I think my plecostomus is going to explode (literally!!!)

[DJDrZ]

I have snails now...they snuck in and didn't show up until weeks after I got some new plants (both the round and more pointy). I have been plucking them out( and crushing some inside the tank), byt decided totry some cucumber. I put in pieces three days in a row, and took out some, but not masses,of snails However, Pkucky, beloved Pleco (by all but me), looks like he is going to explode...he obviously got tothe cucumber also..
Is he going to explode...seriously. I xant figure out how toupload pix on my phobe, byt his belly is huge!!!!!

 

[allaboutfish]

id feed some blanched peas (deshelled) to help him digest any snails

 

[DJDrZ]

 

[jpappy789]

id feed some blanched peas (deshelled) to help him digest any snails

Who said the pleco ate the snails?

 

[DJDrZ]

You think its the snails? Why wouldn't he have been eating them all along?

 

[allaboutfish]

blanched zucchini snails all over it? just commen since tells me he might of accidentally ate some and by the looks of that stomach i think he has.

 

[allaboutfish]

You think its the snails? Why wouldn't he have been eating them all along?

probably an accident.

 

[RazzleFish]

I literally gasped at the pic... I would keep from feeding him for quite some time. Watch him, make sure he is having regular movements and wait for it to pass is about all you can do. Good luck with him!

 

[RNeiswander]

blanched zucchini snails all over it? just commen since tells me he might of accidentally ate some and by the looks of that stomach i think he has.

Did you perhaps mean common sense lbf?

I kinda doubt he ate any snails, Especially mts. If it did I think it's days would be numbered. Looks really constipated or very very full to me.

 

[Rbishop]

blanched zucchini snails all over it? just commen since tells me he might of accidentally ate some and by the looks of that stomach i think he has.

You need to research a lot more before making such brash statements...