Clownfish just died, should I leave him?

[cook]

My clown of 4 yrs died today. I was feeding some prime reef angel formula to my tang and angel and he choked on a piece. I tried to revive him and he looked better for about 1 hr and then he died 2 hrs later. My Q is should I leave him for my large brittle stars tonite?

[Anemonebuff]

I gave mine a proper "flushing".

[cook]

Sounds like a good idea.

[xDave]

That would be ok but remove anything leftover after 24 hours.

[xtm]

man are you serious? I've never seen or heard a fish "choke" and die. Maybe he drowned?

[Nano Chris]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8020729#post8020729 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by xtm
man are you serious? I've never seen or heard a fish "choke" and die. Maybe he drowned? :lol:

[vanmo92]

Fish can drown. I dont know about clowns but FW bettas need to come to the surface to get some oxygen, it might be a similar situation with clowns. If he injested a peice of food that was to big he could get it stuck in his throat and die.

[vanmo92]

And No i would definetly NOT leave him in there. I give all my fish that die a funeral, not a flushing.

[SurfatC3G]

When one of my clowns died earlier this year, I stuck him on top of a giant hairy mushroom. In about 60 seconds, it was gone. He spit out the thin remains a couple days later.

[TKByrnes]

My chalkbass chokes all the time. he will grab a hunk of pellet that is too big and i see him almost like yawning untill the hunk of food flies out.

[Freed]

Oh come on tree huggers. Leave him in there for a dinner for the others. What's the big deal? Oh yeah, you're right, all fish on the reefs are flushed down a toilet or buried in the back yard when they die. My bad.

[JRistau81]

I wouldnt be worried about being humane Freed. I would be worried about the decomposition though, depending on the tank size anyways.

[chucksta1]

If you can get the corpse out easily, do so. If not, they're not called the clean up crew for nothing.

[2fishy]

Sorry to hear about your fish. Was it frozen food that it choked on?

[Ryanqk]

My tiny neon goby grabs pieces of food half his size and takes them down to nibble, i hope he doesnt choke....

[Freed]

Shouldn't hurt a thing in a 75 if you leave it in there.

[cook]

It was a sponge formula that is made for angelfish. He did choke, He was coughing for awhile and I didn't know what was wrong. I looked up later and he was in the overflow. I pulled him out and saw the food, pulled that out with a paperclip. Too late I guess.

[Bret61081]

I've left fish in my tank after they died with no problems. As long as teh tank is established, have plenty of pods, and a good clean up crew, it should be gone in a about 2 days. Sorry about you clown