DjFizz
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Yeah...so all through yesterday I couldn't find one of my Cory's. I had done a 50% water change the day before because I've been slacking/busy recently and haven't had time to do the weekly change. I'm not sure if the stress killed him or the adjustment to the replacement water, or if he was already sick. No idea. In any case, I just found him floating on his side and not moving this morning.
So I net him out, still no movement. I figure yeah, he didn't make it. I go to send him off with the big flush, and as soon as he hit the toilet water, he wiggled around for a minute and then went back to floating. So clearly he was dying, but not quite gone yet. I didn't know what to do. Obviously he wasn't gonna make it, and I can't just put him back in the community tank after being in toilet water anyway...so I flushed him. x_x
I feel bad, but I didn't know what else to do. Has anyone else ever done something like that?
So I net him out, still no movement. I figure yeah, he didn't make it. I go to send him off with the big flush, and as soon as he hit the toilet water, he wiggled around for a minute and then went back to floating. So clearly he was dying, but not quite gone yet. I didn't know what to do. Obviously he wasn't gonna make it, and I can't just put him back in the community tank after being in toilet water anyway...so I flushed him. x_x
I feel bad, but I didn't know what else to do. Has anyone else ever done something like that?