My frontosa ate someone..

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So at feeding time, I noticed that one of my fronts had something in its mouth. After a bit of frantic counting, I realized it was the deformed zebra, Stumpy. I hated that fish. It was always nippy, and pissed all the fish off and its been moved from tank to tank. He ended up in my cat/front tank. I figured the Jack would be the one to eat him, but was surprised to see his tail flapping out of the fronts mouth. Will the front be ok? I netted the front easily and inspected it. The zebra was about 2 1/2 inches, and the front is about 6-7. I see that the he is still wiggling in his mouth too. I was too scared to try to pull it out, in case the spines raised on the zebra. Though I am worried about my front, I am laughing because it had finally had taken enough crap from him. :ROFL:

Sorry for the crappy pics, thanks iphone :grinno:

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Snack time!
 
WHY won't that little sucker die!! I woke up and he is still wiggling inside the front's mouth. The Front is doing fine this morning.

I go out of town tonight and come back tomorrow night. Just leave him?
 
ok its almost been 24 hours, and the bugger is STILL alive. Hes starting to push the left gill out alot. I can see the fish now between the gills. I am starting to get scared that he's going to try to go out the gill, since hes wiggled so much. If this fish makes it somehow, and manages to kill my front, he may just get bounced off the wall or thrown in the street. I saw another thread on here recently with the same scenario, though i can't remember the outcome of the fish that had the smaller fish coming out of its gills.
 
Ok, so i just got home, and couldn't stand to see that fish still wiggling in his mouth. I set the net in, and the front swam right in, I held him and looked at the zebra inside. I took a pair of needle nose pliers and grabbed the dorsal fin inside the mouth and held it down. I twisted it so it was sideways in its mouth. I was able to slide it out and released the front back into its tank, and threw the other fish in with the severums. He looks too exhausted to mess with anyone right now, and is hiding under the pleco's belly.
 
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