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Posted by Edward Cowling London UK on September 18, 2005, 10:23 am
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I got one of those jaw drop moments you hope not to get too often. A few
years ago I walked into my passage and wondered what the silver thing
flapping about on the carpet was ? It was a Zebra Danio (they're famous
escape artists) making a break for it :-) Happy ending though, as I
found him in time to pop him back, and he lived another 2 years.
Today I was having breakfast and as I got up from the table I thought I
saw a fish on the floor out of the corner of my eye. I looked down and
there was what looked like a dead Silver Shark lying on the kitchen
floor, about 30 feet from where the tank is. I can only guess he flapped
about and moved himself as I don't have a cat. As I looked at him I saw
a gill move, so I scooped him up and put him back in the tank. For about
an hour he just lay on the surface with his gills going like mad, but
then he seemed a bit better and is now in amongst the weed.
I've had him three years and I never knew they were jumpers ?
Not sure if it's a happy ending yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I'm going to invest in a bit of netting and make an anti jump cover for
the tank.
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Edward Cowling London UK
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Posted by Sarah Navarro on September 18, 2005, 10:48 am
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Is a silver shark the same as a bala shark? If so, I have read that they
are notorious escape artists.
Sarah
> Today I was having breakfast and as I got up from the table I thought I
> saw a fish on the floor out of the corner of my eye. I looked down and
> there was what looked like a dead Silver Shark lying on the kitchen floor,
> about 30 feet from where the tank is. I can only guess he flapped about
> and moved himself as I don't have a cat. As I looked at him I saw a gill
> move, so I scooped him up and put him back in the tank. For about an hour
> he just lay on the surface with his gills going like mad, but then he
> seemed a bit better and is now in amongst the weed.
>
> I've had him three years and I never knew they were jumpers ?
>
> Not sure if it's a happy ending yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
> I'm going to invest in a bit of netting and make an anti jump cover for
> the tank.
>
>
> --
> Edward Cowling London UK
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Posted by Edward Cowling London UK on September 18, 2005, 11:24 am
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>Is a silver shark the same as a bala shark? If so, I have read that they
>are notorious escape artists.
>
Thats them. Considering a few hours ago he was floating upside down and
gasping he's done quite well. He's now swimming with his friends and
taking an interest in things. He's a good 6 or 7 inches long, and the
gap in the tank cover is quite small..... I guess it's time to get some
netting.
My only worry is his right eye. It looks a bit opaque and I think he
might have damaged it in his bid for freedom.
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Edward Cowling London UK
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Posted by Gill Passman on September 18, 2005, 1:31 pm
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Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
> I got one of those jaw drop moments you hope not to get too often. A few
> years ago I walked into my passage and wondered what the silver thing
> flapping about on the carpet was ? It was a Zebra Danio (they're famous
> escape artists) making a break for it :-) Happy ending though, as I
> found him in time to pop him back, and he lived another 2 years.
>
> Today I was having breakfast and as I got up from the table I thought I
> saw a fish on the floor out of the corner of my eye. I looked down and
> there was what looked like a dead Silver Shark lying on the kitchen
> floor, about 30 feet from where the tank is. I can only guess he flapped
> about and moved himself as I don't have a cat. As I looked at him I saw
> a gill move, so I scooped him up and put him back in the tank. For about
> an hour he just lay on the surface with his gills going like mad, but
> then he seemed a bit better and is now in amongst the weed.
>
> I've had him three years and I never knew they were jumpers ?
>
> Not sure if it's a happy ending yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
> I'm going to invest in a bit of netting and make an anti jump cover for
> the tank.
>
>
I did a major clean out on my 304 filter a few days ago...got a big
suprise when something flapped at me...a 0.5cm baby Mbuna....put it back
in the tank and it is doing great...
Gill
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Posted by tenthtiger on September 22, 2005, 11:25 am
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I had a similar incident with a red tailed shark one day when cleaning the
tank, I had all the fish in a covered bucket but when I went to put the
fish back I took the cover off before carrying it back to the tank.
It took me a good 15 minutes + to catch all the fish and get them back in
the tank. After another 5 minutes of trying to count the fish I realised
one was missing, I turned around to see the red tailed shark lying on the
floor at the other side of the room. I looked at him and he was totally dry
and had no movement so I concluded he was dead. I picked it up and threw it
back in the bucket whilst I tidied up, it sank to the bottom upside down and
lay there. I came back 10 minutes later it was swimming around the bucket.
He must have been out of the water nearly 30 minutes. He's now been renamed
Jesus.
> Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
>> I got one of those jaw drop moments you hope not to get too often. A few
>> years ago I walked into my passage and wondered what the silver thing
>> flapping about on the carpet was ? It was a Zebra Danio (they're famous
>> escape artists) making a break for it :-) Happy ending though, as I
>> found him in time to pop him back, and he lived another 2 years.
>>
>> Today I was having breakfast and as I got up from the table I thought I
>> saw a fish on the floor out of the corner of my eye. I looked down and
>> there was what looked like a dead Silver Shark lying on the kitchen
>> floor, about 30 feet from where the tank is. I can only guess he flapped
>> about and moved himself as I don't have a cat. As I looked at him I saw a
>> gill move, so I scooped him up and put him back in the tank. For about an
>> hour he just lay on the surface with his gills going like mad, but then
>> he seemed a bit better and is now in amongst the weed.
>>
>> I've had him three years and I never knew they were jumpers ?
>>
>> Not sure if it's a happy ending yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
>> I'm going to invest in a bit of netting and make an anti jump cover for
>> the tank.
>>
>>
>
> I did a major clean out on my 304 filter a few days ago...got a big
> suprise when something flapped at me...a 0.5cm baby Mbuna....put it back
> in the tank and it is doing great...
>
> Gill
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> saw a fish on the floor out of the corner of my eye. I looked down and
> there was what looked like a dead Silver Shark lying on the kitchen floor,
> about 30 feet from where the tank is. I can only guess he flapped about
> and moved himself as I don't have a cat. As I looked at him I saw a gill
> move, so I scooped him up and put him back in the tank. For about an hour
> he just lay on the surface with his gills going like mad, but then he
> seemed a bit better and is now in amongst the weed.
>
> I've had him three years and I never knew they were jumpers ?
>
> Not sure if it's a happy ending yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
> I'm going to invest in a bit of netting and make an anti jump cover for
> the tank.
>
>
> --
> Edward Cowling London UK