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Post by kimberlie on Sept 21, 2009 18:22:06 GMT -6
So one of my jacks has a small fish stuck in its mouth...its got the tip of tail hanging out but its been like that all day...usually when they eat something they either spit it out or chew on it but he's not trying to do either...we even tried to catch him and gently pull it out and its stuck...I don't want to hurt the jack so we just put it back in the water...now I don't kno what to do...will he eventually eat it? But he can't chew it his mouth is stuck open...
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Post by davidtcb1 on Sept 21, 2009 19:54:37 GMT -6
Humm....tough one. My gut says to let nature take its course. But, I see your point of concern. I'd give it til tomorrow and see what the status is then if it were me.
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Post by razer27 on Sept 21, 2009 20:32:26 GMT -6
some large cichlids will swim around with feeders for hours before eating peacock bass are known to do it , but if it is stuck i would think it needs removed also you can sedate it w/clove oil but that is beyond my know how remember google search is your friend
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Post by jgentry on Sept 22, 2009 8:52:36 GMT -6
If it is truely stuck in there it needs to be removed or the fish will die. If it is just working on swallowing it then it's no big deal.
Were these feeder fish or something else?
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Post by kimberlie on Sept 22, 2009 14:22:26 GMT -6
Yeah it was a rosy red...its still stuck...no progress at all still the same amount of tail hanging out...I don't want to pull hard I'm afraid to hurt the jack..but it needs to be removed
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Post by angel on Sept 22, 2009 14:35:04 GMT -6
I don't know the answer to this--can you lip-hold a jack like a bass? They do have a big mouth. If so, he'd be still while you could work the fish out either with careful fingers or a pair of tweezers, or a hook-out thing for fishing. Just be careful not to rip anything.
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Post by jgentry on Sept 22, 2009 14:47:35 GMT -6
What happens is the rosey red got swallowed then extended it's spines and in wedged in. You need to remove it or your jack will die.
On a side not I would recommend you not feed live feeders to any SA/CA cichlids except peacock bass. They are poor nutrition, bring in a ton of parasites and other issues and are not needed for healthy fish.
Hope you are able to get it out!!
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Post by jon carman on Sept 22, 2009 16:32:13 GMT -6
What type of feeders would you suggest? I normally just use frozen silversides, but I have been know to throw a hundred rosy in and watch the chase begin.
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Post by jgentry on Sept 22, 2009 17:20:24 GMT -6
Frozen silversides are fine. They are clean. What fish are you keeping that need live food though? I feed my culls from my own spawns but they are small and I know they are clean. All I have to do is look at the feeder goldfish, guppy, and rosey red tanks and I know those don't go in my tank. I look at it like this, would I buy a fish from that tank and trust to put it in my tank if it wasn't food? If the answer is no then why would I trust putting it in as food. The only live food I ever use is raised by me. Pellets are better for your fish anyway.
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Post by sirknight on Sept 22, 2009 17:33:02 GMT -6
I highly agree with Jgentry. I would never feed any live fish unless they were culls from my own spawns. frozen Silversides mysis shrimp and krill are good but really not necessary unless you are feeding as a treat to meat eating fish. Some of the new pellet foods and flake foods are very good and can be used as staple foods.
Joe
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Post by kimberlie on Sept 22, 2009 18:49:53 GMT -6
yeah this is the first & obviously the last time were messing with live food, we usually feed frozen blood worms as a treat & flakes daily..we got live fish this one time, but none of them really lilked them anyways this minnow had been in there for a few weeks i guess they finally decided to eat him...well attempt to get it out again today...if we cant i dont know what else to do but let nature takes its course
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Post by kimberlie on Sept 23, 2009 0:57:17 GMT -6
we got it out!! but it wasnt the minnow it was one of my albino cory catfish...thats why it got stuck...i know they have those spiny fins or something on top...his mouth still looks stretched open but its not nearly as bad as it was yesterday..hopefully hell recover..i dunno what made him decide to eat one of the cories..they been in the tank together forever....
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Post by jgentry on Sept 23, 2009 9:27:23 GMT -6
That would explain it!! Catfish are notorious for extending there spines when a fish grabs them. Glad you got it out  |
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Post by kimberlie on Sept 23, 2009 10:41:03 GMT -6
yes im glad i listened to yall!! hes doing much better today..mouth looks normal & he ate some food so looks like hell be ok! |
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Post by angel on Sept 23, 2009 13:05:46 GMT -6
How did you remove it?
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