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2 DAYS AGO
While it’s fairly well known that frogfish, in this case, a hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus), will eat anything that can fit in its extremely large mouth, we did not expect our pet Tadpole to quickly pounce on a Two Little Fishies Nano Mag as soon as it floated in front of his face. The magnet fell off during regular glass cleaning, and just seconds later it was in his mouth and down into his stomach.
Frogfish will eat literally anything!
My wife, Beth, and I desperately tried to stress him out and cause him to vomit the magnet, but he would not open his mouth. We debated euthanizing him right on the spot with clove oil, as we thought the magnet would break down slowly and poison him or perforate his stomach. After the initial shock of what happened and we were able to think clearly, we reached out to everyone on forums, Facebook, and friends of friends to see what could be done. Eventually, the word got out to many of the big-name reefers who had many suggestions. Our predicament then was that there is a fish medication ban in Canada and without a prescription, there would be no way for us personally to sedate him safely nor did we feel confident in performing the extraction ourselves.
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Frogfish Has Surgery to Remove Algae Magnet Its Eaten | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
While it’s fairly well known that frogfish, in this case, a hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus), will eat anything that can fit in its extremely large mouth, we did not expect our pet Tadpole to…
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