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| Posted | Help me now, emg!!! |
| 12-03-2007 17:53 by AndreaC |
Help. my blackomoore has 2 pebbles lodged in mouth and choking!!! I cant get them out and he is suffereing, what do i do?? Quik response please
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| 12-03-2007 18:02 by diane |
can you get the fish out and see if you dislodge them, hold the fish in a damp towel to prevent hurting it, di |
| 12-03-2007 18:03 by AndreaC |
I have tried that, but I cant budge them!! there really lodged in. How on earth he got them in like that i dont know.
Im panacking now!! |
| 12-03-2007 18:04 by AndreaC |
He is getting weak.  |
| 12-03-2007 18:07 by trik |
can you get a cocktail stick in its mouth if so snap the point off and see if you can dislodge them. |
| 12-03-2007 18:14 by wayne |
hymlick manauver |
| 12-03-2007 18:22 by AndreaC |
Ive done it, yeaay. I wrapped a cotton ear bud with cling film and gently pushed from back of the mouth to front. It forced the pebbles out and there were 4  . The fish seems a bit shaken and gasping like mad. Is there anything else I should do for him??
God, that scared the living hell out of me! |
| 12-03-2007 18:23 by slack alice |
Watch it now it might start pebble dashing your tank... |
| 12-03-2007 18:27 by trik |
may be turn lights off and let it settle down its bound to be stressed. |
| 12-03-2007 19:31 by diane |
id turn of the lights and add some melafix, calm him down a little, di |
| 13-03-2007 07:19 by Danny Boy |
get bigger pebbles. (im actually serious) |
| 13-03-2007 08:33 by Alan |
Or replace the gravel with sand equally serious. I don't keep any fish on gravel for this reason. |
| 13-03-2007 14:31 by AndreaC |
He is back to normal self today. I turned the light off last night.
Can you use sand fog goldfish?? what if the fish suck sand up and swallow it  (always wondered that) |
| 13-03-2007 15:11 by wymcot |
It is rumoured that certain fish do actually swallow small ammounts of sand to aid thier dijestive system. I think this is mainly done (if at all) by large chilids or fish that sift sand for food stuffs.
I spent years using gravel but now I've been using sand for over two years, theres no looking back. It does get dirty quicker mainly because the *** doesnt get emedded as it does with gravel and stay on the top, but good tank maintenace ensures this isnt a problem Change to sand, your fish will love you for it |
| 13-03-2007 21:25 by AndreaC |
So how do you clean the sand?? I mean with gravel I use a gracel and sypon the water out, sucking all the *** out. That wouls just suck the sand out aswell?? |
| 13-03-2007 22:30 by wymcot |
When syphoning sand keep the pipe end just off the surface of the sand, the *** will be sucked up and most of the sand will stay. For any sand that is sucked out just give it a rinse and put it back
Easy |
| 21-03-2007 18:43 by stevey boy |
i fully agree sand is the best way and if u clean it right its lovely my goldies love it go to argos they do it 15 kg for 2.50. |
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