Yeah, I found the situation hard to believe, too - I looked at the rock
again this evening with a flashlight, and it appears that the hole opens up
into a sort of larger cave inside the rock - it looks like he's swimming
around in there - no other opening that I can see - unfortunately, the tank
is about 2/3 full of holy rock, the piece that the fish is in is a huge
piece, and, of course, it's at the bottom of the tank under all the other
rocks - there goes another Saturday!

"Jason Wells" wrote in message
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Texas Yankee wrote:

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This reminds me of the movie, "Strange Brew" where they raise a mouse
inside
a beer bottle to get free beer...

All kidding aside, it's hard to believe the fish outgrew the opening of
the
cave. Have you tried lifting the rock above water. It seems to me that the
loach would swim out as you move the rock towards the surface...