Help Pacu has gravel stuck in Nostril

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Miles said:
Take the large siphon bell off the front of your Python.. Try to catch him off-guard and suck it out! If he starts trashing, get your big pond net out.. Catch him and 'hover' him an inch or two from the surface of the water on his side. Wait until he quits thrashing and calm down.. Then use the python and suck it out of his nose while hes still barely under water.. You might get a little wet, but atleast he wont get torn up like the tweezer idea.

*Edit- The lowering of the tank water and holding him down might be a better idea!
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you think the python can suck the pebble out? I think knocking it out and using a tweezer is the only way. Or maybe it will fall out on its own ..
 
A fish snorting rock? Forget the tweezers, he needs Narcotics Anonymous! :ROFL:
 
redtailfool said:
you think the python can suck the pebble out? I think knocking it out and using a tweezer is the only way. Or maybe it will fall out on its own ..
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Only if you take the siphon on the end so its the smaller soft plastic hole.. get a good suction seal on his nostril, and it should come right out.

I would imagine it would be hard to put down a fish like that without the right meds. I had a buddy of mine who is a nutritionist get ahold of some clove oil for me, and it just killed my fish. :( Maybe theres a secret to it?
 
I would get a friend to hold the fish and then try to dislodge it with forceps, they dig popcorn out of childrens noses all the time and it doen't seem much different.
 
Miles said:
Only if you take the siphon on the end so its the smaller soft plastic hole.. get a good suction seal on his nostril, and it should come right out.

I would imagine it would be hard to put down a fish like that without the right meds. I had a buddy of mine who is a nutritionist get ahold of some clove oil for me, and it just killed my fish. :( Maybe theres a secret to it?
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the thing with clove oil is that ur suppose to only use afew drops and an airstone to spread it around.

you only suppose to keep the fish in their until he is knocked out but still breathing.

once he's out, do the procedure and get the fish into a tank with high oxygenated water with good water flow.

its would be a good idea to place the fish in a current to get the water flowing over its gills to snap it out of sleep.
 
DeLgAdO said:
the thing with clove oil is that ur suppose to only use afew drops and an airstone to spread it around.
you only suppose to keep the fish in their until he is knocked out but still breathing.
once he's out, do the procedure and get the fish into a tank with high oxygenated water with good water flow.
its would be a good idea to place the fish in a current to get the water flowing over its gills to snap it out of sleep.
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I know all of this. I helped Jeni write the article for the puffer dentistry.. She initially forgot some important info ;)

Here is the problem I believe: my friend, the nutritionist, tells me that real clove oil is actually Illegal in the US. Many of the herbal companies now market 'clove oil' but in actuallity it is 'clove bud oil' which is completely different. I tried 3 different brands and varieties of 'clove oil' and they all didn't work. I followed all the correct steps, and after he started looking 'woozy' but not 'knocked out' i placed him back in FW. Died a few minutes later.. So, either pike cichlids do not like clove oil, or it's really damn hard to find true clove oil. ???
 
Miles said:
I know all of this. I helped Jeni write the article for the puffer dentistry.. She initially forgot some important info ;)

Here is the problem I believe: my friend, the nutritionist, tells me that real clove oil is actually Illegal in the US. Many of the herbal companies now market 'clove oil' but in actuallity it is 'clove bud oil' which is completely different. I tried 3 different brands and varieties of 'clove oil' and they all didn't work. I followed all the correct steps, and after he started looking 'woozy' but not 'knocked out' i placed him back in FW. Died a few minutes later.. So, either pike cichlids do not like clove oil, or it's really damn hard to find true clove oil. ???
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your suppose to run a current through the fishes mouth to pass water over the gills such as with a powerhead.


like so,

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