I was feeding my 1 1/2 year old discus around 10 this morning. If I get too close to the tank while they feed, they usually make a splash and dart downward. This time, my pigeon blood actually jumped. I didn't think anything of it, so I began to get ready for work. At 10:25, I went to watch my discus one last time before I left for work but I couldn't find my pigeon blood. Frantically, I began looking around my tank.
To my horror, I found him behind the tank. He was lifeless, with a very thick, milky white slime coat on his side. I picked him up but he was stiff and not breathing. I contemplated just throwing him in the trash, but then I thought that I had to give it a shot.
I cupped him in both hands and began moving him slowly forward and backwards through the water. About two minutes into it, just before I was going to give up, his gills began to move. Two more minutes into it, I let him go and he sank to the bottom. The other discus seemed curious as to what happed to thir leader. After about five minutes, his body began to shake violently for about ten seconds. Then he began to swim!!!!
He is not out of the woods yet though. The side that was exposed to the air, while he was out of the tank, still has that thick white slime coat on it and he isn't using that fin too much yet. I hope that he is going to be alright.
If you guys have any suggestions....please let me know. I'm sure that some of you have already experienced this before, feel free to share.
To my horror, I found him behind the tank. He was lifeless, with a very thick, milky white slime coat on his side. I picked him up but he was stiff and not breathing. I contemplated just throwing him in the trash, but then I thought that I had to give it a shot.
I cupped him in both hands and began moving him slowly forward and backwards through the water. About two minutes into it, just before I was going to give up, his gills began to move. Two more minutes into it, I let him go and he sank to the bottom. The other discus seemed curious as to what happed to thir leader. After about five minutes, his body began to shake violently for about ten seconds. Then he began to swim!!!!
He is not out of the woods yet though. The side that was exposed to the air, while he was out of the tank, still has that thick white slime coat on it and he isn't using that fin too much yet. I hope that he is going to be alright.
If you guys have any suggestions....please let me know. I'm sure that some of you have already experienced this before, feel free to share.