So Wednesday evening I brought home my little BGK and two peacock eels (Pics to follow asap, my BGK is shy) Since I am currently holding them in a 10gal until the 60gal arrives, I had to borrow a filter from my neighbor who is not using her tank of the same size. Now, I unfortunately didn't notice the bottom of the pipe where the water goes in is wide open, I only saw the slits on the side and figured that's where the water was sucked through.
Can you guess where this is going?
That same night I heard the filter screech, after taking a look, I noticed an eel was missing. For some reason neither of them wants to burrow in the sand, they just like to chill on top and around the wood, so I knew he wasn't in the tank. Sure enough, I opened up the filter and saw his tail sticking out, he was twisted and jammed up inside the little chamber where the turbine was. Thought he was dead at first but he somehow managed to live through that and I eventually got him out. He seemed okay but there was a patch of missing skin/scales on his side that has been seemingly getting worse. He still swims around a little, eating I'm not sure because I haven't seen either of them eat yet, but lately I noticed when he sits at the bottom of the tank now I might catch him laying more on his side, like he's doing right now
I really adore my eels and I don't want to have to replace him, is there anything I can do? I'll be going to my LFS today for bloodworms and can pick up meds if necessary.
Pics:
Can you guess where this is going?
That same night I heard the filter screech, after taking a look, I noticed an eel was missing. For some reason neither of them wants to burrow in the sand, they just like to chill on top and around the wood, so I knew he wasn't in the tank. Sure enough, I opened up the filter and saw his tail sticking out, he was twisted and jammed up inside the little chamber where the turbine was. Thought he was dead at first but he somehow managed to live through that and I eventually got him out. He seemed okay but there was a patch of missing skin/scales on his side that has been seemingly getting worse. He still swims around a little, eating I'm not sure because I haven't seen either of them eat yet, but lately I noticed when he sits at the bottom of the tank now I might catch him laying more on his side, like he's doing right now
I really adore my eels and I don't want to have to replace him, is there anything I can do? I'll be going to my LFS today for bloodworms and can pick up meds if necessary.
Pics:
