Oscar ate a pleco

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Reincarnated said:
Oh i totally agree. If i had a fillet knife i would have done surgery last night. It hasnt lost its color so i kind of feel like maybe he isnt dead but not sure that means anything. He isnt moving so im sure he's done too. Ill bust out the roofing sheers shortly and see for sure. Just eating breakfast first. lol
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So not to bust you too hard but taking your time eating breakfast, yea for me it would have been either in my pocket knife, or in my kitchen and I'll clean the knife later wifey, or in the garage going for the utility scissors. But yea sorry for your fish loss.



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Slick Fish said:
So not to bust you too hard but taking your time eating breakfast, yea for me it would have been either in my pocket knife, or in my kitchen and I'll clean the knife later wifey, or in the garage going for the utility scissors. But yea sorry for your fish loss.



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Well not to bust back too hard but i think you may be lacking a bit in the common sense department. If you look at the pleco and notice he is partially digested that didnt happen while i was eating that happened in the 8 hours he was in the oscars mouth overnight before the oscar died. If youre speaking of last night thats a different story, but i didnt have the heart to kill the oscar i have been raising for the last 7 months. Figured i would just let his snack kill him.
 
Reincarnated said:
Well not to bust back too hard but i think you may be lacking a bit in the common sense department. If you look at the pleco and notice he is partially digested that didnt happen while i was eating that happened in the 8 hours he was in the oscars mouth overnight before the oscar died. If youre speaking of last night thats a different story, but i didnt have the heart to kill the oscar i have been raising for the last 7 months. Figured i would just let his snack kill him.
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Speaking of last night and as far as waiting your second fish to die if the pleco was already dead could there have been a possibility of saving your Oscar?


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I think the lesson here is to always, always keep the roofing sheers close to the tank.
Sorry for the double loss dude.
 
crxlsturbo said:
Damn sorry to hear about both fish. Keep your head up. :-)

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thanks and i will

Slick Fish said:
Speaking of last night and as far as waiting your second fish to die if the pleco was already dead could there have been a possibility of saving your Oscar?


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i tried wiggling it out and moving it but it was pretty stuck in there. didnt want to lose the oscar, they are my favorite fish. even after he was dead and i actually put some force into pulling the pleco he was pretty wedged in there. i was only able to get him out by cutting the gill plate and jaw. maybe if i had some specialized tool to cut the plecos fins off but that would have been the only way.

guess the moral of this story is to not have small plecos with oscars or anything else that could possibly eat them.
 
Sorry for lost bro... that makes me worried about my Oscar and Pleco... The Oscar is not big enough to swallow the pleco whole... but he does harass my pleco from time to time.... D:
 
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