bangaii has prolapse!!!

[exoticaquatix]

well, i cleared out a bunch of xenia the other day and used my credit to buy the last 4, well acclimated bangaii cardinals at the shop to attempt breeding them. as my luck would have it this week one (the most probable male) got stuck to the pump intake on my refugium and now one has a prolapse! this project has quickly become very discouraging and sad. not much info to be found on-line and the only journals i have access to are no help. I was wondering if any one had experiance with this before, the pronosis looks bad so far. unfortunstly im leaving town for 10 days tommorrow and the fish will be under the care of a friend. any info would be great. thanks folks.
-nick

[jmaneyapanda]

What's prolapsed? The vent? If so, If you have the guts (no pun intended), catch the fish, and gently push in back in with a soft blunt instrument-ie- Q-tip, etc. Prolapses in other animals (ie- mammals, birds) are not usually caused by trauma, but instead by the animals metablosims and efforts. For example, a bird may prolapse her cloaca when she is straining to pass an egg.

[ssavader]

I agree. If the supporting ligaments have not been damaged too badly, your fish MAY recover. It is impossible to know how much internal bleeding occurred, and if it is still bleeding or has stopped.
After you return, you will need to address the intake that caused the injury, and decrease the negative pressure of the "draw" or isolate the fish from its proximity.