I came home from work today to find my red tail black shark sucked up against the filter in my tank. It is an aqueon filter, the type that has a cylindrical protrusion down into the water to suck in the water/debris/etc.
He was sucked up against it and wrapped around it upside down. Turning it off for a few seconds caused him to fall away from it. He is trying to swim, but is swimming upside down, and ends up falling to the bottom gasping and flapping his fins. He seems to have full use of fins, etc, but can't seem to right the ship, so to speak. He looks HORRIBLE. His body seems stuck in a curved shape, and is all red around fins and gills.
Will he get his bearing eventually and be fine? Is he going to die? Is there anything I can do for him??? He was my favorite, and I will be devastated if he dies like this...
I have no idea how long exactly he was like this for, could have been up to 10 hours for all I know.
Please help!!!!!!
He was sucked up against it and wrapped around it upside down. Turning it off for a few seconds caused him to fall away from it. He is trying to swim, but is swimming upside down, and ends up falling to the bottom gasping and flapping his fins. He seems to have full use of fins, etc, but can't seem to right the ship, so to speak. He looks HORRIBLE. His body seems stuck in a curved shape, and is all red around fins and gills.
Will he get his bearing eventually and be fine? Is he going to die? Is there anything I can do for him??? He was my favorite, and I will be devastated if he dies like this...
I have no idea how long exactly he was like this for, could have been up to 10 hours for all I know.
Please help!!!!!!