Hap vs. Coral

[Paintguy]

Sad, but he is still alive. My favorite Hap felt the need to try and swim through some coral in my tank. He was trapped and struggling for about 3 hours before I noticed he was stuck. Had to break it apart with a pair of pliers to get him free. For now I have put some extra salt in the tank & hope for the best. So just a warning to those out there with large chunks of coral... this is the risk to your larger fish.

 

[Anthraxx]

get some melafix in there as well (the tea tree stuff) it will really help with those open wounds and is only like 10$ just go way under the recommended dosage

 

[Betty]

How's he doing now?

I had something similar happen to a Bolivian ram getting stuck in an opening in a piece of driftwood.

 

[Paintguy]

He barely made it a day. Would not eat, colors faded so he was waaay to stressed out. Bummer that I traded my other male a few months ago, so I am on the lookout for another male Copadichromis borleyi or try something different in that tank. Off to see Kev in a bit.. maybe he will have something for me.

 

[JesseM]

I had the same experience years ago so I feel your pain. I had some lava rock with a hole cut in them and the fish swam through it and got all cut up.Now I dont put anything in my tanks with the sharp texture that lava rock/coral has. Especially with those darn holes in them.