ACCIDENT: Can goldfish survive without tail?
Hi bros,
1 of my small 1" goldfish got sucked up when i did a water change juz now. it got stuck in the hose n its tail somehow got "chopped off". for the past 30 min the fella seem to be able to swim (though not very well). i'm afraid the outflow of the ohf is too strong for it, so i removed it n put in hospital tank wif airpump n added melafix (to prevent infection). i wld like to ask whether it is able to survive this ordeal or will it die soon? :( wld it be better to cull it now n save it the pain? personally i'm reluctant to cull it cos it seems to be swimming fine. but then its only 30mins so i'm not sure whether it wld make it. if it can survive w/o the tail, i wld like put it back in the main tank when the wound closes. better still, wld the tailfin grow back? :( :( :( |
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That is sad, I know how you feel but accident do happen. Anyway, if the wound don't get infected, the chance of it surviving is good, especially if it can swim and can feed. At 1" there is a good chance some of the fin would regrow back abit. |
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it can swim but i haven tried feeding it. will try during feeding time tonight n update u... i was afraid the fella wldnt make it n i was afraid i needed to cull it. so when can i move the fella back into the main tank? when the tail grows back? or when the wound closes? :confused: below r pics of the poor fella... :( http://arofanatics.com/members/arser...nt/image02.jpg |
OUCH!!!! Cant imagine how water change using hose can inflict such kind of wound :(
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Now you know, dun play play hor. :p
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the goldfish got stuck at the valve. :(:(:( |
*Sigh* :(
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Hehehe ... my at the most sucked out to the drain and will never get to see the fish again ;)
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yah that was what i thought also! then i realised that the water outflow slow to a trickle. then i realised the fella got stuck! :( i was very sad when i thot it went into the open floor trap. now i realise that it is like that, i dunno which is worse.... haiz.... |
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When you meet this kind of accident, the very first thing to do is to turn the tap to close position (if your u-shape arm has a tap knob) or immediately bend your water hose, this will immediately stop the sucking force and the fish will be released from the valve. I've met this kind of accident before. The bubble of my poor bubble-eye get sucked and that moment I was too "kan cheong" and immediately pulled the water hose up!! The bubble thus burst! Luckily it grow back... Yours looks very serious! It might get infected very easily. Do take good care of it. Wish you good luck!.... |
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