Fish Attacked With Soap

[Red Betta]

huge emergency my brother attacked my fish with soap they all look on deaths door i have put them in a bucket with necessary water stuff is their anything i can do to save them?

 

[DrRob]

Lots of clean water (dechlorinated and temperature matched) is the first thing that springs to mind. It may have washed some surfactant off their gills, so they may be struggling for oxygen so I'd increase surface agitation as well.

 

[Red Betta]

put them all in a bucket with clean water, 240l it'll take hours for a complete change

 

[DrRob]

Keep the water in that bucket moving then, and change that a few times.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Might help to put an airpump with airstone in the container / bucket to help with surface agitation if you have not already done so or have one handy.

 

[Red Betta]

i think that getting the suffocant of the gills saved my fire mouth and plecco thanks so much! RIP to the rest though

 

[sawickib]

Sorry about your loss

 

[blueboy1]

Who would do such a thing!

 

[Freedom]

How OLD is this 'kid?"  Geesh!