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November 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| sliced danio!!!!!!!!!
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November 3rd, 2008
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| | Moderator
| Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry to hear that. 
Do you mean 1/2 his face is completely gone?
You might want to wait for others, but I'm not sure he'll be able to survive that. | |
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November 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| wow get something over that intake!
poor little guy  | |
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November 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| OMG! They are pretty tough but I don't know if he could survive that! Good Luck! | |
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November 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Oh, how sad. If it's a really brutal wound, personally I'd euthanise. But if it doesn't look too bad, then I'd do what I could to get him better. I'd definitely recommend covering your intake with maybe a sponge or some old cutoff pantyhose. | |
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November 4th, 2008
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| He might live. If I had a fish like that, I hope I'd be able to euthanize it (though, honestly, I probably wouldn't).
However, I have seen fish in the wild with pretty brutal injuries. (One was missing part of its lower jaw, and had been for years, by the look of it). | |
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November 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| euthanizing was an option when I first saw him, but now I think he's fine. For the first day after the accident he was laying on the bottom of the tank quivering!  Iwas ready to euthanize him but when I looked in the tank the next day he was swimming around and he even ate!  Now its been a week and he looks fine.
Also, I had a cover for my intake pipe, but I took It off for a short period of time because it was clogged. After this incident I have replaced it. | |
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November 4th, 2008
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| Glad to hear he's recovered!  | |
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November 4th, 2008
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| I'm glad he's doing well! That's good news. | |
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November 5th, 2008
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| Wow! That's one tough little bugger! | |
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November 5th, 2008
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| Gotta love them danios! | |
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November 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Pictures? Seems like a serious dude. | |
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November 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| how do I post pictures? | |
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November 8th, 2008
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| Click on the "Post Reply" button. Down toward the bottom of the reply screen, there's a "manage attachments" section. You can use those tools to browse for pics on your hard drive (pay attention to the size limits). You can then attach them to your post. | |
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November 8th, 2008
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| you use the "manage attachments" link when you post. what a tough little danio. | |
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November 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| I had to transfer my pics to a word document and crop them down and decrease their resolution to make them work, but here he is! | |
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November 8th, 2008
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| I'm sorry that he went through such a traumatic event, but he doesn't look bad. I am glad to hear that he is recovering so well and his wounds aren't fatal. | |
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November 8th, 2008
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| Swam head first into the filter no less, ouch. Hope he recovers to the fullest! | |
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November 8th, 2008
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| I saw 2 like this in my local store. As you say, they swim around ok.
It looks as though his gill has been torn off, I don't know how well he will do with only 1 but you never know,
We can survive with only one lung...
Last edited by Steve113; November 8th, 2008 at 11:54 PM.
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November 12th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| I have a shubunkin with part of his gill missing and hes the most vibrant fish we have. I adopted him on purpose because i knew most people want the perfect fish.  | |
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November 18th, 2008
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| That was very nice of you Intrepidcub. I take unwanted animals too! Got some really nice ones that way! | |
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