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Help!!

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Hey y'all. I'm new to this page and I need some help. I just discovered that my RTC has knocked a clip off of the inlet for my canister filter, and it's currently lodged in his gill and he is breathing heavily. I tried to get it out but it is very stuck. I'm not sure what to do here
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Re: Help!!

Post by Jools »

Welcome aboard.

Unfortunately, this happens more often than you'd think. Example here. https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/vie ... ed#p287466

@Viktor Jarikov has kept/advised on the issue more than most.

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Post by Viktor Jarikov »

Thank you, Jools.

Bobby, are you sure it's in the gills? If so, it'd be a first for me. All I've seen so far is RTC swallowing inedible objects. They either throw them up or it it'd need to be retrieved out of the stomach.
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