Serious Problem!

[GuppyDude]

I keep my bettas in 1g plastic tubs and once every other day or 3 days i do in with a small hose and suck out the dirt and 50% of the water. The hose is aproximately ____ that long in dianmeter. While cleaning the tub of one of my small girls, she charged the end of the hose and got her head wedged in one end, i immediately stopped suction and blew her head back thorugh. She went straight to teh bottom and layed on her side, her gills moved rapidly and i noticed blood seeping form them. this all happend about 15 minuts ago, since then, the bleeding has stopped and i have lowered teh water level to 1/2 an inch so that the fish and gulp air if she needs too. she is still on her side and clearly in trouble. i have not seen her gulp air from teh top or make an atempt too. i am very afraid that she may die but im not sure if a full recovery is possible. what i have in meds is very basic, (salt, melafix, and some ich meds). i feel like a horrible person for what i have done, iv only had this fish for two weeks and i cant beleive that iv probably killed it im so upset i feel as if i could vomit, if anyone knows of anything i could try to make this fish better i would appritiate it more than anything else in this world. my fish mean more to me than anyone can imagine, they are my friends and i value them over most people, id really hate to lose this girl, espesially to my own neglagence

 

[GuppyDude]

.....she's dead i feel like the biggest asshole on earth now

 

[Kiarra]

Edited.

I'm very sorry she didn't make it. Siphon accidents are fairly common, though, even if they shouldn't be. It happens to most everyone somewhere along the line.

At least she didn't suffer very long.

 

[Styx]

*Pats* I had something similer happen to three of my fry. Two died almost instantly, the third... survived. It damaged his gill flap and I felt so aweful all the times it happened, but I just didn't have anything to cover the hose with for a while there that will still allow waste through. I do now. But I kept the boy I hurt. His name is Ambrosius.

Very sorry for your loss though.

 

[Bettabelieveit]

Sorry to hear that rip lil girl

 

[Gill]

So Sorry For you Loss.

 

[Karah's_Mommy]

It was an accident my friend, and accidents happen unfortunately. Mourn for her loss, but don't kick yourself too hard, you didn't do it on purpose. <hugs>

 

[Synirr]

I'm very sorry for your loss... sometimes freak accidents like that just happen and there's nothing we can do about it.
RIP girly

 

[BettaMomma]

I'm so sorry. It unfortunately happens a lot.
As someone already said, at least she didn't suffer a horrible death due to illness or mistreatment.
Don't be too hard on yourself - it happens to the best of us.

 

[cynqueen]

I am so sorry for your loss

Somebody should invent some kind of mesh for the end of the syphons - tight enough to protect fishies but large enought to suck up yuck at the bottom of the tank!

 

[GuppyDude]

thank you guys, iv put some mesh in intake hole so that fish can go throgh, i still feel really bad, but i guess ill get over it in time. thanks again.

 

[Ethos]

I was once vaccuming my gourami tank, and I left the siphion going while I made a visit to the lavitory. I came back, about 1 minuet lter to find my cory stuck in the siphion, completely stopping water flow. Well, he was surely stuck. Poor guy. There was no way I could get him out of that, without killing him first. I tried and failed at blowing. He was a gonner.
When I did get him out, he was dead. I wrapped him in toilet paper, and put him in toilet paper. Then I pressed the lever. The whirrling sound flaired. And he was gone.
He was one of my few losses, but yeah.

All I can say is, I'm glad he wasn'tone of my gouramis.

Sorry about your loss.

 

[Styx]

I have some mesh stuff that might help. It’s that large holed mesh your marbles are bagged in at the store. Works great. If anyone wants a little piece, I have some extra to spare. I could stick it in an envelope.

 

[OrkyBetta]

agree with styx. I used silicone to adhere a piece of marble bag mesh overthe opening of my siphon. No issues so far.