Stuck food

[RikuzaYuzu]

Hello,my family's fish tank zebra danio has a stuck food in his mouth,and my clippers are too big to fit in his mouth and scared that it would hurt it,any way to solve this?

 

[Sgooosh]

needle, or toothpick work well

 

[Colin_T]

If it's dry food, it should soften up and the fish should eventually be able to spit it out, or more likely, eat it.

 

[RikuzaYuzu]

Well,my uncle told me to leave it alone,plus Colin_T said it too,so i did,bit it's mouth is still gaping with no signs of the food,is it a permanent scar now?

 

[Colin_T]

Picture of the fish?
It might have an infection or inflamation. Monitor it over the enxt 24 hours and see how it goes.

You can try doing a 75% water change and gravel cleaning the tank every day for a week to help clean conditions up and reduce the chance of infection or help the fish fight off any infection. Clean the inside of the glass and filter too.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.