Losing a wrasse

[paphater]

I think I'm going to lose my first wrasse to jumping, sadly it's my lineatus. I had my cover off for feeding and letting my frozen thaw. By the time I fished him out from behind the tank he had been out of the water 2-3 minutes. I've got him floating in my net now, he's alive but just floating about in the net. Lame.

 

[Reeferdood]

Sorry to hear about the Wrasse, sadly they are known to be jumpers..

 

[paphater]

Yes they are. He didn't make it. He was bleeding from the gills so I'm assuming the fall did most of the damage.

 

[Geebs19]

Sorry to hear that! Losing a fish sucks.

 

[saltyhog]

Man that stinks! It can happen in a moment. I lost one recently that jumped out while I was feeding. He landed on the adjacent screen top but I didn't notice him until I found him dead and dry the following day!

I don't turn my back on the tank now when one of the screen covers is off!

 

[paphater]

Man that stinks! It can happen in a moment. I lost one recently that jumped out while I was feeding. He landed on the adjacent screen top but I didn't notice him until I found him dead and dry the following day!

I don't turn my back on the tank now when one of the screen covers is off!

Same here. From now food is thawing with the cover on.

 

[minus9]

I just lost my carpenters flasher to a spinal injury. I noticed him swimming head up and tail down, along with resting on the sand frequently. He also stopped eating for days (even moving him to a small tank didn't help). He was fully grown when I got him, so who knows how old he was? It really sucks, so I feel your pain. One of the better looking carpenters that I've seen. I have a lid (mesh screen), so he must've hit the glass or rocks? He and the line-spot kept each other occupied flashing each other.