Today I waved goodbye to some of the fish from the Rio450 I am trying to convert to coldwater corys.

To catch the fish I had to remove the bog wood which I carefully inspected for hangers on, which included two very stubborn fan shrimp. With them eventually extracted I left the wood in the yard and proceeded to catch the fish that were going. Two hours later (at least) I went to put the bog wood back and when I lifted one piece, you guessed it, there was pretty large dried out plec, I am not sure what type, it is one of the striped Peckoltia species. I was mega pissed off. I picked him up by the tail and on the way to the bin he gave a bit of a wiggle. I threw him back into the tank where he proceeded to sink to the bottom and land upside down. A few fish came over and started to dine, but he was having none of it a flew off to hide!! He looks a bit rough and I think he may be blind – his eyes dried out, but it looks like he might survive.

Morale of this story, remove bogwood to bucket of water, just in case!

had it happen to me once or twice so know how you feel, you'd be suprised how resilient these plecs are my made full recoveries after a few weeks of tlc, hope all goes well