Buried Cory Cat ~ HELP!

[MOsborne05]

We just transferred my betta from the 1 gal to the new 2.5 gallon and we scraped some gravel off of the bottom of my 26gal to put into it. We didn't notice until about a minute later, but when hubby scraped up the gravel with a cup, he accidentally buried one of my cory cats. I noticed it after about a minute and moved all of the gravel off of him, but he doesn't look too good. He's turned really light compared to the others and he's just sitting on the bottom, but he's still breathing. He looks like he might have lost a couple of barbells, but is there anything that I can do for him????

Good news is that now my betta is in a much bigger home with a couple of snails.

 

[Lotus]

All you can do is to hope he wasn't damaged too badly, keep him in a tank with good water quality, turn off the lights to reduce stress, and add some Melafix if you have some.

 

[H2O]

might try some stress coat, too

 

[MOsborne05]

Ok, I turned off the lights and ran to town to get some Melafix, I just added it. All I can do now is wait and see, I hope he makes it, I love those little guys

 

[rhoymand]

had a similar experience w/ one of my tetras. I put a clay pot on the gravel as an ornament. he didnt swim away fast enough so he got crushed. lifted the pot and there he was, badly brusied and breathing hard. used a product similar to streecoat to try help. after a few months he was ok, just really shy now.

 

[phOOey]

thats sounds painful, buried alive

hopefully it'll get better soon.

 

[Chazwick]

Oooh, nasty. I wish your corycat a full recovery, Please keep us updated

 

[MOsborne05]

Well, I just got home from work and he's still alive but barely. My bf thought that he was dead and I did too until one of the other cory's bumped into him and his tail moved a bit. He is laying on his side and doesn't seem to be able to roll back over. I put him in a small rubbermaid container with some melafix and some shrimp pellets. Do you think he'll be ok in there if I change the water periodically? Hopefully he makes it, but it's not looking good

 

[f8fan]

hmmmm...that stinks, I'm sorry to hear it.

I doubt that he is going to eat the shrimp pellets and going without food a couple days wont hurt him. I'd take the pellets out as they are likely going to foul the water and subject him to more stress...ammonia!

I wonder everytime I move things around in my tank if this is gonna happen to me or my fish....sorry it happened to you.

I am hoping for the best for you and keeping my fingers crossed!

 

[MOsborne05]

Thanks, he looks almost completely dead but every couple of minutes he'll twitch his nose or wiggle his tail just a bit, so I'm still hopeful that he'll pull through. I changed the water and took the shrimp pellets out, and added some more melafix to the new water. Guess I'll just have to wait and see now.

 

[ram man]

poor little guy sorry to hear about him. hopefilly he pulls through

 

[MOsborne05]

My little guy just went up to fish heaven, sorry buddy