Phillydubs
09-18-2017, 02:08 PM
So, we have all heard about it, some of us may have experienced it first hand or to their own tanks... The ol' crash and dash...dash and smash... whatever you may call it.
I have seen fish at the LFS flop out and land splat... I heard many stories of tank hoppers and leapers and dashers and crashers... Yet, I had been lucky not to experience it... Until today....
Thankfully it wasn't a discus, but one of my roseline sharks... I had stuck a few cubes of FDBW to the glass and headed to my office for some work, until about 5 min later, I heard a BAM!
I walked out to see because I heard one of my secretaries say she heard something in the tank. I looked of course at the discus, counted them... all seemed fine. Then I saw the roseline thrashing about and out of it, at one point was belly up on the sand... Oh no! He was the crasher... He looked as good as gone, was struggling and fighting to swim but not going far. I was going to scoop him out and toss him and chalk it up to my first ever dash and die. As usual, before I grabbed the net, the phone rang and I got pre-occupied. I headed back out to see him up and swimming but a bit off. I was surprised to say the least, but happy. I figured let me give him a chance and waited... Well, as of now, a few hrs later he seems fine and is back with the other 4 schooling...
So, again, I know all the horror stories and those that end bad.... Anyone have a happy ending such as this to share? I assume this guy was just stunned or concussed or what ever, but was able to shake it off and recover?
I have seen fish at the LFS flop out and land splat... I heard many stories of tank hoppers and leapers and dashers and crashers... Yet, I had been lucky not to experience it... Until today....
Thankfully it wasn't a discus, but one of my roseline sharks... I had stuck a few cubes of FDBW to the glass and headed to my office for some work, until about 5 min later, I heard a BAM!
I walked out to see because I heard one of my secretaries say she heard something in the tank. I looked of course at the discus, counted them... all seemed fine. Then I saw the roseline thrashing about and out of it, at one point was belly up on the sand... Oh no! He was the crasher... He looked as good as gone, was struggling and fighting to swim but not going far. I was going to scoop him out and toss him and chalk it up to my first ever dash and die. As usual, before I grabbed the net, the phone rang and I got pre-occupied. I headed back out to see him up and swimming but a bit off. I was surprised to say the least, but happy. I figured let me give him a chance and waited... Well, as of now, a few hrs later he seems fine and is back with the other 4 schooling...
So, again, I know all the horror stories and those that end bad.... Anyone have a happy ending such as this to share? I assume this guy was just stunned or concussed or what ever, but was able to shake it off and recover?