My most intense rescue ever: House Gecko on a glue trap
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Disheartening and sad to say the least, but you opened you rheart and home to another living creature to try to give it a second chance, mad props and I am sure something good will happen to you in the future, I believe in Karma, be it good or bad...
I just lost a pond fish yesterday, tried to 'save' him, pulled him out, grabbed the old sponge filter and attempted to medicate(very lethargic and couldn't stay in the water) but lost it shortly after I retrieved it from the pond...only a $.35 fish, but it has grow to 3 1/2" under my care, sad non the less...
I just lost a pond fish yesterday, tried to 'save' him, pulled him out, grabbed the old sponge filter and attempted to medicate(very lethargic and couldn't stay in the water) but lost it shortly after I retrieved it from the pond...only a $.35 fish, but it has grow to 3 1/2" under my care, sad non the less...
Yeah a goldfish...
I have 5 (now) Comet feeders and one fancy (2 tails) with 2 juvenile Koi in a small outdoor pond, came home yesterday and one of the Comets was on the waters surface and very lethargic...It came to me instead of hiding like normal...
I caught it easilly and put it into a 5 gallon bucket with water from the pond (like a 75 or 100 g preformed) and put in a sponge filter that I am cultivating in my main tank...He lasted another 4 hours before he stopped moving. I made the effort to help, but it didn't make it.
Still not sure what happened, other than being dead there were no external issues (ie: rot or missing scales)and my water parameters are all good (0 ammonia, 0 Nitrites, ~20PPM Nitrates, PH 7). All the others are fine and eating well.
As a just in case, I pulled some dead lilly leaves and quite a bit of the watter lettuce thats growing on the surface, out and performed about a 30% water change..Water is still clear, but the filter will also get cleaned tonight. Like I said, I dunno...
I have 5 (now) Comet feeders and one fancy (2 tails) with 2 juvenile Koi in a small outdoor pond, came home yesterday and one of the Comets was on the waters surface and very lethargic...It came to me instead of hiding like normal...
I caught it easilly and put it into a 5 gallon bucket with water from the pond (like a 75 or 100 g preformed) and put in a sponge filter that I am cultivating in my main tank...He lasted another 4 hours before he stopped moving. I made the effort to help, but it didn't make it.
Still not sure what happened, other than being dead there were no external issues (ie: rot or missing scales)and my water parameters are all good (0 ammonia, 0 Nitrites, ~20PPM Nitrates, PH 7). All the others are fine and eating well.
As a just in case, I pulled some dead lilly leaves and quite a bit of the watter lettuce thats growing on the surface, out and performed about a 30% water change..Water is still clear, but the filter will also get cleaned tonight. Like I said, I dunno...
oh crap!!! sorry he didnt make it! you tried!! things just dont go the way you plan! its happened to me before. i feel you.
Thanks guys 
I wish he would've pulled through, the fact that he even survived being stuck to a glue trap and being extracted from it is a testament to him.
I wish he would've pulled through, the fact that he even survived being stuck to a glue trap and being extracted from it is a testament to him.
Kudos to you for trying.Sad he didnt make it but at least he had a shot.Cool that he jumped up on your hand like that.
no thank you for trying!! RIP the poor thing! butyou da ma n!Bottomfeeder;4368308; said:Thank you for your kind words, Basstank
