my sucking loach (scooter) jumped out of his tank some time when i was out of the house...which was for 5 or six hours....i then came home to seeing scooter on the floor five feet away from my 15 gallon tank. His gills were moving so i put him in the tank and moved him back and forth for a bit and he started pulsing and swiming around a bit....i then put him on the bottom of the tank with his gills still moving...first question- is it possible for him to survive? second question- is there anything else i can do to treat him and nurse him back to life?
2007-03-24 16:25:07 · 6 answers · asked by Aaron 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
That sucks!!!
2007-03-24 16:36:38 · answer #1 · answered by angrysandwichguy_2007 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Loaches,bottm dwellers,jump to the top from time to time and then end up on the floor, next to the tank,unless there is a cover on the tank. They could survive a short while,but if it lost oxygen to its brain ( it gets it through the water)it will become brain-damaged and won,t survive,no matter what you try to do to save it.
2007-03-24 18:49:05 · answer #2 · answered by DAGIM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loaches are notorious jumper's & they are also notorious for being able to survive extended periods of time out of the water, so he might survive or he might not as it may have been a long time.
2007-03-24 18:01:32 · answer #3 · answered by THIS 1 TIME AT BAND CAMP 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hope! Its all you can do when fish leap out of the tank. Sometimes they survive and sometimesthey do not. Try adding some of that fish stress coat stuff, it could help him.
2007-03-24 16:56:34 · answer #4 · answered by Palor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a lid on the tank. Local pet store has the little glass lids.
2007-03-24 17:01:39 · answer #5 · answered by onefinesacaman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure.. cpr/// lol jk
2007-03-24 16:28:45 · answer #6 · answered by sweetpeach_09 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋