"OH MY GOD"

[wildbubbadew]

I had a pleco survive twelve hours out of the tank.I noticed him missing in the morning,but figured my wife had moved him from the tank.That night we realized that he had jumped.We found him under the stand,completely dry,and covered in carpet fibers.We figured he was dead,but as we were moving him he moved just a little.So we put him in a tank,and after a while he recovered.
His eyes were sunk way back,and his tail just kind of rotted off.I think it was a month before he looked right again.Even the tail regrew.

 

[MHcblues119]

In the wild pleco's can spend some time out of the water...... IF i remember/.....


Dont they like to burrow through Mud in little putles?

 

[oscar n redtail cat]

to mcox3 ..

i lost a pleco at 10" id had him 4 about 5 years in a 3 foot tank i was gutted when he jumped out snd like urs will be ok best of luck

 

[headbanger_jib]

plecos are really hardy and can survive a lot more time out of water than many other fish

 

[mcox3]

she's still alive!

 

[Scandi]

THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME!

My pleco was completely dry when I found him, I thought he was absolutly dead cause there were no signs at all of life. But just the other day I had read about the reedfishes, which you should never classify as dead at first sight if they've jumed out of the water becuase they probably aren't... So I put my dry pleco in an another tank, and he started to breath!

The next few weeks he lost half of both his front fins, and he changed scales and looked absolutely aweful! I treated the water and him with mycopur (anti-bacterial) so that he wouldn't get an infection.

He healed completely. Even the bones in his front fins grew out (I was like WTF!? when I saw that) and he's a happy pleco today .

I hope yours will be allright too!

 

[SemperFish]

I had an Iridescent shark that survived out of water for atleast 6 hours. I was about to leave the house and I heard a funny rustling noise that I ignored. When I came home around 6 hours later I still heard it. Upon investigation I found the fish in my empty trash can by the fish tank. He was flopping around in the liner and making noise. I think the fact that the plastic bag was nonabsorbent kept him wet and clean helped out alot. As soon as I threw him in the water he took off like a dart. The funny thing is,I almost stomped him without looking because i figured I had a mouse in there!

 

[Paullywolly]

May sound weird, but you can actually hold him behind the pectoral fins with your thumb and forefinger and move him back and forth in the water... kind of a fish version of CPR! Gets the water moving over his gills. I had the same thing happen with a plec, he was all covered in dust and almost completely dry, I did this for about a minute (gently) and he eventually starting to breath and kick his tail. He pulled through ok.. plecs are tough as hell.