George Thompson
November 12th 03, 10:46 PM
This morning NTL finally installed my cable connection (3 weeks late)
and whilst chatting, I noticed my fish sitting on the bottom.
Thinking "oh-oh" I decided to have a closer look. After a few seconds
the fish started swimming backwards and was opening his mouth a lot.
I waited for him to turn around and had a quick peek inside his mouth
(whilst he was still in the tank). Something black was in there!
Assuming that my chocolate oranda (black scaled) didn't have a black
mouth, I netted him and stuck him in a traditional fish bowl.
In a bit of a panic (and late for work) I rang both the LGF shop & the
vet. The LGF said there was nothing I could do and it'd probably die.
The vet had never dealt with any fish.
Using my St. Johns ambulance skills, I decided to have a probe.
Holding him upside down, I noticed a tiny pebble caught on two bits of
his jaw. I gently shook him (hope that didn't cause any damage) to
see if I could dislodge it. Unsucessful, I scavenged my girlfriends
makeup box and found a pair of tweezers. A quick rinse (in tank
water) and I was probing his mouth. I got hold of the pebble, twisted
carefully and removed. The "small" pebble was just under 1/2 long,
but quite flat. Considering the poor fish is only 2" himself, it must
have been quite a mouthful.
Until recently my gravel was too big to swallow (I bought a large size
and spent ages picking out the dangerous bits) so it's time for
pebbles or sand. The odd thing is that my goldfish love gravel & hate
the glass. They're constantly re-arranging the bottom of the tank.
It's a kind of fish-sui. If any bit of the tank is left bare, next
morning the gravel is as neat as can be. I wish they'd leave my
plants alone ;- )
So now I've got to try and find some pebbles. I hate the idea of
sticking those in there. I can just see myself accidently dropping
one and watching 10g of water pour out of the tank into the eight
flats below...
I wish they'd stop growing. I need a new tank & ego stand again.
Need a new floor to support it. I can't split up my fishy friends,
they love the company of each other! anyone tried attaching a tube
between two tanks? like a hamster run?
and whilst chatting, I noticed my fish sitting on the bottom.
Thinking "oh-oh" I decided to have a closer look. After a few seconds
the fish started swimming backwards and was opening his mouth a lot.
I waited for him to turn around and had a quick peek inside his mouth
(whilst he was still in the tank). Something black was in there!
Assuming that my chocolate oranda (black scaled) didn't have a black
mouth, I netted him and stuck him in a traditional fish bowl.
In a bit of a panic (and late for work) I rang both the LGF shop & the
vet. The LGF said there was nothing I could do and it'd probably die.
The vet had never dealt with any fish.
Using my St. Johns ambulance skills, I decided to have a probe.
Holding him upside down, I noticed a tiny pebble caught on two bits of
his jaw. I gently shook him (hope that didn't cause any damage) to
see if I could dislodge it. Unsucessful, I scavenged my girlfriends
makeup box and found a pair of tweezers. A quick rinse (in tank
water) and I was probing his mouth. I got hold of the pebble, twisted
carefully and removed. The "small" pebble was just under 1/2 long,
but quite flat. Considering the poor fish is only 2" himself, it must
have been quite a mouthful.
Until recently my gravel was too big to swallow (I bought a large size
and spent ages picking out the dangerous bits) so it's time for
pebbles or sand. The odd thing is that my goldfish love gravel & hate
the glass. They're constantly re-arranging the bottom of the tank.
It's a kind of fish-sui. If any bit of the tank is left bare, next
morning the gravel is as neat as can be. I wish they'd leave my
plants alone ;- )
So now I've got to try and find some pebbles. I hate the idea of
sticking those in there. I can just see myself accidently dropping
one and watching 10g of water pour out of the tank into the eight
flats below...
I wish they'd stop growing. I need a new tank & ego stand again.
Need a new floor to support it. I can't split up my fishy friends,
they love the company of each other! anyone tried attaching a tube
between two tanks? like a hamster run?