Urgent! Fish stuck in filter! Help asap!

willieturnip

Right, got him out with a bit of luck. When I went back his tale was sticking out so I yanked him out by that.

Put him in the tank and he sank straight to the bottom. Lying on his side at the moment.

With any luck it'l just take a while for him to sort himself out. Still breathing normally so I guess thats the silver lining.

zombiefish610

Hope your fish gets well. What a predicament. When I first read this post it reminded me of Finding Nemo...when the fish try to escape.

willieturnip

That's actually not far from what happened.

Twistersmom

Nice save! Hope he makes a full recovery!

Can you block the filter area, so it does not happen again?

willieturnip

Have done. Had a spare condensation cover so I have put that over the tank. The filter comes flush with the top of the tank, but not the lid. This should have it solved for next time.

He actually did this once before, a good 4 or 5 years ago! A lot smaller then though so it wasn't as much of a problem.

willieturnip

Well so far tonight, he's managed to turn round. About 90 degrees.

Better than nothing I suppose..


Any advice anyone can give on speeding his recovery? Or how I can get him some food?

fighttest

i watched finding nemo the other day. one of the best pixar movies ever

Tempy

poor little guy :(