I am such a softie! Advice needed :)

[wantokeeptrout]

something youre not telling us about your fish keeping methods ?
I´m just kidding, i´ve had fish that were missing an eye before and they live perfectly normal lives, but ive only had a fully blind fish once and sadly he didnt last too long, just refused to eat even when I put it near his face.

out of interest how long would you say the fish was alive in the LFS before you brought it home? cause if its survived in an LFS blind im sure it can do it in a tank on its own.

Don't know, at least 2-3 months. i just reset my 30 and they were dirt cheap so i got them to cycle the tank. whenever food enters the tank they just skim along the top looking for food, then after 5 minutes they start acting like cories, picking at everything in the gravel.

also they are all astyanax mexicanus fasinatus...

 

[Dispatch273]

out of interest how long would you say the fish was alive in the LFS before you brought it home? cause if its survived in an LFS blind im sure it can do it in a tank on its own.

He'd been at the LFS calling my name for at least 3-4 weeks before I finally brought him home today

 

[aclockworkorange]

Cubans are just evil. My pair gets along great but their fry are always killing each other once they put on some size.

 

[Dispatch273]

Cubans are just evil. My pair gets along great but their fry are always killing each other once they put on some size.

They do seem pretty evil. Hopefully this guy won't be too bad since he's by himself and blind.


What are my chances of putting him with other fish once he is a little healthier?

 

[JteSchertz]

If you are able to nurse him back to health I would always consider a tank all to himself. Even if he is not in with aggressive fish, his blindness will make it difficult for him to eat with any competition in the tank. Also, other fish might make him nervous and unable to eat. You could always try it out temporarily to see if it works.

BTW, good for you for rescuing the fish. I have the same habit, and as my wife keeps asking "Why did you buy that ugly fish". My response...."because nobody else would!!"

Keep us updated.

 

[Dispatch273]

If you are able to nurse him back to health I would always consider a tank all to himself. Even if he is not in with aggressive fish, his blindness will make it difficult for him to eat with any competition in the tank. Also, other fish might make him nervous and unable to eat. You could always try it out temporarily to see if it works.

BTW, good for you for rescuing the fish. I have the same habit, and as my wife keeps asking "Why did you buy that ugly fish". My response...."because nobody else would!!"

Keep us updated.

Lol I'm the same way. All of my pets except most of my fish have been rescues. I've rescued everything from horses to mice(and of course everything in between!) My husband calls me an animal hoarder lol. I have 1 dog and a ton of fish lol....I'm not that bad(yet )

So far today he seems to be eating pellets off the sand pretty easily. He's dug himself a little pit in the sand under an air stone and has that as his "home" though he does still swim around the bottom of the entire tank quite a lot. Hopefully he'll make it, my son has become quite attached and checks on him frequently. I'll have to get some pictures to compare with his "before" picture.

 

[f1shy]

aww thats sweet i guess you might have to train him to sense when your hand is there if you want to hand feed him personally it would be too hard for me to keep a blind fish but i would do it anyway lol the food does smell so i guess he could find it that way and like other people said maybe splash water to let him know you're there