So today I was trying to get a picture of my Senegal with my del and the Senegal started burping up air. Then out came a bunch of undigested/half digest pellets (Hikari carnivore) that I fed 16 hours ago. How would I know if she had a blockage? She was pooping out the same red poo she gets after I feed pellets; literally at the same time she was spitting up so stuff definitely went through. I've seen her throw up the pellets a couple times before but that's usually shortly after eating them. I've never seen her throw up any other food. I've made a shift away from pellets lately to frozen foods and I'm only feeding them to get rid of what I have left. Is it possible she just got stuffed? Or has developed some intolerance since she doesn't get them often? Tank is an over filtered planted 75g mixed gravel/sand substrate, ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate <20, 40% pwc 1-2 times per week (dumb tannis drives me nuts), temp low 80's. I sucked up all the bits I could get and did a 20% wc (did the regular 40% yesterday) to clear out the rest. I'll post the pics I got of it from my phone. You guys have any idea what's going on? Thanks...
Senegal vomitting
- Thread starter baconmeupscotty
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No clue about your question but i did not know fish could throw up hours after feeding! Ya learn stuff everyday
Hopefully somebody more experienced can help you soon...
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Judging from the pics there are no pebbles that can be swallowed by the sen, well I think it might be intolerance yes, or it's just their thing, my senegals also somehow vomit pellets before they eat it, I mean after chewing their food they will spew it out then chew it on again, I suggest on the next feeding before you offer the pellets do soak it in water.
I know there are pebbles small enough to swallow but I purposefully feed away from them; she'd have to actively seek them out to swallow one. I think I'll just throw out the 1/4 bag of pellets (thankfully it's a small one) and stick to the live/frozen diet she's been getting. Not worth the fish vomit, which is probably the grossest thing I've seen all week lol.
I was about to suggest a slight diet change to see if it still does it too, fish vomit is the worst. When I tried feeding cut shrimp my ery ery wolf decided all 3 full shrimp (cut up) were for him and scared my bichirs away and mowed it all down. Then proceeded to puke it back out. Did a WC like an hour later haha
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It could be not digesting right, saw my cousins sen throw up meal worm shells, still its their staple diet and don't see any problems so far