Aro jumped out of tank to the floor!!

[Squid]

Need advise!
While trying to transfer my aro from 1 tank to the other, it managed to jump out of the tank and onto the cement. the drop was about 6 ft

I managed to pick him up and drop into old tank.
I've dosed with melafix and also added stresscoat.
Any other advise? this sucks

so far his swimming posture is ok, except for the lots of drop scale and dirt on his body , anything else i should look out for?

[Squid]

So fra the fish swims normally
just lots of dropped scales , and dirt





Should i be worried, or can i relax?
Got overconfident in transferring aro

Originally Posted by Squid

Need advise!
While trying to transfer my aro from 1 tank to the other, it managed to jump out of the tank and onto the cement. the drop was about 6 ft

I managed to pick him up and drop into old tank.
I've dosed with melafix and also added stresscoat.
Any other advise? this sucks

so far his swimming posture is ok, except for the lots of drop scale and dirt on his body , anything else i should look out for?

Tama naman ginawa mo bro Squid. If this is your 1st time to encounter this it's really nerve racking! All you can do is observe and wait for your aro to recover.

goodluck!

[david171]

Happened to my aro years back and it moves like a snake on the floor for a few meters.i quickly put it back inside the tank,all fins damaged very badly and lost a lot of scales.i add salt and put heater and covered the tank`s glasses with newspapers and got healed within 2 weeks.hope this method can help you,good luck.

[Squid]

Originally Posted by downsouth

Tama naman ginawa mo bro Squid. If this is your 1st time to encounter this it's really nerve racking! All you can do is observe and wait for your aro to recover.

goodluck!

thanks bro downsouth,
the tank was pretty high up, i had to use a ladder to catch the fish .

Originally Posted by david171

Happened to my aro years back and it moves like a snake on the floor for a few meters.i quickly put it back inside the tank,all fins damaged very badly and lost a lot of scales.i add salt and put heater and covered the tank`s glasses with newspapers and got healed within 2 weeks.hope this method can help you,good luck.

thanks bro, hope he recovers fast. his transfer will have to wait for now.

[david171]

my past incident was much more worse than yours,no worries,bro.did you put in any heater?

[Squid]

Originally Posted by david171

my past incident was much more worse than yours,no worries,bro.did you put in any heater?

thanks bro Did not put a heater as the tank is quite big
will have to get some melafix tomorrow. Just hope no internal injuries.

[Squid]

thanks for the advise. Aro seems to be normal, I've fed him some superworms and he was extremely hungry, would it be wise to continue with th etank transfer?
in the smaller tank i'll be able to dose with melafix.

Originally Posted by Squid

thanks for the advise. Aro seems to be normal, I've fed him some superworms and he was extremely hungry, would it be wise to continue with th etank transfer?
in the smaller tank i'll be able to dose with melafix.

u can lower the water level before catching it. Easier for u to bag it and lesser water for it to jump so high.

[Squid]

Originally Posted by spotted

u can lower the water level before catching it. Easier for u to bag it and lesser water for it to jump so high.

yup, got overconfident, and tried to bag him while the tank was full learned my lesson now So far he seems back to normal, ate lots of mollies and sw