NEED URGENT HELP

[reb]

I was attaching a few corals in my reef tank with Coralfix glue when my yellow tang picked at a coral I had just set in place and ate a big piece of glue. It tried to spit it out and couldn't. I finally caught it and used a tweezers to pull off what I could and moved it to my quaranteen tank, but it has been 1/2 hour and it still can not open its mouth. It goes around picking at rock I think trying to get the rest off or out. I tried feeding a few Mysis and it tried and tried and could not open its mouth to eat one. What do I do?

 

[snakeblitz33]

Hey Reb, welcome back.
You did right to pick some out of it's mouth. The fishes natural layer of mucus should slough it off in a day or so. If it's still there after that, you might need to check it with tweezers again.
Putting it in quarantine was probably a smart move, but it stressed it out.... so make sure you are staying on top of your quarantine husbandry.
Keep us posted.

 

[reb]

Checked on the fish this morning and it was able to open its mouth a little, and tonight seems totally back to normal.

 

[flower]

Wow...what a weird problem. I would have freaked out...I would never have thought of catching the fish and using tweezers to get it out of it's mouth. I'm glad this story has a happy ending.

 

[geridoc]

Someday we should start a thread on emergency surgeries you had to perform on your fish. I once used a clam knife to pry a puffer out of the mouth of my lionfish.

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by GeriDoc http:///t/396201/need-urgent-help#post_3529553
Someday we should start a thread on emergency surgeries you had to perform on your fish. I once used a clam knife to pry a puffer out of the mouth of my lionfish.
That would be a very interesting thread, and may even help some folks to have someplace to go to for help on what to do if....
I had to use the rubber tip of a bobby pin to get air out of my male seahorses pouch.
What happened in your situation...did both the puffer and lionfish survive the ordeal?

 

[geridoc]

That would be a very interesting thread, and may even help some folks to have someplace to go to for help on what to do if....
I had to use the rubber tip of a bobby pin to get air out of my male seahorses pouch.
What happened in your situation...did both the puffer and lionfish survive the ordeal?
Yes, until a crack in a heater glass case electrophoresed the fish about a year later.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Lol, tools to have on hand in case of emergency fish surgery... Hah, a new Snake's Method brewing.... (Just kidding!)