Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theoryguru on March 17, 2013, 09:03:18 PM
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I bought 2 x 2.5" venustus and 2 x 2" VC10, housed in a 10g for about a wk.
All was well until I went to feed them this evening and found a venustus stuck (but alive) in the AC intake.
I have him in net, but he's belly up :-\
To date, I've never been able to successfully nurse a fish that's gone belly up to full health.
I'm wondering if anyone has...
what was the the most successful rescue you have been able to perform?
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Very slim chance once they go belly up. Your case shock and stress played a huge factor in this.
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Never been lucky enough to have one come back.
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In my experience, it's about one in 50 with Africans.
I have had much better luck with South and Central Americans, though. They seem to be able to bounce back more easily for some reason.
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In my experience, it's about one in 50 with Africans.
I have had much better luck with South and Central Americans, though. They seem to be able to bounce back more easily for some reason.
Agreed, I was able to save my red devil from its previous owner, hearty fish.
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I managed to save one female Labidochromis caeruleus. Put it a small desk top tank. 82 degrees. Some sea salt. Low light/low stress. Alot of luck.
Was about 5 days before she started perking up. Then slowly started to feed her. 2 weeks until back to her active self.