Argh! Over-salted clown...

[NanoCrazed]

What are the chances? Was moving my newly paired lightnings out of QT into a bag for transport to my office tank, the smallest one jumped the tank and landed into a cup with some hyperhypersaline solution -- think off the sg refractometer scale salty.

Was in there for a few seconds but that was enough to thoroughly shocked my clown into paralysis.

I put it back into the breeder box and it wasn't moving and barely breathing...almost gave up on it as I thought it was a goner until I noticed a slightly mouth movement. Did a hail Mary and dipped the breeder box up and down to get water flow and hopefully rinse off the excess salt.

The fish started swimming again after the rinse so hoping it recovers... though its fins are pretty torn up almost like a chemical burn from the super salty liquid.

What do you guys think of its survival odds?

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Clowns are pretty tough, I would keep it in the box for now so it isn't further stressed and doesn't have to fight current as much as it recovers. Hopefully the little guy pulls through!

 

[NanoCrazed]

Clown is swimming again but fins are definitely chemical burned from salt...

Decided to move it into my tank I'm the office afterall... figure it would benefit from extra water movement to flush the salt more...

Now I just have to catch and pull out the Talbot and orange damsels from tank... territorial lil stinkers. Whoever says Talbots tend o be peaceful have not met mine

 

[Zack K]

Wow. Poor guy looks rough! He should pull through though. I would liven up their diet to help that heal a little quicker. Vitiman enriched Frozens as well as live worms if you can find any.

 

[NanoCrazed]

So, I came into the office today with a lot of anxiety about whether my salted lightning would have survived the weekend... Only to see it lying bent across my return nozzle with its mouth in past the surface of the water...

I thought it was a goner.... until i put some food in the water. Turns out, it decided to host the nozzle despite a perfectly nice RBTA available. Just goes to show that clowns move to a different beat.