Help With Shovelnose Catfish

[veve]

hey

recantly got a shovelnose catfish around 5 inch and the tank has been up and runing for 4 mounths and it occupies 2 oscars(7 inch each) the size is 70 gal with 2 canister filters so the water paramiters are constant and weekly water changes are made.

the problem or emergencie is that the catfish ate 2 pebbles around an inch each. i saw it eat the second but was not in time to stop it from swallowing it . i can feel them in its stomach and see them

the question is will it puke them or is there something i have to do to get them out ? did this happen cus it was hungry is for something unknown?

thx for the help

 

[england]

ok firstly its quite normal for shovelnose's to do this<not good but usual....hopefully it will regurgitate them in time,if not maybe a vet will be needed....see how it goes.....
second.......................which species of shovelnose do you have because a 70gallon will not house one for a long time at all.....tigers and retail/tiger crosses grow inxsess 4ft long

 

[veve]

thx I know they grow that large
I actually have another tank 2 meters in length but not that wide 50 or 60 cm I will be moving it to that tank in a mouth time
Thank you for your answer