Glued tangs mouth shut!!??

[Cwentz758]

So bought some super glue to see if it would re stick some corals. Well it was kinda runny and didn’t work but as I attempted so of the glue washed into a film on top of the water. My yellow tang must of came up and took a bite. Now I’m watching him try to peck at sea weed and pellets and he can’t open. Idk what to do or how to fix this??

 

[blstravler]

I had a wrasse do the same and within about an hour it was off and he was fine - I think the only manual intervention you could do is catch him and try to pull it off gently?

 

[Sailfin11]

I'm not sure how to help, but do a search online -- I've heard of this happening before. I recall them catching the fish and fixing its mouth outside of the water.

 

[MTBake]

Had this happen to a kole tang. Glue was gone next day.

 

[ca1ore]

I think your best course of action is to do nothing for a few days and see if it sloughs off. If it doesn't then I suppose manual intervention may be required ….. hard to see how that would end well though. I was about to note how stupid fish are, but then remembered the last time I used superglue I ended up with my index finger welded to my thumb …...

 

[F i s h y]

Should be fine in a day.... you don't want to force the mouth open or try anything to drastic. You may do more harm than good.

 

[jeffrey750750]

I would wait till tomorrow, I'll bet itll come off with him scraping it

 

[Cwentz758]

I think your best course of action is to do nothing for a few days and see if it sloughs off. If it doesn't then I suppose manual intervention may be required ….. hard to see how that would end well though. I was about to note how stupid fish are, but then remembered the last time I used superglue I ended up with my index finger welded to my thumb …...

Ya after realizing what he did I got sloppy with the glue clean up and I’m currently trying to remove the harden mold that is half my hand now

 

[Miller535]

yikes

 

[JonoB]

My clownfish does this every time I add a frag to my tank. He immediately goes and bites the glue as I'm lowering it down. The first time I freaked out, as I'm sure you have. It falls off and he's fine every time though.

 

[Cwentz758]

So just planning for the worst, what’s a good method of manually removing it or helping it open?

 

[Cwentz758]

Also him not being able to open doesn’t that affect him breathing/moving water through it’s gills?

 

[Cwentz758]

Crisis averted. Few hours and then put his favorite treat in and he got the power to pull it open, gobbled up the shrimps! Thanks everyone for the quick input!

 

[Uncle99]

Excellent! Bet that scared the life out of you.
I was very worried when you state can’t open mouth, that would have been a problem.
My Yellow did the same, but, could open his mouth. The glue fell off in about 10 days.
Now I put on the glue, hold in a cup of DT water for 20 seconds, then put in place.
Glad for your happy ending. It’s amazing to see how many people have had a similar experience.