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Posted by Elaine T on May 30, 2005, 3:16 pm
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Robert M wrote:
> hello all, i have a bit of a problem here. my cichlid jumped out of the
> tank over night and spent anywhere from 1-6 hours on the floor. when i
> woke in the morning i noticed it was not in the tank at all, long story
> short, it was dried up on the floor. its mouth was still moving so i
> said what the heck. i put it in my koi's 100galon hospital tank, kept
> it in my hand and moved it through the water in order to get some
> oxigenated water moving through its gills. well, it escaped my hands
> like nothing had ever happened. i had to move it into a 20 gallon
> aquarium cuase the koi's water is considerably colder and harder than
> what the cichlid was used to. now under glass observation i notice that
> the eyes may be permanently damaged apearing very smoked and cloudy.
> the cuadal, and dorsal fins once had a nice looking yellow outline and
> now are gone leaving a both fins lacking surface area. heshe's not
> eating unlike before when it was quite the greedy little fish and was
> not even afraid to eat around the oscars
Not much you can do but keep the water very clean and wait. IME jumpers
without some sort of labyrinth organ or lung who have been out of the
tank that long don't usually make it.
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> tank over night and spent anywhere from 1-6 hours on the floor. when i
> woke in the morning i noticed it was not in the tank at all, long story
> short, it was dried up on the floor. its mouth was still moving so i
> said what the heck. i put it in my koi's 100galon hospital tank, kept
> it in my hand and moved it through the water in order to get some
> oxigenated water moving through its gills. well, it escaped my hands
> like nothing had ever happened. i had to move it into a 20 gallon
> aquarium cuase the koi's water is considerably colder and harder than
> what the cichlid was used to. now under glass observation i notice that
> the eyes may be permanently damaged apearing very smoked and cloudy.
> the cuadal, and dorsal fins once had a nice looking yellow outline and
> now are gone leaving a both fins lacking surface area. heshe's not
> eating unlike before when it was quite the greedy little fish and was
> not even afraid to eat around the oscars