This isnt a disease but sick fish

rcmania

Im So Confused!
So i got home from work tonight and went over to the tank to see how it was doing and check on my little guys. Anyways, all appeared ok and i checked my levels and all is ok. so i went and was watching tv and browsing the net, i got up a few hours later, walked by the tank and i didnt see my yellow watchman goby. Now Bigbird (goby) is always near his rock and ventures out every so often. So i took a look through the tank, behind a few rocks, up top, under his rock and nothing. I saw a trail from my fight conch that went over to his rock but then away. i start tearing the tank upside down looking for him. I know these guys are known to jump but i have a lid. so i went down below and pulled my filter sock out and found him in there. i quickly took my little tub i keep near and put tank water in it, carefully pulled the sock out and dumped him in the tub then put him right in the tank. i sank right to the bottom, barely breathing. he isnt yellow anymore, more of a gray color, i got him to move a little to get some water flowing through his gills and he went under a rock and settled in the sand. I turned the lights back out so i could get his stress level back down. My question is, is there anything else i can do for him? think he will make it? the sock was dirty and was in need of changing (which i did).

oh and yes i have eggcrate box to keep fish out of the overflow but he is able to fit through the hole, now i gotta come up with something else to keep bigbird out.
 
yea, i woke up today and he seemed fine, color came back and all seemed well. well then i turned my back for 20 minutes and he went back down the pipe. pulled him back out and he seemed fine. i took micro filter pad and cut it and placed it on the inside of the eggcrate. well about 30 minutes later i found him back in there. he is like a little boy in a room full of red buttons. how he got passed the pad im not sure, he could jump over and in. wife is gonna keep an eye on him today and tomorrow ill get some type of plastic screen to line the eggcrate with.
 
and the eggcrate was there to keep the snail away from the pipe opening. his shell would slow the flow as he went over it.
 
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