Urgent! Goldfish at dead oto and it is stuck in the mouth

[lucas_1957]

Hi, my goldfish ate a dead oto and the oto is stuck in the goldfish's mouth. what should i do? i tried many methods but didnt manage to take the oto out. from my experience, otos have spikes on their fins, which makes them quite hard to dislodge. Does anyone know what to do?

[AlvinLeong]

I have encountered this as well some yrs back. But it was a dead cory. What i did was use a scissor and cut the dead cory into half and use a plier slowly remove it.

[lucas_1957]

u mean cut the oto into half (head and tail) or cut its body into symmetrical halfs

[leezhengxi]

Originally Posted by lucas_1957

u mean cut the oto into half (head and tail) or cut its body into symmetrical halfs

symmetrical halves is better . goldfish should never be com-ed with fishes that can fit into their mouths easily . i learned the hard way when my goldfish ate a tetra and chocked to death .

[lucas_1957]

Originally Posted by leezhengxi

symmetrical halves is better . goldfish should never be com-ed with fishes that can fit into their mouths easily . i learned the hard way when my goldfish ate a tetra and chocked to death .

But the goldfish swallowed the oto quite a bit already, and it is a bit hard to cut it as i am scared i may also cut the goldfish.

[leezhengxi]

Hold the gold fish firmly , and try to use tweezers ( dunno if i spell correct ) to slowly pull the oto out ,

[ahpek_lion]

It happened to my koi yrs back....it ate up a dead oscar and it got stuck in its mouth for days.

I just left it there till the fish started rotting and it jus dislodge out of the koi's mouth

My suggestion is to sedate your GF and use a tweezer to pull it out. Put yellow power, minimum amt would do to counter any laceration or minute cut during the "day operation". Quarantine the fish before introducing it back to your main tank.

I cut the OTO into pieces and removed the parts using Tweezers also.

No small fish that fits into a Goldfish mouth to be kept with the goldfish.
I learnt that the hard way also.

[lucas_1957]

hi guys, i managed to successfully chop up the dead oto and get it out. phew, hope my goldfish is alright now, will put it in another tank with anti-fungal med and observe for about 2 wks.