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Did a water change on Furdinand’s tank today and I topped the water up a little more than usual. Then, I was making my own dinner and ran over to feed the betta boys and accidentally left Furdy’s hood just slightly more open than usual.
I’m sure you can guess what happened next… he jumped out and landed on the floor after bouncing off the counter top.
I didn’t find him until over 20 minutes after he jumped. Amazingly he was still alive, although only very slightly tacky to the touch. At first he went immediately to the bottom of the tank gasping for breath. After a couple of hours he’s swimming around fairly normally. He’s a “king” betta and fairly big which is probably a factor in his not drying out so fast
He’s in clean, warm water. His tank is normally darkened from tannins from the Mopani wood in it, but I’ve added an Indian almond leaf and a bag of organic rooibos tea.
I didn’t start a thread in the emergencies section because I already know what needs to be done, I just wanted to commiserate with folks who would understand.
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I’m sure you can guess what happened next… he jumped out and landed on the floor after bouncing off the counter top.
I didn’t find him until over 20 minutes after he jumped. Amazingly he was still alive, although only very slightly tacky to the touch. At first he went immediately to the bottom of the tank gasping for breath. After a couple of hours he’s swimming around fairly normally. He’s a “king” betta and fairly big which is probably a factor in his not drying out so fast
He’s in clean, warm water. His tank is normally darkened from tannins from the Mopani wood in it, but I’ve added an Indian almond leaf and a bag of organic rooibos tea.
I didn’t start a thread in the emergencies section because I already know what needs to be done, I just wanted to commiserate with folks who would understand.
