Urgent! PLEASE HELP

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Abruskin

Jack Dempsey
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I was feeding my silver dollars zucchini and by surprise my arowana ate a piece. The piece is too large for his mouth and the zucchini is stuck there. He doesn't seem stressed out, but should I pull the zucchini out of his mouth so he doesn't choke or just let it play itself out? Please let me know as this is my favorite fish and I would be devastated to lose it


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Abruskin said:
I was feeding my silver dollars zucchini and by surprise my arowana ate a piece. The piece is too large for his mouth and the zucchini is stuck there. He doesn't seem stressed out, but should I pull the zucchini out of his mouth so he doesn't choke or just let it play itself out? Please let me know as this is my favorite fish and I would be devastated to lose it


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I would wait a little and see if he gets it down as long as he has water flowing in between his gills should be fine but post a pic just in case


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The zucchini is still in his mouth, but he keeps spitting it out halfway, and than retrying to swallow it.. Is this a good sign as it not being stuck? Or a bad sign because he isn't spitting it all the way out?


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Just checked and it's out! Idk if he swallowed it or spit it out but it's not in the tank anymore. I literally had the tweezers and net in my hand ready to take him out when I realized it was no longer in his mouth. Thank you guys so much for all of the advice. I'll cut the zucchini much smaller next time :)


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