Lionfish - Heimlich Manouevre!
Noticed our fuzzy dwarf lionfish had been sitting on the bottom for quite a while. That's not usual, so I went to take a look -- his mouth was wide open and had a babylon snail stuck in his throat.
Looked like the point of the shell was wedged into his jaw.
What to do? Ok, we're going to try to catch him and try and get the snail out. Heimlich, or hold him upside by the tail & shake? Or?
After chasing the poor lionfish, mouth wide open, around the tank a few times, catching him then losing him, all that thrashing around the tank did the trick. The snail popped out.
I've seen him go after bristleworms from time to time, but never expected he's suck in a big, dead snail. Has anyone seen that before? He wasn't hungry, I fed him frozen mysis a couple of hours earlier.
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