Hello MFK,
I have large SA cichlids and my big female Texas and male RD Flowerhorn have been digging around and nesting in the tank for a couple seeks now.
I woke up this morning and I'm pretty sure Lou, the flowerhorn, has swallowed a rock or has one jammed down in there. He is swimming by the top with his little horn out of the water and he isn't closing his mouth or eating. He is normally very voracious. He is by far my favorite fish, and if he is dying I don't want to make his last hours worse by pulling him out of his environment and shoving tweezers down his throat.
Has anybody had any luck with pebble or rock extraction on their fish? The fish is about 9 or 10 inches and very hardy. The tank is 150 gallons and it has a ton of filtration. Other fish are acting fine.
I have large SA cichlids and my big female Texas and male RD Flowerhorn have been digging around and nesting in the tank for a couple seeks now.
I woke up this morning and I'm pretty sure Lou, the flowerhorn, has swallowed a rock or has one jammed down in there. He is swimming by the top with his little horn out of the water and he isn't closing his mouth or eating. He is normally very voracious. He is by far my favorite fish, and if he is dying I don't want to make his last hours worse by pulling him out of his environment and shoving tweezers down his throat.
Has anybody had any luck with pebble or rock extraction on their fish? The fish is about 9 or 10 inches and very hardy. The tank is 150 gallons and it has a ton of filtration. Other fish are acting fine.