NekoOo
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So, about a week ago I happened to glance down at my aquarium and the biggest fancy goldfish in the tank had a big piece of gravel lodged in her mouth. As I have seen them sift through the gravel and pick up rocks, I didn't want to panic over nothing so I spent the next 5 or so minutes watching her try to expel the rock. However, It was clear the piece of gravel was stuck, and to make things worse the Goldies have started to show breeding behavior and she had three males chasing her all at the same time. I totally panicked (I mean, how do I help a fish?) and ran to my dad for help.
He ended up fishing her out of the tank, and while she calmly laid in the net he took tweezers and removed the rock from her mouth. All in all it took no more than 2 minutes at most and she was released back into the water. My question is, did we do the right thing? Could we have gone about it differently? Is there any protocol for this type of situation? I don't trust my goldfish to not do it again so I'd like info for future instances incase they arise. Thank you
P.S. She is doing great a week after the incident! The picture is of the fancy and the rock that got stuck in her mouth.
He ended up fishing her out of the tank, and while she calmly laid in the net he took tweezers and removed the rock from her mouth. All in all it took no more than 2 minutes at most and she was released back into the water. My question is, did we do the right thing? Could we have gone about it differently? Is there any protocol for this type of situation? I don't trust my goldfish to not do it again so I'd like info for future instances incase they arise. Thank you
P.S. She is doing great a week after the incident! The picture is of the fancy and the rock that got stuck in her mouth.