Unbelievable!
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cardiffgiant
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I had a huge albino oscar leap out of a tank once and flop all the way across the room. My wife called to tell me that the dog was afraid of it and that I needed to come home from work to take care of it. It took a lot of convincing, but she eventually picked it up with two spatulas and put it back in the tank... and it was totally fine.
We joked that it had tried to get out and eat the dog.
Sorry to hear about the goby. That's a real bummer. We had a clown for 7 years that jumped, and that was probably the most disappointing fish death for us.
We joked that it had tried to get out and eat the dog.
Sorry to hear about the goby. That's a real bummer. We had a clown for 7 years that jumped, and that was probably the most disappointing fish death for us.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
what the heck is going on around here lately....
was there a full moon last night?
was there a full moon last night?
johnd651
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Full moon was on the 30...lol... this is it i hope!?!?!
and i had a rainbow shark get chased out of my 55 gallon by platys and then carpet surf for about 15 feet, before i realized that my black carpet had red spots...
he got rinsed off in the sink and back in the tank he went....6 months later...hes still swimming
and i had a rainbow shark get chased out of my 55 gallon by platys and then carpet surf for about 15 feet, before i realized that my black carpet had red spots...
he got rinsed off in the sink and back in the tank he went....6 months later...hes still swimming
backdraft79
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O god im next ........... I know it!
:twitch::eek1::twitch:
:twitch::eek1::twitch:
DEEP BLUE SIX
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Those "sharks" freshwater cats / barbs & other relatives are quite resilient.
I had the same experience with redtail & tri-color bala before.
The worst (but still ended up fine) was an $80 Huge Synodontis Lace cat that somehow "freak" jumped out on me(freak because those usually don't even jump out) it was on the floor who knows how long...
I came home to find it what I thought was dead. A month earlier I had paid the $79.99 for him, so you can imagine I was crushed. Put it in tank water in a bucket and gave it (believe it or not, it's TRUE) very light belly compressions with a finger tip for like 5-10 minutes, & flushing water over it's gills, the sucker slowly came back to LIFE !!
Put him back in the tank heavily aerated... and never had another problem with him for years. Great fish amongst all the others I sold in my big freshwater setups.
Marine fish are a bit more sensitive of course,
though I've had pretty good luck so far over 2 years.
I hope this isn't spread bad luck month in these threads. LOL
Doing an upgrade on an additional tank real soon. Want everything to go down well without a hitch.
I had the same experience with redtail & tri-color bala before.
The worst (but still ended up fine) was an $80 Huge Synodontis Lace cat that somehow "freak" jumped out on me(freak because those usually don't even jump out) it was on the floor who knows how long...
I came home to find it what I thought was dead. A month earlier I had paid the $79.99 for him, so you can imagine I was crushed. Put it in tank water in a bucket and gave it (believe it or not, it's TRUE) very light belly compressions with a finger tip for like 5-10 minutes, & flushing water over it's gills, the sucker slowly came back to LIFE !!
Put him back in the tank heavily aerated... and never had another problem with him for years. Great fish amongst all the others I sold in my big freshwater setups.
Marine fish are a bit more sensitive of course,
though I've had pretty good luck so far over 2 years.
I hope this isn't spread bad luck month in these threads. LOL
Doing an upgrade on an additional tank real soon. Want everything to go down well without a hitch.
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