Guys i really am worried that i may lose my silver to ascites. I know rallys black died from it and i am now scared my silver will.
It is always my upmost priority to keep my fish well and theres noting i can do now.... i belive there still is hope but i need to hear u guys and if any of ur guys' fish have pulled through such a stupid mistake.
I was feeding ol puff the magic dragon fish my 24" silver some shrimp and i always take the tail off b4 i drop it in his mouth. I pinch off the tail then hold all of them in my hand with my middle ring and pinky finger curled up around the tails and use my thumb and pointer to feed, bleieve it or not when my aro came over for a piece i dropped a tail in his mouth too! not a HUGE tail like some of those freshwater shrimps, like a 3/4 inch long one.
i freaked and even tryed grabbing it out of his mouth and he just cruised away and swallowed it. directly after swallowing he ate some silver sides because i know if a dog swallows bones u feed him as much food as u can to pad his stomach. So i did that but the day after he swallowed it he began gasping a LITTLE bit and would come to my finger some times but not eat... same deal this mornig which means if he doesnt eat today it will be day three after the insident... im worried that his appetite being gone and gasping is directly related to the tail...
has anyone elses arowana eaten a shrimp tail and lived to tell the tail... SHOULD I BE PREPARING A COFFIN!!!
