Big Clown Loach got tagged....
- Thread starter UnstoppableJayD
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Damn Jay. Hope he pulls thru for you. I would seperate him maybe. Throw him in your sump or make a floating pup style basket
Sheesh you're making it sound like it's already dead.
I'd think as long as the loach has some fat to burn while it doesn't eat and if Jay keeps the water clean in the almost JDM 505 it will make it.
I would guess that it depends how close it came to any organs. I don't know much about the anatomy of a loach, but I mean that may be close enough to the eye and the brain to unfortunately have to say goodbye. I was under the impression fish only have nerves in organs (could be way wrong on this), a pain response is a bit different than being infected by a toxin, but then again swelling near the gills may complicate matters as well. My old clown knife got stung in the throat and other than having a permanent red bump he was just fine, even day of the sting you couldn't tell any sign of distress. Stranger things have happened, crossing my fingers for you.
I hope he pulls through but looks like a nasty injury! You can't really do anything but aerate as much as possible.
Damn sorry, J. That sucks. At first glance it looked like the barb was in the picture next to the loach.
