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Solved Found an old friend today !!!

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Roman, Jan 6, 2019.

  1. Jan 6, 2019 #1
    Roman Cedar Rapids, IA

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    I was cleaning my lights when I thought I saw a fish in my overflow. It was my yellow belly regal tang. I probably haven’t saw him for a better part of a year. His color has faded and looks pretty beat up but he is swimming around now and eating like a pig. He is around 6 inches long , pretty thin and having to swim around two pipes in an overflow for so long having to eat whatever flowed into it is pretty amazing how he survived.
     
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  2. Jan 6, 2019 #2
    clown man Iowa city,iowa

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    That's horrible glad hes still alive.im sure you will get him healthy agian
     
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  3. Jan 7, 2019 #3
    DangerJ Des Moines, IA

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    :jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop:

    That's amazing!

    In college I had drained my FW tank down to gravel and about two inches of water as I moved all the livestock back home with me for the summer. I came back late July to find my missing tiger botia laying in a 1" puddle in a recess of the gravel. I think it had been living underneath some rockwork and I missed it. It lived for years after that.
     
  4. Jan 7, 2019 #4
    Pygmey Cedar Rapids, IA

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    Herman's favorite fish :)
     
  5. Jan 8, 2019 #5
    Roman Cedar Rapids, IA

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    Yes it was!!!
    Looking better today and still eating like a pig.
     
  6. Jan 8, 2019 #6
    DangerJ Des Moines, IA

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    Roman you'll have to keep this thread updated, I would love to see the rejuvenation progress of that guy. What an awesome find.
     
  7. Jan 8, 2019 #7
    nickbuol Marion, IA

    nickbuol Here fishy, fishy, fishy...

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    Congrats on finding an old friend again...
     
  8. Jan 9, 2019 #8
    Sponge Marshalltown, IA

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    oh Wow! Yay! That's quite a miracle! I've had fish end up in the overflows but never one that size! I am so happy for both of you!
     
  9. Jan 10, 2019 #9
    Maureen Urbandale, IA

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    I had the same thing happen with one of my snowflake ocellaris. I thought he was dead, then months later I found him in the overflow. Like yours he looked pale and was really going after the food when he got out. He is fine now.
     
  10. Jan 17, 2019 #10
    Roman Cedar Rapids, IA

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    Just an update. Still eating really good and starting to color back up
     
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