So earlier I was performing my regular water change when I knocked my magnet cleaner apart and the inside half of the magnet fell to the bottom of the tank right on top of where my precious female albino cory was sleeping !!
At first I thought she would be fine, as the magnet isn't all that heavy and she swam off fairly fast. However after completing the water change I found her laying in a plant - something I've never seen her do before, as she's quite large. At first i laughed because of how awkward it looked, my big cory all wrapped up in a little plant. To make sure she was ok i got her to swim out of the plant and she moved perfectly fine.
However, upon inspecting her where she sat down, she looked a little bruised. It didn't look too severe and could have just been my guilty conscience. The darker parts may or may not have already been there but I've definitely never noticed them before.
Thinking it doesn't look too bad, I left her for a few minutes while I left the room. Upon returning to the room she looks to be bleeding from the nose. This clearly wasn't the case before. I don't know what to do, she is in a community tank but no other fish in there would harm her. Would a cleaner magnet be heavy enough to do this much damage, even if it only fell from a small height in the water?
What can I do to help her? Will she be ok? I feel so guilty letting this happen to her! She is my favorite fish by far so I really want her to be ok (would with any fish but more so her!)!
Please help!! Thanks.
At first I thought she would be fine, as the magnet isn't all that heavy and she swam off fairly fast. However after completing the water change I found her laying in a plant - something I've never seen her do before, as she's quite large. At first i laughed because of how awkward it looked, my big cory all wrapped up in a little plant. To make sure she was ok i got her to swim out of the plant and she moved perfectly fine.
However, upon inspecting her where she sat down, she looked a little bruised. It didn't look too severe and could have just been my guilty conscience. The darker parts may or may not have already been there but I've definitely never noticed them before.
Thinking it doesn't look too bad, I left her for a few minutes while I left the room. Upon returning to the room she looks to be bleeding from the nose. This clearly wasn't the case before. I don't know what to do, she is in a community tank but no other fish in there would harm her. Would a cleaner magnet be heavy enough to do this much damage, even if it only fell from a small height in the water?
What can I do to help her? Will she be ok? I feel so guilty letting this happen to her! She is my favorite fish by far so I really want her to be ok (would with any fish but more so her!)!
Please help!! Thanks.