Adult Convicts do NOT make good feeders

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sour_girl

sour_girl

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Well I am having a really really bad day. First off, I am sick as heck. Puking everywhere. So I stayed home from work. Sat in the living room ALL day but was so out of it that I didnt pay much attention to the tank. My husband comes home and goes to feed the fish, and starts screaming "The ornate is dead the ornate is dead!!!" I come over to look and low and behold, the ornate is freakin dead.

We had a couple of female convicts in the tank, and the little buggar managed to catch one!! Problem is, he chocked on it!!! The stupid convict was stuck in its throat!!!!!!!:swear:


My beautiful Bichir is gone cause of some stupid mother *** convict.:swear: :irked:


So theres my lesson.
 
They still make good feeders, you just gotta make sure they are the right size first. Live and learn, sorry for your loss.
 
Thats the chance you take with feeding stiff rayed fish.It may be uncommon but it happens.Sorry for your loss.
 
Crappy..:(
 
that must have been a pretty good sized con for your ornate to choke on it.. unless it was still a tiny ornate =\
 
Nope. The ornate was at least 16". The convict was mid sized female. I wasn't actually using them as feeders. I have 3 females in there and I thought they were too big/fast for any of my fish to catch. I Keep the convicts in there to distract the Oscar. I guess she just caught it and it was definitely too big for her to swallow.. It was still sticking out of her mouth when we took her out. I am so sad I could totally cry!!!!!!
 
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