frlejo Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 too make a long story short & not going into how he was able, I have a 2" blue hippo that managed to swim into my overflow 2&1\2 months ago. thought it had died & gone to reef heaven. found it yesterday, skinnier than a piece of paper, no color hardly, weak as heck. had to tear the tank down to get to it, another story about why. I think it will be alright, wifey calls it the "x-mas miracle." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 wow is right....that is crazy....reminds me of a diamond goby I had for a while there.....I thought he jumped out or got eaten or something....like 3 months later I was working in my sump and low and behold there he was. Guess I am happy I had that super small amount of sand in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 that's cool! Color loss may have been more due to being in the dark for that long more then anything. That may sound funny to some but I had a clown that went almost stark white every night. I found out when I turned the light on in the middle of the night once. I thought he was dying. He got his color hack after 20 minutes or so. I was sweating it though(scary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold B Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Wow, boost his immune system with garlic and or selcon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnkrcklives Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 My diamond goby did the same thing once. He was in the sump for a few months before I found him. He is still alive and healthy to this day. All my tangs lose color at night especially the yellow tang. Fatten him up bet he will be good as new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 He got his color hack after 20 minutes or so. He found a color HACK?(scratch).....where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenReefin Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Incredibly lucky. So you're saying a blue hippo can be kept in a nano? lol ... awww too soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frlejo Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 hippo spends most of the time laying on a rock, resting against the back of the tank so he can't fall off, gets frisky when food comes along, getting color back already, so i think he will make. usually when it is as bad a shape as this one, other fish run them to death, cause they don't want the sick, lame & lazy around. no one bothers him at all, lets him, lets him lay around. expecting a group fish hug here shortly. on another note, see the pic where my rbta is riding around on a snail.. never mind, will post it later, dinner gotta resize it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frlejo Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 hitchiker rbta on snail, ride em cowboy:USA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 That is awesome.....talk about a hijack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 rbta on snail' date=' ride em cowboy:USA:[/quote'] it's a great time to sell him then. "comes with cleanup crew" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Thats nice to have found him in time. We just got my little Neon gobby out of the over flow box. He was in there for about 4 months before I found a way to get him. He looked just as good as when he went in there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titus'reef Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 interesting stories... my ittle Neon goby jumped out of the tank in one night and by the morning I find it dead about 15 feet away from the tank. It was all dry by the way.(sad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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