Anyone ever have a fish choke to death?

[Aqua fire/medic]

Started using some rods reef food about 2 weeks ago. Never thought something like this would happen.

Fed tank as normal this evening, walk by a couple hours later to find this guy on the bottom of the tank. Have had him for 4 years.

 

[Sabellafella]

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[4FordFamily]

I'm sure it's happened before, anything can happen. Sad, sorry for the loss!

 

[Sabellafella]

[HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG]

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I can't see the picture that well, what's down their throat?

 

[FF337]

Yes. An Oscar choke on a fire fish in my old fresh water tank.

 

[-Logzor]

I've almost had this happen, in a frozen food blend, a piece of a shrimp exoskeleton got stuck in the mouth of one of my chalkbass. You have to be careful with rods / reef frenzy for this reason.

 

[4FordFamily]

Yes. An Oscar choke on a fire fish in my old fresh water tank.

You had a fire fish in with an Oscar?

 

[Humblefish]

Did you thaw the food out before feeding?

 

[Diesel]

Never had seen that happening.

 

[melypr1985]

Had a porcupine puffer choke on a humu humu trigger... both died (long story - it's on my blog)

 

[Humblefish]

Had a porcupine puffer choke on a humu humu trigger... both died (long story - it's on my blog)

:eek:

 

[FF337]

You had a fire fish in with an Oscar?

Cichlids

And I made a mistake. Fire mouth cichlid.

 

[merlberg]

You had a fire fish in with an Oscar?

Is tht a bad thing lol is 1 more aggressive than another?

 

[merlberg]

Had a porcupine puffer choke on a humu humu trigger... both died (long story - it's on my blog)

Yikesssss.. N whats ur webpage for your blog :)?

 

[Untamedrose]

pretty sure that was the Q.....both Cichlids and oscars are FW.

 

[melypr1985]

Yikesssss.. N whats ur webpage for your blog :)?

It's in my signature :) Just click the link

 

[SandJ]

Same thing almost happened to my clown. I was running low on LRS (all I have ever used). Pulled a sample bag of Rods out of the freezer and thawed a piece in tank water, smashed with my fingers and poured it in the tank (just like I always do with LRS fish frenzy). Immediately saw a couple large pieces of shrimp (1/4" diameter and 1" long) and scooped them out with a net. Then I noticed the clowns was swimming with her mouth completely open and could see a piece of food. Kept an eye on her and she was finally able to swallow it, but I will be keeping an eye out for the larger chunks.

 

[Aqua fire/medic]

Did you thaw the food out before feeding?

Yes completely thawed out, and thought I removed all the large pieces as well. Guess not. Won't be using anymore of this food. Not saying it's a bad product but don't want to risk it with the rest of my livestock.

 

[Alanc425]

I've almost had this happen, in a frozen food blend, a piece of a shrimp exoskeleton got stuck in the mouth of one of my chalkbass. You have to be careful with rods / reef frenzy for this reason.

LRS Peels their shrimp before processing