Is it possible for a fish to get itself stuck?

[nimrod107]

Hi guys,

Just wondering if it's even possible for a fish to get itself stuck between rocks and die. I'm thinking no and it probably died of something else. However, my water parameters are fine. I just did a water change 20% 4 days ago and do so every 2 weeks. All my other fish are fine. No odd behavior from the potter angel and he was eating the day before. No signs of illness, disease or stress... When I found him between rocks he didn't just float there because I put a crap ton of pressure just to free him, I mean he was really really stuck to the point rocks had to be moved and a lot of force had to be used. Anyone ever experience this? Thanks!

 

[enderg60]

Yup, I had a wrasse get wedged between my foam wall and the glass(right where I could see him thankfully). I just though he was hiding, but after the 3rd day of him not moving at all I noticed he was breaking heaving so I freed him and he as been fine.

They arnt the smartest critters ya know...

 

[jp30338]

nimrod107;578161 wrote: Hi guys,

Just wondering if it's even possible for a fish to get itself stuck between rocks and die. I'm thinking no and it probably died of something else. However, my water parameters are fine. I just did a water change 20% 4 days ago and do so every 2 weeks. All my other fish are fine. No odd behavior from the potter angel and he was eating the day before. No signs of illness, disease or stress... When I found him between rocks he didn't just float there because I put a crap ton of pressure just to free him, I mean he was really really stuck to the point rocks had to be moved and a lot of force had to be used. Anyone ever experience this? Thanks!

I had a tiny picasso trigger go in a hole and couldnt get back out cos of its "trigger" was stuck in the rock. It ended up dieing there :sad:

 

[superclown]

I had a clown chase another clown through a hole in a rock and it got stuck and died

 

[cr500_af]

I had a fish apparently do that... fine at bedtime, dead wedged between a rock and back glass the next morning. Could have been something else, but no problems were apparent.