Dry Aligator Gar

[Miguel]

Guys woke up this morning to a very dry Gar on the floor. Dry and with loads of **** glued to it ( the stuff that collects on a fish room floor is disgusting )..anyway he mooved a little when I picked him up so straight back in he went...

he is starting to swim but his eyes are still grey and without shine /brilliance ( could he be blind ? ).

He is 10" and jumped through a very tight opening ( again my mistake )...

We really need to be alert!

The opening was teher because of water between lids that creates a suction efect between sheets of glass. So I was closing the lid in the front, and that lid was pulling opebn the sheet of glass in the back. Normally I am aware of it and put it back in place. Yesterday must have been distracted....

 

[Miguel]

Update: Went in to check. He will most definitely make it through.. is swimming in a coordinated maner already...

 

[Crustman]

Good, glad to hear he is getting better. Can't these fish survive without oxygen a long time?

 

[davo]

you could add some melafix or salt to make sure it has no scale or fungal problems he could develop. Swimming is a good thing, getting some oxygen into the gills.

 

[Miguel]

you could add some melafix or salt to make sure it has no scale or fungal problems he could develop. Swimming is a good thing, getting some oxygen into the gills.

done that. Thank you.

Monster is eating!?!?!?

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Whoah. Just be thankful that he's alive after spending that long out of the tank. Do you need to hold him in the water near an oxygen supply live with Koi?

 

[mgctutor]

Theres nothing that gets the heart pounding more than finding a fish out of water... ( well mabe a couple of things ). My tank is in the den and the gar was on the kitchen floor... Just a few feet away. He survived, he broke the very end of his nose. Luckly hes doing fine now..

 

[Dovii dude]

Congrats then.

 

[Miguel]

Thank you guys. This time it ended ok...

 

[ani-mal-lvr]

So howz he doin today???