I woke up this morning after finally transferring a snow flake moray eel to a preventative qt tank. It was in a tank when a sick and diseased fish died and it was recommended I kept it in a fishless system for a while. As you can tell from the title I found it on the floor. It wasn't moving or breathing at all and didn't move when I first started to try to pick it up.(behind a cabinet with my glove. As I finally got a grip on it and started to slide it it moved.

I put it back in the tank, put a better lid on it and it is alive. What should I do now? Should I keep the tank at normal conditions? Lower temp? I am definitely leaving the lights off for a while. Perhaps put some kind of stress coat in there?(is there a type that is safe for this type of eel?)

Jon

I've had morays do this numerous times. I'd just keep an eye on it and hope for the best. They are remarkably tough fish, and I've had them survive after almost drying up. Good luck!

Yikes! :eek: Aren't you glad you didn't encounter him with your bare feet in the middle of the night?

For the record, anyone who has a tank break out with disease; leave your morays in there. They are very resistant to disease. I've had a zebra moray for almost 20 years, and he's had a number of tankmates fall ill never being affected himself.