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j_ruiter 03-28-2015 03:35 PM

Blenny ate Reef Glue
 
Has this happened to you or is it just my dumb luck? I was gluing a frag to some rock and in the process a drop fell in the water and before I could do anything about it my starry Blenny had it in his mouth. His mouth is open but he's having trouble eating because the glue is inside. Its been a week almost and I'm hoping it works itself free. Just a waiting game at this point.

Is there anyone with some insight on this, I'm trying not to think about the worst case scenario.

The Guy 03-28-2015 04:33 PM

:sad: Too bad, what can anyone say, hope the blenny makes it.

albert_dao 03-28-2015 06:13 PM

If you can catch the blenny (ha!), you can use some clove oil to sedate the little guy (a couple drops in an icecream bucket is plenty) then use some tweezers to extract the chunk of glue.

j_ruiter 03-29-2015 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albert_dao (Post 942863)
If you can catch the blenny (ha!), you can use some clove oil to sedate the little guy (a couple drops in an icecream bucket is plenty) then use some tweezers to extract the chunk of glue.

That has to an absolute last resort but I may need to do it. This happened Tuesday and he's been moping around since then. Catching him shouldn't be too hard he eats out of my hand when he's eating. Have you sedated fish like that before?

albert_dao 03-29-2015 06:39 PM

Yup, I've cut off a lotta fish lice, tumors and ground down a lot of beaks over the years...


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