I cleaned my 29 gallon tank today and took out the UGF. I had a water bucket with my angelicus loaches in it and one jumped out. I didn't notice it right when it happened so I don't know how long the fish was out but it was still wet and flipping around on the floor when I scooped it up.
I put it in the 10 gallon QT which has a filter, a heater, and a bubble curtain and stays around 86F. The fish initially swam around upside down and could not right itself. I've left it in the tank and cut the lights off. It has gradually stopped swimming around so much and now it seems to have righted itself and it swims around on the bottom. It will sit still for a moment or two but it is still acting jerky and confused and it will swim off and bump into something every now and then. It looks as though it is trying to hide, which is very common with stressed fish, especially loaches. It has been over 2 hours since the fish got out of the tank. I know what will happen will happen but I just want to know if it is possible that this fish may make it?
I should have put them in the QT from the beginning. I just didn't think I'd be working as long as I did to remove the UGF.
I put it in the 10 gallon QT which has a filter, a heater, and a bubble curtain and stays around 86F. The fish initially swam around upside down and could not right itself. I've left it in the tank and cut the lights off. It has gradually stopped swimming around so much and now it seems to have righted itself and it swims around on the bottom. It will sit still for a moment or two but it is still acting jerky and confused and it will swim off and bump into something every now and then. It looks as though it is trying to hide, which is very common with stressed fish, especially loaches. It has been over 2 hours since the fish got out of the tank. I know what will happen will happen but I just want to know if it is possible that this fish may make it?
I should have put them in the QT from the beginning. I just didn't think I'd be working as long as I did to remove the UGF.