GATF upside down

[wei_yuan86]

Barely a week back, I managed to save enough to get a GATF i always wanted.
Kept it in a comm of an aro, pb, IT and a pair of rays.
When i initially added it in, little aggression was shown.. occasional chasing but nothing serious.
I had to go overseas for 2 days and to my horror, i found it badly scratched with bite marks and missing scales all over.
but at this point, it was still active and swimming normally.

Rushed down to my nearby LFS to purchase a hospital tank.
Air pump full blast, used old tank water, added melafix.
And here's the thing, after netting it out and putting it into the hospital tank..
IT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.

it's still breathing and occasionally trying to flip back up.

Bros, why is this happening? The aro is the suspected culprit... Any other possibilities?

Tank mates:
-Aro: 9"
-PB: 5"
-IT: 4"
-Rays: 6"

-GATF: 5"

[tohet2000]

aro pb and IT is possible .

Aro most likely
When you catch it out, GATF kena something like heart attack. Cannot anyhow catch out and put in different tank one. Sure flip 360 degrees. Sorry for your loss.

I speak from experience.

[wei_yuan86]

Heart attack? Shock and stress i guess.
Then what should i have done instead of netting him out?
I cant leave it inside as it would probably continue to be attacked.

Sigh anyway, last night it was upside down but still breathing.. But it's dead now.
Heart really aches.

Thanks for your inputs bro tohet and julius.

[Freedomivan]

Originally Posted by wei_yuan86

Heart attack? Shock and stress i guess.
Then what should i have done instead of netting him out?
I cant leave it inside as it would probably continue to be attacked.

Sigh anyway, last night it was upside down but still breathing.. But it's dead now.
Heart really aches.

Thanks for your inputs bro tohet and julius.

Bro take it easy , my aro kill 2 GATf before also . Some aro dislike silver fish they tend to bite them more

Originally Posted by wei_yuan86

Heart attack? Shock and stress i guess.
Then what should i have done instead of netting him out?
I cant leave it inside as it would probably continue to be attacked.

Sigh anyway, last night it was upside down but still breathing.. But it's dead now.
Heart really aches.

Thanks for your inputs bro tohet and julius.

Should have left him there and hope for the best, should've catch him out, they are characins, theyre wounds heals up very very fast. My SB gator tried to kill my 2.5 inches GATF last month, lucky he got away but had a really nasty hole in its body, can see blood coming out, left him there and thank god it healed up nicely .
Anyways, learning is more important, get a small one and start from scratch,

Shouldn't have catch him out **

[andy lau]

Bro, maybe ph shock also...

Originally Posted by andy lau

Bro, maybe ph shock also...

i doubt it's pH shock as he mentioned using old tank water. maybe its due to stress? sorry for your loss bro.