goldfishlover
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi ... I am new to this site and if this topic has already been covered then I apologize...
I have two tanks, and today my sucker fish (black, sucks on the sides, fresh water.. *erm sorry i dont know the right name) some how got out and I have no idea how long he was out of the water, but when we got him back in his fins are all showing bones and his eyes are like hollow or the fluid is gone from them ughhh hes peeling all over and has hair on him that i dont want to take off just yet casue hes already so stressed out... what should i do? I dont know even how to put down a fish, and we love this fish, hes very big and hes been in the family for a long time, well not that long, but long enough that we love him and this is so traumaatic. he looks like horrible, he was so healthy like 5 hours ago, i dont know how he got out but i added water up to the lip of the filter for some dumb dumb reason so he could eat the algae there cause i thought it would be a treat oh lord i feel horrible, has this ever happen to anyone else that the fish got out of the tank, but you rescued it after hours ? god even if it lives, will its eyes ever be the same? am i being selfish and inhuman to try to get him to live???
any advice greatly appreciated, please explain it detailed because I read through alot of posts and didnt know how to do things like 'put down' the fish or whatever... how could one do that humanely???? oh man please answer thank you
I have two tanks, and today my sucker fish (black, sucks on the sides, fresh water.. *erm sorry i dont know the right name) some how got out and I have no idea how long he was out of the water, but when we got him back in his fins are all showing bones and his eyes are like hollow or the fluid is gone from them ughhh hes peeling all over and has hair on him that i dont want to take off just yet casue hes already so stressed out... what should i do? I dont know even how to put down a fish, and we love this fish, hes very big and hes been in the family for a long time, well not that long, but long enough that we love him and this is so traumaatic. he looks like horrible, he was so healthy like 5 hours ago, i dont know how he got out but i added water up to the lip of the filter for some dumb dumb reason so he could eat the algae there cause i thought it would be a treat oh lord i feel horrible, has this ever happen to anyone else that the fish got out of the tank, but you rescued it after hours ? god even if it lives, will its eyes ever be the same? am i being selfish and inhuman to try to get him to live???
any advice greatly appreciated, please explain it detailed because I read through alot of posts and didnt know how to do things like 'put down' the fish or whatever... how could one do that humanely???? oh man please answer thank you