Stupid me!!... poor fish

[jason604]

i cant believe this happened just now... i just bought a firefish and just when i finish drip acclimating him i decided to take the bag he was in and pour some water out and BLOPPPP down he went into the drain with it.... i quickly disconnected the piping and got him out but he was with dirty freshwater... quickly put him in a bucket of my tanks water.. will he be ok to put in my tank or will he be goners/infect my tank?... was in the pipe for about a total of 30 seconds

[shrimp]

It will be fine to place him in your tank.

[Reef Pilot]

If it was only 30 sec, he will be OK. He won't be happy with you..., but he should get over it...

[jason604]

Lol I still can't believe that happened. I'm transferring him into seperate tank water containers to try to flush the nasty sink water from him

[Aquattro]

Just put him in the tank

[jason604]

After putting him in the tank he got beat up a lil bit by my yellow tang, royal gamma and nemos. He instantly found my other fire fish and won't seperate =)

[Ken]

hi there, there's always the 3o second rule when you drop something. regards ken

[Spyd]

Originally Posted by Ken

hi there, there's always the 3o second rule when you drop something. regards ken

lol. It's so true. Just think of his little trip as a nice fresh water dip to ensure no parasites. People do freshwater dips for up to 10 minutes sometimes so 30 seconds wouldn't harm it at all.

[jason604]

Yup the lil guy rly loves to suicide and succeeded this time lol. Went right over the tank and behind the closed window blinds somehow.

[Simmy]

Yikes....dried fish food.