this morning having to realise the loss of my poor male Viejita. a beautifully coloured dwarf cichlid who was truly my favorite.
He was moved into a smaller tank to breed with his female and i didnt see him for a couple of days, so last night i opened up the lid and peered in to see if he was in the filter unit on the back. and there i saw him below, actualy stuck inside a rock. barely breathing.
His head was seeable through a small hole and from behind you could see he was curved into a almost painfull to see shape, the look of pure pain on the fishes face was horrible. after sticking pencils into small holes in the rock gently, i managed to straighten out his body, and was then able to pull him our by his tail fin with a pair of tweezers, again gently as not to hurt him. instantly he dropped to the floor and swam on his side, his body formd into a horrible disfigured curved shape.
i sort of hoped he would make it through the night and i could treat him for the various cuts and marks on his body but woke up this morning and he was dead.
heres a pic, rest in piece
He was moved into a smaller tank to breed with his female and i didnt see him for a couple of days, so last night i opened up the lid and peered in to see if he was in the filter unit on the back. and there i saw him below, actualy stuck inside a rock. barely breathing.
His head was seeable through a small hole and from behind you could see he was curved into a almost painfull to see shape, the look of pure pain on the fishes face was horrible. after sticking pencils into small holes in the rock gently, i managed to straighten out his body, and was then able to pull him our by his tail fin with a pair of tweezers, again gently as not to hurt him. instantly he dropped to the floor and swam on his side, his body formd into a horrible disfigured curved shape.
i sort of hoped he would make it through the night and i could treat him for the various cuts and marks on his body but woke up this morning and he was dead.
heres a pic, rest in piece
If you have any pics, we'd like to see him! Once my Red Rainbow got stuck in some wood, but fortunately my Dad managed to break it so the fish survived! I know that isn't any consolation to you, but it makes us weary of putting any wood in, plug any holes in the wood!