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Getting ready to feed the fish tonight, and I went around looking to find all 3 otos. Found two of them, but couldn't spot the 3rd. Once before, one of my otos ended up stuck behind the filter. He was there for about 2 days and suffered through a water change, but he survived! Anyhow, I often look around the side, just to make sure there's nobody stuck behind the filter. Well, low and behold, I see a fish. But it's not an oto, it's one of the white cloud minnows! I figured it died, and sunk down behind the filter. But I'm looking at it, and it's eyes aren't cloudy... Recently dead? So I carefully pull the top two suction cups off the filter, and wiggle wiggle, the minnow is still alive! So I carefully pull of the bottom two suction cups, and it swims off!
Anyhow, it's pretty pale, but still alive. I've separated it out, to give it a better chance at survival, and so he doesn't become a tasty snack for the betta. It had enough spunk in it to dodge the net once!
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Here's my little in-tank hospital. It's a betta cup, the kind with holes in the lid. Tied it with a bit of floss to the lid, so it's not tumbling around the tank, put a little piece of java moss in there, and turned the light off on that side. Guess we'll see if this crazy little minnow survives. I've got no idea how he managed to get behind the filter!
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Anyhow, it's pretty pale, but still alive. I've separated it out, to give it a better chance at survival, and so he doesn't become a tasty snack for the betta. It had enough spunk in it to dodge the net once!
Here's my little in-tank hospital. It's a betta cup, the kind with holes in the lid. Tied it with a bit of floss to the lid, so it's not tumbling around the tank, put a little piece of java moss in there, and turned the light off on that side. Guess we'll see if this crazy little minnow survives. I've got no idea how he managed to get behind the filter!
