Hello everyone and thank you for taking the time to read this. I have an ornate leopard wrasse that I’ve had nearly 4 years jump out of my tank yesterday evening. I don’t know how long she was out of the water for but if I had to guess it must’ve been between 10-30 minutes. She was dry when I picked her up and barely breathing. I put her in front of the return and after a few seconds she woke up and instantly buried herself in the sand. She came out of the sand not even 10–15 minutes later and swam about for another hour before hitting the sand for the rest of the night. I haven’t seen her since and she is normally out and about by this time.
do you think she will be okay? What kind of survival rate do fish have when found dry outside of the water? She didn’t seem to have any physical injuries that I could see and was swimming fine.
Thank you all.
do you think she will be okay? What kind of survival rate do fish have when found dry outside of the water? She didn’t seem to have any physical injuries that I could see and was swimming fine.
Thank you all.