My RedTail is eating Rocks

[fishdance]

Dont worry, your cat will regurgitate the rocks after a while. Even rough shaped rocks often get swallowed by RTCs. I would change the rock size in your tank though since this is going to happen a lot plus that size hides a lot of dirt.

Just be patient, even a few weeks sometimes.

 

[Tigriuns™]

try use your hand hold it upside down and shake it...
make stress and hope to throw out the stone itself...

 

[tonymofo]

Is it true that if you touch the tail with your hand that you'll get red stuff on our hand??????

 

[pirarucu319]

try use your hand hold it upside down and shake it...
make stress and hope to throw out the stone itself...

you'd better do somethin rather than nothin"..use net and try like above..
are you sure he eat rock..how if he swallow his tankmates??

 

[calamari]

Is it true that if you touch the tail with your hand that you'll get red stuff on our hand??????

No. i've touched both of my RTC's tails and no red stuff has ever come off

 

[Red Devil]

i have seen almost everything now...sorry about this.. looks bad to me. I hope it is true that they can regurgitate those rocks {if they are indeed rocks}..

 

[tonymofo]

Yeah, he swallow the rocks, all his tankmate are still there

 

[jconley]

RTC do this all the time, go with your first instinct and feed him a bunch to make him regurgitate, it may take several weeks to get them all out though. PLEASE DO NOT hold him upside down by the tail and shake him! No offense, but that has got to be one of the most asinine suggestions I've heard lol. Regurgitation is going to make a big mess so be prepared to do some big water changes and DEFINITELY change out those rocks to sand or something else small and harmless.

 

[tonymofo]

When I get home from work I getting rid of those rocks. I think I'm just going to leave it bare.

 

[jconley]

Sounds good. I wouldn't worry too much, like I said, they do this a lot. Just keep an eye on him. He'll probably spit up most of them on his own anyway.