38bill
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Just thought I would share this as its been over a week now and the fish has made a complete recovery.
We had one of our Grandchildren over visiting when she suddenly ran past my tank and accidentally scared the fish. My Orange Backed wrasse flashed across the full 6' length of the tank. Not stopping. it slammed into the end glass and immediately went into convulsions while floating head down. After the seizure it sank to the bottom and laid there upside down totally motionless, mouth extended, not breathing, dead. I was just sick and our young granddaughter felt terrible about it. After a few minutes I removed the wrasse from the tank, put it in a baggie and was heading for the freezer. I had the freezer door open and I took one last look at it and all of a sudden it moved its mouth. What the??? I quickly ran downstairs to the sump and held the fish face first into the stream of water coming from a powerhead. After a couple of minutes of CPR it was breathing on its own and struggling to stay upright in my hand. I didnt hold much hope of recovery and I had to go so I put the wrasse in my fish trap, propped up by a couple rocks and left it with the powerhead still blowing towards it. I came back about 5 hours later, turned on the light and crap, the fish was laying there on its side looking dead as a door nail. I reached in to pull it out of the trap and it moved. Duh, the poor thing was just sleeping because it had gotten dark. Anyway he's back in the display looking like nothing ever happened. I'm sure the powerhead CPR is what saved him.
We had one of our Grandchildren over visiting when she suddenly ran past my tank and accidentally scared the fish. My Orange Backed wrasse flashed across the full 6' length of the tank. Not stopping. it slammed into the end glass and immediately went into convulsions while floating head down. After the seizure it sank to the bottom and laid there upside down totally motionless, mouth extended, not breathing, dead. I was just sick and our young granddaughter felt terrible about it. After a few minutes I removed the wrasse from the tank, put it in a baggie and was heading for the freezer. I had the freezer door open and I took one last look at it and all of a sudden it moved its mouth. What the??? I quickly ran downstairs to the sump and held the fish face first into the stream of water coming from a powerhead. After a couple of minutes of CPR it was breathing on its own and struggling to stay upright in my hand. I didnt hold much hope of recovery and I had to go so I put the wrasse in my fish trap, propped up by a couple rocks and left it with the powerhead still blowing towards it. I came back about 5 hours later, turned on the light and crap, the fish was laying there on its side looking dead as a door nail. I reached in to pull it out of the trap and it moved. Duh, the poor thing was just sleeping because it had gotten dark. Anyway he's back in the display looking like nothing ever happened. I'm sure the powerhead CPR is what saved him.
