Freak Fish Accident

I came home today to find my baby Red Tail shark with his head caught in a
coconut shell. He apparently thought a hole in the top of the shell was a
sunroof. I had to cut the shell to get his head out. He rested on the
bottom of the tank and now is swimming around. One small fin was cut and he
has a white ring around his neck where he was caught. I have no idea how
long he was there. Unfortunately, I don't have a hospital tank setup. I
hope he makes it.

"LoveFish" wrote in message
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| I came home today to find my baby Red Tail shark with his head
caught in a
| coconut shell. He apparently thought a hole in the top of the
shell was a
| sunroof. I had to cut the shell to get his head out. He rested on
the
| bottom of the tank and now is swimming around. One small fin was
cut and he
| has a white ring around his neck where he was caught. I have no
idea how
| long he was there. Unfortunately, I don't have a hospital tank
setup. I
| hope he makes it.
|
|

If the tank isn't too large, I'd dose with a low-grade antibiotic or
Melafix to help him through. Infection would be my biggest concern
right now.

Good Luck.
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"LoveFish" wrote in message
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| I came home today to find my baby Red Tail shark with his head
caught in a
| coconut shell. He apparently thought a hole in the top of the
shell was a
| sunroof. I had to cut the shell to get his head out. He rested on
the
| bottom of the tank and now is swimming around. One small fin was
cut and he
| has a white ring around his neck where he was caught. I have no
idea how
| long he was there. Unfortunately, I don't have a hospital tank
setup. I
| hope he makes it.
|
|

If the tank isn't too large, I'd dose with a low-grade antibiotic or
Melafix to help him through. Infection would be my biggest concern
right now.

Good Luck.

I think the big thing right now is a possible fungus infection, I think a
fungacide would be best.

He died in the night. Too bad because he was one of my favorite fishes.
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"LoveFish" wrote in message
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| I came home today to find my baby Red Tail shark with his head
caught in a
| coconut shell. He apparently thought a hole in the top of the
shell was a
| sunroof. I had to cut the shell to get his head out. He rested on
the
| bottom of the tank and now is swimming around. One small fin was
cut and he
| has a white ring around his neck where he was caught. I have no
idea how
| long he was there. Unfortunately, I don't have a hospital tank
setup. I
| hope he makes it.
|
|

If the tank isn't too large, I'd dose with a low-grade antibiotic or
Melafix to help him through. Infection would be my biggest concern
right now.

Good Luck.

I think the big thing right now is a possible fungus infection, I think a
fungacide would be best.

You know you are not suppoesed to leave babies alone in the car even
with a sun roof
Good luck with him


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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:10:33 GMT, "LoveFish"
wrote:

I came home today to find my baby Red Tail shark with his head caught in a
coconut shell. He apparently thought a hole in the top of the shell was a
sunroof. I had to cut the shell to get his head out. He rested on the
bottom of the tank and now is swimming around. One small fin was cut and he
has a white ring around his neck where he was caught. I have no idea how
long he was there. Unfortunately, I don't have a hospital tank setup. I
hope he makes it.