eddie462 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) This is one of nine Otocinclus catfish I added into my community aquarium after quarantine. They don’t have any diseases. I added them all into the aquarium at once. The individual pictured got its nose stuck in a hole my large aquarium co-op net. The first thing I did to try and get it out was push it through. That was dumb as its mouth is white. Did I damage the slime coat? Can it heal over? The last picture is of the net where I cut it to get the fish out. I’ll tie it with fishing line so that I can still use this net. The fish is still breathing, swims forward occasionally and I added in Fritz Complete water conditioner after I added the otos Edited September 21, 2022 by eddie462 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimalNerd98 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Sorry to hear that. I would just keep a close eye on it. If it damaged its mouth, it might not eat as well and become underweight. As long as it is showing normal behavior like flocking to food or eating algae on the glass/your plants, I think it should be doing recovering/doing fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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