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hi everyone,
During my trip (4 days), my tank sitter took off my lid for for a few min and in that time my firefish decided to jump out onto the carpet. After a min, tank sitter realized the prob and dumped him back in was lying upside down for a few min while still breathing (sitter nvr took lid off since then except to feed). Since then, fish has not been seen for 3days (i checked w my wifi cam and sitter looked everyday) while the other 2 fish ate as normal. Should i assume for now that my firefish is still traumatized, hiding and healing or he died under a rock or something? My skimmer has not been skimming anything, just got back and tested water parameters 0 ammonia and nitrite, 5 ppm nitrate, calc 410, mag 1230, alk 7.3. I figured if he died and something was eating his carcass it would cause a spike in ammonia or nitrates at least. Anyway, i plan on cleaning the tank morrow, but how long will a fish hide after trauma like that? Any input or exp w traumatized firefish would be greatly appreciated. Hope he is just hiding and will come out soon.
During my trip (4 days), my tank sitter took off my lid for for a few min and in that time my firefish decided to jump out onto the carpet. After a min, tank sitter realized the prob and dumped him back in was lying upside down for a few min while still breathing (sitter nvr took lid off since then except to feed). Since then, fish has not been seen for 3days (i checked w my wifi cam and sitter looked everyday) while the other 2 fish ate as normal. Should i assume for now that my firefish is still traumatized, hiding and healing or he died under a rock or something? My skimmer has not been skimming anything, just got back and tested water parameters 0 ammonia and nitrite, 5 ppm nitrate, calc 410, mag 1230, alk 7.3. I figured if he died and something was eating his carcass it would cause a spike in ammonia or nitrates at least. Anyway, i plan on cleaning the tank morrow, but how long will a fish hide after trauma like that? Any input or exp w traumatized firefish would be greatly appreciated. Hope he is just hiding and will come out soon.