Can Fish Choke?

[sami the cichlid]

this morning when i was feeding my fish, the rediculously greedy oscar managed to somehow get all three cubes of frozen food into his mouth, problem was, he couldn't swallow it. i sat and whatched him for a long time as he slowly swallowed the food. i thought he was gonna die as he went to the bottom of the tank, sat lopsided and breathed heavily trying to swallow his meal. he is fine now, but could he have died?

 

[ellena]

Did you put the food in frozen? Fish are so greedy!

 

[Mr._Fishy]

Yes fish can choke. 1 of my ropefish actually just died a couple days ago from choking on a piece of gravel.

I always defrost it in a cup, pour it into a fine net (brine shrimp net), and rinse it out before putting it in the tank.

 

[sami the cichlid]

well, by the time is outta the frezzer, into my hands and into the tank its pretty much melted

 

[Mr Bliss]

A rainbow cichlid of mine seemingly choked on a large fly that my stupid friend gave her, although it might have been pesticide poisoning or some such.

Usually fish can spit the food out easily if they want, though. They're just too greedy to let go.

 

[sami the cichlid]

Usually fish can spit the food out easily if they want, though. They're just too greedy to let go.

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yhh lol! even though he was going through this dilema, he still managed to keep an eye out for anyone who wanted his food!

 

[Oscar Betta]

Yeah fish can choke. Pretty much any thing that eats can choke if they're really greedy.

 

[sami the cichlid]

Yeah fish can choke. Pretty much any thing that eats can choke if they're really greedy.

well, at least i no how the oscar will die.....!

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

when im feeding frozen i hold it.....that way yo uget to hand feed your fish plus they can only pull off the defrosted parts.

 

[Amberleaf]

XD It's like when I was at my house, and we had guests over, and I ate a too-big piece of sushi, and I began to realize that I couldn't swallow it and had to go spit it in the sink with EVERYONE watching. VERY embarrassing.

 

[zuulan]

Did you put the food in frozen? Fish are so greedy!

I defrost mine in the fridge overnight before feeding them to my fish.

 

[iffles]

Once my platy found half a catfish tablet (1cm diameter) and decided to eat it whole I was really worried cos his mouth was open and it seemed the food was stuck in his mouth (which it was), and after putting the tablets in I fed flake. He didn't come to the top and I thought he was dead (he was lying on the bottom). Then about 30mins later he spat it out and gobbled it up at a different angle and down it went.
Fish are too greedy for their own good. They choke on their food for hours just so the other fish cant get their fins it.