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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / May 2005GOLDIE AND BLACK ANT!
I could not believe it, but two days ago my red capped oranda had a black thing sticking out of his mouth, would go into a corner and stay there for hours, spit some of the thing out, then suck it back in. I watched for a day or so, then decided he was really getting upset, so I boiled a tweezer, slopped slime coat all over my hand, brought him to the surface and tweezed out the black thing. It was a HUGE black ant! He seems fine now. I think. n > I could not believe it, but two days ago my red capped oranda had a > black thing sticking out of his mouth, would go into a corner and stay [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > n Goodness! Was the ant dead or alive when you removed it? Drowned I imagine? I'm not familiar with "slime coat". Is this a product to protect the fish when it has to be handled? Would just wearing latex gloves work?  SignatureK. Sprout the MungBean to reply "I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell--you see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain > Was the ant dead or alive when you removed it? > Drowned I imagine? > > I'm not familiar with "slime coat". Is this a product to protect the > fish when it has to be handled? Would just wearing latex gloves work? Hi, Katra. Well, yeah, the ant died - probaby did drown - it was in the tank for at least 2 days. I put NovAqua slime coat conditioner on my hand. It feels "slippery" and protects the fish's scales from injury. Don't know if latex gloves would work - they are kinda dry I think. I cannot remember where I saw it, but someone who breeds fancy goldfish never uses a net -- they always get their fish out with their hands, preferably coated with NovAqua or a similar product. Said that nets do extensive damage to long fancy fins. It made sense to me, which was why I had stopped netting my bettas -- so I stopped netting goldies too. n > > Was the ant dead or alive when you removed it? > > Drowned I imagine? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > n Thanks! Makes sense... I'd have more control over a struggling fish in my hands than in a net. I imagine it'd be easier on the scales as well. SignatureK. Sprout the MungBean to reply "I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell--you see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain |
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