It seems odd that any fish would allow their gills to be so packed with rocks to choke to death, but stranger things have happened.
Death by rocks???
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I agree, its a rare occurance that bichirs choke to death, but it happens.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2927
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2927
love the autopsy cypher, i use fine sand and big rocks for gravel so as not to be able to be swallowed.
i had my 4" albino senegal choke on a shrimp pellet so yes it is possible for a fish to choke. i found him floating and the pellet had expanded and was coming from out his gills. it was so sad bc i really like the little bugger but i learned to only feed them soft foods or soak the pellets first.
i have had it happen and so has my dad he had a 12" JD the fish had bed diging in the gavel for days lol im sorry for your loss. i have to get gavel out of my BP and live food all the time he is ok for now im going to live soon so i hope he dont choke.
Maybe I'm looking at it a bit too simply but...
All living things need to breathe. Even plants. It's true bichirs have advanced lung systems, but think about it. When a poly is resting @ the bottom of the tank, it's mouth consistantly opens and closes. It's taking in air each time, and a mouth full of rocks would clearly prevent that. Yea, they also go to the surface to breathe about every half hour, but they wouldn't be breathing on the bottom if it wasn't necessary for survival.
Most definitely sorry for your loss. Good luck with your next fish when you get to call Toyin.
Keeper*
All living things need to breathe. Even plants. It's true bichirs have advanced lung systems, but think about it. When a poly is resting @ the bottom of the tank, it's mouth consistantly opens and closes. It's taking in air each time, and a mouth full of rocks would clearly prevent that. Yea, they also go to the surface to breathe about every half hour, but they wouldn't be breathing on the bottom if it wasn't necessary for survival.
Most definitely sorry for your loss. Good luck with your next fish when you get to call Toyin.
Keeper*
beblondie;383733; said:
how did that go?
I keep my sengal with gravel
. Ive seen him spit out pieces of gravel while eating. lets hope he dosen't suffer the same fate. Sorry about your fish though.my 9 inch ornate died by trying to eat my female brichardi.
both fish died. he died by suffocation and she died trying to protect her fry. the brichardi was a big girl too and very fast never though she'd end up in the mouth of my ornate. papa brichardi was too big for him to eat. it's weird i would have though my 18 inch arowana woulda tried to eat a brichardi first but he doesn't mind them.
i have since relocated the brichardi colony to a 29 gallon species tank..
and pick up a new bicher,. lapredei.
both fish died. he died by suffocation and she died trying to protect her fry. the brichardi was a big girl too and very fast never though she'd end up in the mouth of my ornate. papa brichardi was too big for him to eat. it's weird i would have though my 18 inch arowana woulda tried to eat a brichardi first but he doesn't mind them.
i have since relocated the brichardi colony to a 29 gallon species tank..
and pick up a new bicher,. lapredei.
