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Fishfan
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| Subject: Feeding fish  Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:16 am | |
| i got a fright this morning when I was feeding the fish.
One of the corys seemed to get a piece of the food stuck in its mouth. It looked like it had something stuck, and then it spat it out, then went and eat a bit of it again.
Can fish choke on food? I dont know whether to break the food up into little bits? | |
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Mary
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Location : Ireland
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:38 am | |
| I haven't come across any incidences of fish choking apart from a crushed up bit of aquatic snail but I think it recovered. I've often seen the fish take in a mouthful of food though, spit it out and then eat it again so maybe they were just being greedy and had "eyes bigger than belly!". :lol: | |
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Diana
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:04 am | |
| The only thing I have heard of is that goldfish can have problems with goldfish pellets and they should be soaked before being fed them.
If it was just flakes you were feeding though I wouldnt have thought they would have had any problem. | |
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Mary
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Diana
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:57 am | |
| They need a fair bit of soaking Mary - I have some too. Apparently they can cause probs with either choking or swimbladder probs as the fish swallow a lot of air while they are trying to eat them.
Dont know how true this all is but it's better safe than sorry I guess. | |
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munchycarrot
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:44 am | |
| I soak my cichlid pellets in a little jug & add about an eggcup full of boiling water from the kettle to help soften them. We have seen one of the fish with a pellet wedged in his mouth & everyone else chasing to try to get it. It took ages for him to swallow it...it was quite worrying  | |
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Mary
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munchycarrot
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:05 am | |
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Mary
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:10 am | |
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Matty
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:56 am | |
| Flakes are very palatable so i doubt they can choke on them  Mousy Mary!! | |
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munchycarrot
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:04 am | |
| Is this the beginnings of a name for Marys band... Mousy Mary & the Munchkins?  | |
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Mary
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:13 am | |
| - munchycarrot wrote:
- Is this the beginnings of a name for Marys band... Mousy Mary & the Munchkins?
I am far from mousy...  Maybe Marvellous Mary...  | |
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Matty
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Diana
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:57 am | |
| Can't wait to hear their first single - The theme tune to Free Willy perhaps?  | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Feeding fish Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:59 am | |
| Funny, funny post! |
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