Glass catfish choked to death :(

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loachmom
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Glass catfish choked to death :(

Post by loachmom » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:43 pm

Hi all,

This morning, after feeding my loaches their shrimp pellets, we noticed one of the glass catfish swimming erratically and flipping around on the bottom of the tank. We thought he was dying and decided to move him away from the other fish. When we netted him, we discovered that he had an entire shrimp pellet lodged in his mouth. He appeared to be already dead, but we gently pried the swollen pellet from his mouth in an attempt to revive him. It was too late.
What a terrible death!! I'm not sure how to prevent this in the future.

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Post by shari2 » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:11 pm

sorry to hear it.

try finding some smaller pellets, if you can, or feeding the smaller food first and dropping the larger ones when the smaller fish are busy.
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Post by palaeodave » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:47 pm

Sorry to hear that. That's quite grim.
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Post by Bully » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:51 pm

Some pellets can take some time to rehydrate and so it may be better to let them soak for a few minutes first before adding them to the tank, this should make them softer to digest.

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Post by loachmom » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:48 pm

Thank you Shari, Dave, and Bully.
I'm going to try your suggestions, Shari and Bully.
Hopefully, this will never happen again.

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Post by LoachOrgy » Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:19 pm

too bad. i had this happen to a few tiger barbs in the past.
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