru
- Posts: 6858
- Joined: Sun Jan 21, 2018 20:21 pm
- Has liked: 5446 times
- Been liked: 2668 times
Sorry for your loss
It does sound as if the temp change was just a bit too much for her
It does sound as if the temp change was just a bit too much for her
To the tune of “the saints go marching in”:
Oh fluffy sheep! Oh fluffy sheep! Oh fluffy sheep are wonderful, they’re white Welsh and fluffy! Oh fluffy sheep are wonderful!
Oh fluffy sheep! Oh fluffy sheep! Oh fluffy sheep are wonderful, they’re white Welsh and fluffy! Oh fluffy sheep are wonderful!
- plankton
- Super Mod
- Posts: 12251
- Joined: Sun Jan 21, 2018 17:02 pm
- Location: S. Derbyshire
- Has liked: 5055 times
- Been liked: 3424 times
Sorry to hear.
We all have incidents with water changes, mine are usually with otos and guppies, but I expect it with guppies as they're so inquisitive and seem intent on trying out the syphon.
We all have incidents with water changes, mine are usually with otos and guppies, but I expect it with guppies as they're so inquisitive and seem intent on trying out the syphon.