Help! Sixline jumped out of the tank!

yoyoyoo123 · 07/12/2006, 01:34 AM

So just moments ago, I heard a splash from my tank. I've had this sixline for almost a year with no problems.

I think, oh no something may have jumped out of the tank. I look and behind my sump on the carpet is the sixline, covered in dust, and his fins are all flared out.

I try to grab him 3 times, and it keeps slipping out of my hands and onto the carpet with MORE dust.

finally I get him and throw him into the main tank, he sinks down to the rocks. He's laying there, covered in dust, and he's breathing heavily and upside down.

Do I leave him like this? and hope he recovers? Cleaner shrimp are cleaning gunk off of him, and they don't appear to be eating him... yet

I don't have a quarantine and I will be out all day tomorrow. WHAT DO I DO?! just leave him like this?

any chance he will make it? Help me this is so sad.

CrystalAZ · 07/12/2006, 01:37 AM

Well, since he is in there already, I'd just leave him there... stressing him out more won't help. He should be ok if he wasn't out long.

Crystal

yoyoyoo123 · 07/12/2006, 01:49 AM

still breathing heavily wedged between the rocks. I"m going to cross my fingers and go to bed and hope everything is fine in the morning.

secrest · 07/12/2006, 03:18 AM

Good luck, I hope the little guy makes it

nyvp · 07/12/2006, 05:42 AM

update?

weld1jac · 07/12/2006, 06:35 AM

Hope your wrasse is doing better! Give us an update when you're able.

lux_06 · 07/12/2006, 06:43 AM

i got a new goby the other day from the lfs and as soon as the guy got him in the bag he jumped!!! landed on the floor but hes all good now!!! just be patient he should recover.

aquapod · 07/12/2006, 07:44 AM

let us know if the six line wrasse is ok or not!!!

keinreis · 07/12/2006, 07:52 AM

I had a sixline and he disapeared and after looking in the tank for him for a few days I figured he had gone behind the rockwork and died, and his body was eaten. well this weekend (a year after his diaspearance) I changed my 55 reef to a 90 reef. When I finally pulled the tank out from the wall there behind everything was a perfectly petrified six line. I was somewhat sad, but at least now I know where he went. I love sixlines, and hate knowing they have a problem with bailing ship, because I don't want to use a glass top. I will just have to admire others I suppose

jasper24 · 07/12/2006, 08:11 AM

I had a six line that was fine in my tank for 7 months and then one day he jumped. I found him dried on the floor.

yoyoyoo123 · 07/12/2006, 08:46 AM

I think I saw him swimming behind the rocks this morning. Lights haven't come on and won't until about 4pm, hopefully he'll be ok. He looks better I believe.

I swear I thought I was tossing a dead fish into the tank when he first plopped back into the water motionless.

I've put an acrylic cover over the top, but I'd like to keep my tank open canopy. Is there a reason he jumped out? or are they just prone to doing so?

will update when I get out of work and hopefully he'll be fine. Fingers crossed.

yoyoyoo123 · 07/12/2006, 12:41 PM

well I just took a peak into the tank here at lunch, and the sixline looks GREAT! Swimming around very normal and healthy.

WHEW what a scare.

Do I leave the acrylic hood on or off now?!

07/12/2006, 01:34 AM	#1
yoyoyoo123 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 661	Help! Sixline jumped out of the tank! So just moments ago, I heard a splash from my tank. I've had this sixline for almost a year with no problems. I think, oh no something may have jumped out of the tank. I look and behind my sump on the carpet is the sixline, covered in dust, and his fins are all flared out. I try to grab him 3 times, and it keeps slipping out of my hands and onto the carpet with MORE dust. finally I get him and throw him into the main tank, he sinks down to the rocks. He's laying there, covered in dust, and he's breathing heavily and upside down. Do I leave him like this? and hope he recovers? Cleaner shrimp are cleaning gunk off of him, and they don't appear to be eating him... yet I don't have a quarantine and I will be out all day tomorrow. WHAT DO I DO?! just leave him like this? any chance he will make it? Help me this is so sad.

07/12/2006, 01:37 AM	#2
CrystalAZ Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NW Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4,130	Well, since he is in there already, I'd just leave him there... stressing him out more won't help. He should be ok if he wasn't out long. Crystal __________________ SAVE THE BRISTLEWORMS! The BPA reminds you that "Bristleworms are our pals." Current Tank Info: Check out my gallery for lots of tank pics

07/12/2006, 06:35 AM	#6
weld1jac Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 59	Hope your wrasse is doing better! Give us an update when you're able. __________________ Jackie Current Tank Info: 55 gal with 60 pounds live rock, zoanthids and mushrooms, xenia, GSP, 48" T5 lighting (4 bulbs total)

07/12/2006, 01:49 AM	#3
yoyoyoo123 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 661	still breathing heavily wedged between the rocks. I"m going to cross my fingers and go to bed and hope everything is fine in the morning.

07/12/2006, 03:18 AM	#4
secrest Tired Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,148	Good luck, I hope the little guy makes it

07/12/2006, 05:42 AM	#5
nyvp Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hollywood Florida Posts: 3,633	update?

07/12/2006, 06:43 AM	#7
lux_06 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: down under Posts: 472	i got a new goby the other day from the lfs and as soon as the guy got him in the bag he jumped!!! landed on the floor but hes all good now!!! just be patient he should recover.

07/12/2006, 07:44 AM	#8
aquapod Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 111	let us know if the six line wrasse is ok or not!!!

07/12/2006, 07:52 AM	#9
keinreis Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ft. Myers, Florida Posts: 697	I had a sixline and he disapeared and after looking in the tank for him for a few days I figured he had gone behind the rockwork and died, and his body was eaten. well this weekend (a year after his diaspearance) I changed my 55 reef to a 90 reef. When I finally pulled the tank out from the wall there behind everything was a perfectly petrified six line. I was somewhat sad, but at least now I know where he went. I love sixlines, and hate knowing they have a problem with bailing ship, because I don't want to use a glass top. I will just have to admire others I suppose

07/12/2006, 08:11 AM	#10
jasper24 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 2,120	I had a six line that was fine in my tank for 7 months and then one day he jumped. I found him dried on the floor.

07/12/2006, 08:46 AM	#11
yoyoyoo123 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 661	I think I saw him swimming behind the rocks this morning. Lights haven't come on and won't until about 4pm, hopefully he'll be ok. He looks better I believe. I swear I thought I was tossing a dead fish into the tank when he first plopped back into the water motionless. I've put an acrylic cover over the top, but I'd like to keep my tank open canopy. Is there a reason he jumped out? or are they just prone to doing so? will update when I get out of work and hopefully he'll be fine. Fingers crossed.

07/12/2006, 12:41 PM	#12
yoyoyoo123 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 661	well I just took a peak into the tank here at lunch, and the sixline looks GREAT! Swimming around very normal and healthy. WHEW what a scare. Do I leave the acrylic hood on or off now?!