How long can a Cory catfish live out of water?

Answer 1

This koi lived 4 hours out of the pond --


Today is 12/5/2009 and I found one of my koi on the driveway when I got home at 7 pm. I picked him up, ready to put him in a zip lock bag for the garbage and noticed him move his mouth. I squeezed him and put him back in the pond. I put him between two nets and squeezed a few times and he moved a little more. He is alive!!


I went to my video camera to see when he left the water and it was 3 pm in the afternoon !! That was 4 hours !! I will check how well he is doing in the morning. But before I went to bed he had joined the rest of the fish and looked well. It was a Heron who lifted him out and dropped him. He was flopping for about a minute or two and then lay still. My camera is about 25 feet away and cannot zoom. The Heron just walked away and left him. Why? I have no idea.


The temperature of the air and water was in the mid thirties. I believe that was the factor that kept the koi alive. The group of koi 50+ that I have are beginning to go into their winter hibernation at the bottom of the pond. When the temperature goes below 40 degrees they begin to crowd together at the bottom of the pond. Today is 12/9/2009 and the injured koi is still fine -- just a few scratches and pokes from the Heron.

Well done. It's always good to hear of a successfull outcome and good luck to the fish through winter.

Answer 2

Not long they can breath air as a way of surviving in low oxygenated water were most normal fish would die. Out of water they would die when they became to dry half hour max I would say but then again I've had fish missing out my tank for two days found them on the floor behind the tank put it back in and it some how was alive still a red tail shark renamed luck son of a.

Answer 3

Usually several hours.