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arserulez 09-06-2004 06:28 PM

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? :( :( :(

dragonfly_sg 09-06-2004 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by arserulez
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? :( :( :(


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.

arserulez 09-06-2004 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by dragonfly_sg
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.

whew.... that's a relief...
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

samuelphan 09-06-2004 06:57 PM

OUCH!!!! Cant imagine how water change using hose can inflict such kind of wound :(

pykoh 09-06-2004 06:58 PM

Now you know, dun play play hor. :p

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Originally Posted by samuelphan
OUCH!!!! Cant imagine how water change using hose can inflict such kind of wound :(


arserulez 09-06-2004 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samuelphan
OUCH!!!! Cant imagine how water change using hose can inflict such kind of wound :(

bro i using those U-shape thing wif valve that can hang on the side of the tank so the hose wont drop out during water change. u connect ur hose to the U-shape arm.

the goldfish got stuck at the valve. :(:(:(

samuelphan 09-06-2004 07:08 PM

*Sigh* :(

Poor fishie fishie ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by arserulez
bro i using those U-shape thing wif valve that can hang on the side of the tank so the hose wont drop out during water change. u connect ur hose to the U-shape arm.

the goldfish got stuck at the valve. :(:(:(


samuelphan 09-06-2004 07:12 PM

Hehehe ... my at the most sucked out to the drain and will never get to see the fish again ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by pykoh
Now you know, dun play play hor. :p


arserulez 09-06-2004 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samuelphan
Hehehe ... my at the most sucked out to the drain and will never get to see the fish again ;)


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....

Baruku 09-06-2004 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arserulez
bro i using those U-shape thing wif valve that can hang on the side of the tank so the hose wont drop out during water change. u connect ur hose to the U-shape arm.

the goldfish got stuck at the valve. :(:(:(

Did you pull it out of the valve?!!! If so, you really have made a big mistake.

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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