One Hardy Plesco

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So with all the excitement of moving my fish into a new tank and all the mess that goes along with it, I did not remember to close one of the covers on the new tank. Well when I woke up this morning I checked the tank to see how the fish were but didnt see my pleco right away. Well I was running late so thought he was just hidding so I left. Well its now 2 hours later and I get a call at work that my girlfriend cant find him in the tank. I get a call another hour later and she tells me that she found him. 15' from the tank by the front door. He was out of the tank for atleast 3 hours. Well he was still alive so she dumped him back in and hes been doing great.

Never happend to me before but I just thought I would share

 

[murphyk32]

In had an expierence once where my male opaline gourami jumped out of a container i HAD to put him in due to a problem with his normal tank,, well i got home and he had bounded onto my mousepad, then onto the floor.. and was lying there breathing but had been out so long everything including him was dry. i guess he lived because gouramis, like bettas, need air to live anyways..

 

[ArauraDiscus]

Plecostomus have very adaptable gills. While gouramis have labrynth organs allowing them to breed fresh air for extended periods. I think thats what you meant as all living creatures except for certain anearobic bacteria, need air/oxygen to live.