xim
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Yesterday's morning (before CO2 injection), I scooped a green neon out of my tank because it was whirling around uncontrollably.
I put it in a bucket with an air stone. It stopped moving and floated like a dead fish but still breathing very lightly... I used a flashlight and a magnifying glass to examine it but it looked perfectly normal.
I searched the web for info, might be the whirling disease, but it is not concrete, just like anything aquarium!
Hours later, I opened the bucket lid, expecting to see it dead. But now it was able to keep balance and darted to hide behind the air stone. So I thought it was better and planned to reintroduce it back into the tank in non-CO2 hours. The bucket had no filter and I don't have a hospital tank ready.
When the time came, I put the net into the water. This time it didn't dart around but stopped moving and lied flat on the bottom. I poked it with the net and it just drifted away like a dead fish. I scooped it up to look closely. It still didn't move. So I put it back into the water and decided to let it die in the bucket. But I also suspected it might pretend to die because it stopped breathing immediately when I poked it.
2 hours later, I gently opened the lid and took a peek. It was swimming normally. And when I knocked the bucket, it darted! So I put in the net, sure enough, it faked death again. But I didn't buy it and put it back into the tank. It just swam away! I'm not 100% sure that it will be fine. But I've no doubt this darn fish can fake death.
I put it in a bucket with an air stone. It stopped moving and floated like a dead fish but still breathing very lightly... I used a flashlight and a magnifying glass to examine it but it looked perfectly normal.
I searched the web for info, might be the whirling disease, but it is not concrete, just like anything aquarium!
Hours later, I opened the bucket lid, expecting to see it dead. But now it was able to keep balance and darted to hide behind the air stone. So I thought it was better and planned to reintroduce it back into the tank in non-CO2 hours. The bucket had no filter and I don't have a hospital tank ready.
When the time came, I put the net into the water. This time it didn't dart around but stopped moving and lied flat on the bottom. I poked it with the net and it just drifted away like a dead fish. I scooped it up to look closely. It still didn't move. So I put it back into the water and decided to let it die in the bucket. But I also suspected it might pretend to die because it stopped breathing immediately when I poked it.
2 hours later, I gently opened the lid and took a peek. It was swimming normally. And when I knocked the bucket, it darted! So I put in the net, sure enough, it faked death again. But I didn't buy it and put it back into the tank. It just swam away! I'm not 100% sure that it will be fine. But I've no doubt this darn fish can fake death.