Madtom was settled down more when I cam home from work, altyhough he was still hanging verticle. I changed wome water and reoved any fuzz I could get off of him. He swam when prodded, but remained still when pulling hairs off. Perhaps, the fish knew he was being "helped."

I returned the madtom to ...

Thanks for your help. I hope to return him to the tank as soon as possible.
I'll keep the forum update on the recovery process.

I am a fish keeper of a number of years and this is a first. My wife discovered a tadpole madtom on the floor this morning. She said he was not flopping put was still gasping. She put him in a cup with tap water and called me. I told her to put aqaurium water in the cup instead and I ran home from ...