Help Asap Got To Go In 10 Mins What Can I Do! Poor Plec!

[lil-x-me...x]

EMERGENCY! i have to leave in 10 mins what can i do!

my little sister has just bought a plec thats the size of an otto for her tank and i was moving the rocks around and the big rock has a hole at the bottom and loads of tubes coming of into the top of the rock but the only way out is the bottom...i think i saw the plec go into the hole! can she get back out if she has!? she blends in with so much that you dont now where she is half of the time! help! my sister will be really upset if she has died!


all replies much appreciated!!!

i have also layed the rock down so then if she finds her way out she can swim right out....? will she be ok if she has? could she swim up there? help!!!

 

[Colin_T]

fish will often swim into tiny holes and crevices and stay there. You lift the rock out and the fish appears stuck. Normally they aren't and simply have their dorsal and pelvic fins pushed out against the rock so they can't be forcefully removed. When the fish is feeling secure it will come out by itself.

 

[Ficious]

yea the fish is fine...lol DONT WORRY.

fish, especialy catfish types can get into just about anything. Im not saying they dont get stuck but are very good at squeezing into small spaces. i have a hollow piece of wood from petsmart and have had my starry night eel, bristlenose, jack dempsey, raphael cat, and upside down cat all inside. id like to have seen a cross-section of the wood. but surely they never get stuck