QUICK FISH HELP please

[hammcd]

i have a pajama cardinal that i just noticed was sucked up agsint a koralia 240 in my tank...im not sure how long it was there..not more than 1 minute id guess...i thought he was dead and picked him up ad actually took him out of the tank thinking id have to flush him..when i did he gasped for air so i tossed him back in the tank..he swam around upside down very weakly for about 2 mins then righted himself..he still seems extremely weak and some of his fins are slightly tattered...is there something i should do for him...will he get over that trama...id never have thought that 240 would have enough suction to pull him against it

Edit: this is a prety large cardinal by the way if that matters

 

[KrisDeitz]

Turn the lights off and watch him. Nothing more you can do i dont think. Maybe run some Carbon to help keep the water clean

 

[hammcd]

he seems better...although he seems to be swimming slightly at an angle...when i touched the glass he darted to the other side of the tank but when hes hovering hes def off about 10 degrees

Edit: he was also completely colorless when i first found him but his color has come back now

 

[winkkle]

i had a flasher get sucked up by a koralia 4. he didnt make it but i was at work all day so no telling how long he was stuck.

 

[hammcd]

that sucks...no pun intended...funny u say that..i just got a mccosker flasher today...the pajama seems fine now...hes swimming in his usual place...looks like he will be ok.that was a close one though...he was one sec away from the toilet..i really thought he was dead...he was ivory white

 

[thanh386]

I had a tang that likes to eat stuff off my vortechs , one day I woke up and he had and injured lip. He didnt go near it ever again.

 

[jennm]

All you can do is watch and wait. Don't keep messing with him it will just add to his stress.

If no internal damage was done, he'll probably be fine - just needs to rest and recuperate from his trauma.

Jenn

 

[hammcd]

well he swam around and was even darting around eating but last night found him belly-up...i guess there was some internal damage that finally got the best of him...