Backfromthedead Sailfin Blenny

[AJ_77]

Was mucking about in the new tank today, and saw my 3" sailfin blenny on the carpet against the baseboard. Wasn't totally dry, but fairly stiff and blank-looking (grey eyes, etc)...

Chucked him in a bucket of water from last night's moving, and then told him off - stupid fish, dying on me...

Kept looking at him in that big bucket all dead like that... then he twitched. Scooped him into a container, changed half new tank water, watched him... He started breathing, twitching some more, moving a bit... Kinda freaky, but he was coming back.

After half-hour or so of re-acclimating, I slid his carcasse back into the tank. He's lying behind a small rock just breathing for the last couple of hours. Part of the very fringe of his dorsal fin seems to have been lost, almost dissolved - yuck.

Odds for survival?? Anything I can do for him??

Thanks,

many blenneis will dry right up in tide pools and then "come back" as it were.....

It is fairly common for them to dry up on carpet too....

[Delphinus]

I once read a story about how a clown loach once survived after being carpet jerky.

Not a fair comparison, freshwater fish to saltwater fish, but, I thought it might help to cheer you up -- sometimes they can survive -- there's a precedent.

So, good luck with your guy. I'm hoping for him.

PS. Found it -- http://aquaweb.pair.com/FISH_STORIES/frankenfish.shtml

[AJ_77]

Nope - worm food.

[LostMind]

That sux man!

[Delphinus]

Sorry for your loss.

[trilinearmipmap]

Are blennies very prone to jumping compared to other fish?