I am very curious to see if the fish survives. It's like a science experiment for us now. We took him out for 1 day and put him in a separate bowl with plenty of air piping in. He ate several pellets and some flakes so we put him back in the main tank and he seems ok. He always was the most agressive fish in the tank, and even though he looks terrible he's cruising around eating and whatnot. I just sit and watch him and it blows my mind that he's still alive. It's funny because when I had my bass, I fed him goldfish the same size on a regular basis and thought nothing of it. Now I'm rooting for this little guy and hoping he lives :-)