I woke up tues morning hearing my filter (ac 110) not filtering properly. it wasnt running dry but did not have enough water in it to suck properly. My alarm clock was blinking 1:32 am (power outage). look in my 40 gal pleco tank and all are doing very badly with 2 that had already stopped breathing. 4 in. reg bn and albino bn and 5 in. royal were doing mildly ok. 3-4 in. king tiger and snowball plec both upside down, barely breathing, knocking on deaths door. 8 in. L240 gallaxy and my lil' 2 in. blue panaque not breathing at all. I fix the filter and then start taking some water out of the tank to make the waterfall stronger and put some air back into the water. I watch the tank for about 40 min. and here is the strange part, out of nowhere the galaxy starts breathing again(this is after 40 min of me watching, dont know how long he was not breathing in total). really slow and shallow at first. 20 min later he flips himself over and starts twitching and moving around somewhat. Not the same story for the blue panaque-Rip. Within a few hours all plecs make a full recovery and return to there normal behavior. But my galaxy kinda sits and stares aimlessly and i have yet to see him eat. So he is brain dead from lack of oxygen, right? If he is not eating how long should i wait to euthanize him and how do I?
yes, i realize a power head would have aided in avoiding this mess.
yes, i realize a power head would have aided in avoiding this mess.
