Blood fire red shrimp glued his two front claws together

[MadTownFess]

I knocked over a frag so I was re gluing it... and my shrimp came over to check it out and stuck his two claws in the glue... and now they are stuck together!! What should I do!?!?

 

[maevepotter]

Ohhhhh nooooooo (( I hope you figure something out

 

[WVNed]

If they don't come apart on their own he will be as good as new when he molts.

 

[KrisReef]

You’ll need to catch him and clip carefully between the claw ends to free him or else he can’t feed properly if both his “hands are tied?” I’d use a razor blade and take your best slice. They have to be feeding to grow before they molt. If it’s superglued together it won’t come apart without help.

Just like if you glued your thumb and index together, slide a knife thru the ends. It won’t kill you but you’ll be able to use your hand again. No cut no eat.

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Not making light of this but I had a Powder Blue Tang years ago who did that and wore superglue lipstick for about a month. I just thanked god his mouth was open when he did it.

 

[MadTownFess]

You’ll need to catch him and clip carefully between the claw ends to free him or else he can’t feed properly if both his “hands are tied?” I’d use a razor blade and take your best slice. They have to be feeding to grow before they molt. If it’s superglued together it won’t come apart without help.

Just like if you glued your thumb and index together, slide a knife thru the ends. It won’t kill you but you’ll be able to use your hand again. No cut no eat.

He seems to have gotton one claw free, and seems to be slowly picking at the glue with the free claw. He should be able to eat with 1 claw, if he cant get the glue off the other one? Things seem to be getting better though...so I am hopeful.

 

[KrisReef]

That’s good news, even if he can’t free it he can do with one until he molts.

 

[Gareth elliott]

I think this could be fixed outside the tank.

Grab some nail polish remover and a cotton swab. And gently dab the claws till the open and close again. Take another swab with a container of tank water and rinse.

 

[Mariette]

Poor think. He/she managed to free one on his own. I say let him be. Eating will slow down but not stop. Next molt=problem solved.

 

[Jon Fishman]

I think this could be fixed outside the tank.

Grab some nail polish remover and a cotton swab. And gently dab the claws till the open and close again. Take another swab with a container of tank water and rinse.

I think doing nothing at this point is way less risky than hitting the poor dude with acetone.

 

[Gareth elliott]

I think doing nothing at this point is way less risky than hitting the poor dude with acetone.

Acetone has very low toxicological effect on wildlife. Most issues with land animals being exposure to highly elevated vapors for long periods of time. Its status as Aquatic pollutant has to do with its effect on microbial life and o2 deprivation.

Studies on the effect of pesticides of crabs actually use acetone to remove pesticides from their chitin shells, has a 39% greater collection rate as opposed to water alone.

Has no ill effects on the king crabs. It is part of a 2 step process to dissolve chitin but this is with hydrochloric acid.

But the stress of removing from the water and doing this procedure might be unwarranted so agree is probably safer not to do anything

 

[MTBake]

Since one claw is usable, I'd observe it closely for a few days to see how it progresses. Most likely will fix itself from the sound of it.

 

[Mariette]

Acetone has very low toxicological effect on wildlife. Most issues with land animals being exposure to highly elevated vapors for long periods of time. Its status as Aquatic pollutant has to do with its effect on microbial life and o2 deprivation.

Studies on the effect of pesticides of crabs actually use acetone to remove pesticides from their chitin shells, has a 39% greater collection rate as opposed to water alone.

Has no ill effects on the king crabs. It is part of a 2 step process to dissolve chitin but this is with hydrochloric acid.

But the stress of removing from the water and doing this procedure might be unwarranted so agree is probably safer not to do anything

Uhhh i’d listen to this guy lol. Sounds like he knows what he’s talking about