Help! My fish has a damaged fin, and she's not eating

[LaraFaes]

The day before yesterday, Gem got stuck on the heater... Her fins are better now, but when I was feeding them today she couldn't quite swim up to eat the flakes. The flakes float so her buoyancy when trying to eat them wasn't the best. So I gave them another portion. I thought she ate, but she didn't. In my experience, if fish don't eat, they die Do I put her in a separate quarantine tank so she can eat?

All of her tankmates are like piranhas so they eat everything in minutes. Normally, I feed my fishies once a day, but I'm thinking of feeding them this afternoon so she can get food

What do I do? I don't want everything to become too late.

 

[Dbichler]

Yes you should probably separate it so it can eat and get away from aggression until healthy again.

 

[LaraFaes]

Yes you should probably separate it so it can eat and get away from aggression until healthy again.

So, I'm going to try to feed them again this afternoon with sinkable pellets so she has a chance to eat without having to swim well, if that doesn't work I'm going to put her in a quarantine tank and give her food

 

[LaraFaes]

The thing is, I don't have a net ;-;

 

[Unitylover]

The thing is, I don't have a net ;-;

buy one from petsmart. they're like 4 bucks

 

[LaraFaes]

buy one from petsmart. they're like 4 bucks

The nearest petsmart is approximately 2 hours away

 

[Unitylover]

The nearest petsmart is approximately 2 hours away

oh. how bout a LFS, almost any pet store that sells fish equipment, or order from petsmart

 

[Unitylover]

pet supplies plus works as well

 

[LaraFaes]

oh. how bout a LFS, almost any pet store that sells fish equipment, or order from petsmart

Bruh ;-; is there any way to craft a DIY fish net? Or maybe I could get her to swim towards a cup of glass :0

 

[Unitylover]

Bruh ;-; is there any way to craft a DIY fish net? Or maybe I could get her to swim towards a cup of glass :0

OH YEA. do you have plastic water bottles?

 

[LaraFaes]

OH YEA. do you have plastic water bottles?

Yeah, but how do I lure her into the water bottle? I'm so bad at scooping out fish out of their homes xD

 

[Unitylover]

Yeah, but how do I lure her into the water bottle? I'm so bad at scooping out fish out of their homes xD

not like that, first, cut off the top like this:

 

[Unitylover]

then put rocks to make it sink. Then add floating flakes or sinking pellets

 

[LaraFaes]

then put rocks to make it sink. Then add floating flakes or sinking pellets

Uhhh how do I prevent her brothers from swimming into the water bottle? xD

 

[Unitylover]

you cant really. you could diy a net if you have mesh or something flexible

 

[LaraFaes]

you cant really. you could diy a net if you have mesh or something flexible

i HAVE an idea but I don't know if it's cruel for the glofish,,, I could try a ziploc and since she's kinda sick I could get her easily in there, I don't want to use a bottle because if SHE JUMPS she meets the pearly gates. I would blame myself for that accident my whole life and yeah, maybe I should use a ziploc?

 

[LaraFaes]

i HAVE an idea but I don't know if it's cruel for the glofish,,, I could try a ziploc and since she's kinda sick I could get her easily in there, I don't want to use a bottle because if SHE JUMPS she meets the pearly gates. I would blame myself for that accident my whole life and yeah, maybe I should use a ziploc?

After making sure she gets in the bag I will put her in the quarantine tank, give her food and a lot of love

 

[LaraFaes]

Hi guys! An update: She made it! I gave her a lot of food in her quarantine tank and the ziploc worked xD imo I think it’s better than fishing net because the fish is not harmed with their fins and all.

Thank you all for your support and advice! Now she’s going to get better :>