OK, I just made my biggest OOPS yet, in a long line of OOPS this week. I'm beginning to feel like Menagerie, only my mistakes are stupider and based on a lot less experience!
Maybe some have been following my cycle problems here, maybe not...
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=25835
Anyway, I decided to fish the 4 killifish out of my 38 gallon and put them back in my 10 gallon because the gourami and loaches have been harassing them. I changed out most of the water, treated, heated to appropriate temp, all parameters look great. Ammonia and Nitrite were not registering, so I began my attempt to fish the killies out of the 38. After about 20 minutes, I finally had two of them and transferred them over, however the other 2 proved much smarter and were hiding in and around my decorations. After another 20 minutes, I became frustrated and started to remove all decorations from my tank. I did so very slowly so that all the fish inside them would be sure to escape. Found all my fish....or so I thought.
OK, so all my decorations are out, it takes me approximately 5 minutes to get the killies out (as you can tell, I am still new at netting fish, especially these lightning killies). So I begin to put my decorations back in. First the driftwood, then the fake log. I pick up my large decoration and underneath it is one of my yo-yo loaches!!! AUUUGH! 8O
I figure he is dead, but I had to make sure. I know I am not supposed to touch him, so I scoop him up with the net, and put him back in the water....he starts to wriggle, and promptly catches his barbels in my net. I tried to help him without touching him and after about 5 minutes, he finally wriggled free and screamed over behind the driftwood where he sleeps. 20 minutes later after this horrific episode, he is still alive and well! I am both shocked at my idiocy and the fact he lived for 5 minutes outside my aquarium with no water!!!
I'll have to wait I guess to see if he has any lasting ill effects, but I am hopeful. How can one person get so lucky so many times? So there you have it. I am ready for my lashing. If it helps, the killies are out of the stresses of my 38 and in clean water. I will float a biowheel to hopefully help it stay that way.
Paul
Maybe some have been following my cycle problems here, maybe not...
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=25835
Anyway, I decided to fish the 4 killifish out of my 38 gallon and put them back in my 10 gallon because the gourami and loaches have been harassing them. I changed out most of the water, treated, heated to appropriate temp, all parameters look great. Ammonia and Nitrite were not registering, so I began my attempt to fish the killies out of the 38. After about 20 minutes, I finally had two of them and transferred them over, however the other 2 proved much smarter and were hiding in and around my decorations. After another 20 minutes, I became frustrated and started to remove all decorations from my tank. I did so very slowly so that all the fish inside them would be sure to escape. Found all my fish....or so I thought.
OK, so all my decorations are out, it takes me approximately 5 minutes to get the killies out (as you can tell, I am still new at netting fish, especially these lightning killies). So I begin to put my decorations back in. First the driftwood, then the fake log. I pick up my large decoration and underneath it is one of my yo-yo loaches!!! AUUUGH! 8O
I figure he is dead, but I had to make sure. I know I am not supposed to touch him, so I scoop him up with the net, and put him back in the water....he starts to wriggle, and promptly catches his barbels in my net. I tried to help him without touching him and after about 5 minutes, he finally wriggled free and screamed over behind the driftwood where he sleeps. 20 minutes later after this horrific episode, he is still alive and well! I am both shocked at my idiocy and the fact he lived for 5 minutes outside my aquarium with no water!!!
I'll have to wait I guess to see if he has any lasting ill effects, but I am hopeful. How can one person get so lucky so many times? So there you have it. I am ready for my lashing. If it helps, the killies are out of the stresses of my 38 and in clean water. I will float a biowheel to hopefully help it stay that way.
Paul