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    Default Discuss choking on cardinal Tetra!

    My adult discus decided to eat a larger cardinal Tetra and the tail is sticking out of his mouth and he's visibly struggling, swimming facing straight up etc. Do I try to pull the fish out?! Thanks for any help!

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    Oh my goodness Nick,

    Did you pull it out? I would have netted the Discus and yanked out that tetra. Did you get some help somewhere? Is the discus ok?

    This is one of my fears, I noticed my adult discus chasing my Cories around the other day.

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    Well I ended up grabbing pliers and yanking it out but maybe too late I'm afraid. It appeared he had swallowed the dish then the tail popped back out a bit so I went in and pulled it. He's resting on the bottom breathing heavy and fins have lost alot of color so my hopes are not high but time will tell. 😢

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    Oh no

    I hope he recovers!! Keep a close eye on him, I'm not sure what else to suggest at this time.

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    Coming out tail first may have damaged its mouth.I would have left it slowly digest as it goes down.I've seen discus take small fish like this;sometimes takes a while.

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    Agree with bluelagoon. Ripping out the cardinal may have damaged your fish's throat/gills. Hope all ends well.

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