Rubber bands not fish safe!

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[jdemarco]

When I saw the pic I thought to myself, he was actually getting his training in or role playing for when he makes it back out to the wild/real world where its probably more common than we all want to admit for beautiful fish like this to get tied up in our human trash/plastic. Glad he is now ready to deal with whatever life throws at him!!!!

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

He needed a racing stripe! :) Seriously, hope everything works out!

 

[HuneyBear]

what Kind of animal training you got going on over at your place? Is Mario Lopez on R2R?
But, on a serious note i Can’t believe that didn’t cause it to go into total rocket mode and basically injure or panic itself to death.

 

[jeffrey750750]

I would so freak out

 

[r20crazy]

;Wideyed a tangkini? like the mankini Borat wore but for fish.

 

[SkyDoodles]

In my 30+ years of keeping marine fish, what happened yesterday has never occurred. I look at my 120 reef last night after feeding and my 14 y o purple tang has a rubber band around his entire body. I use a rubber band to secure seaweed to a small rock on a string for my tangs. Seldomly, I’ve noticed that they’ve pulled the rubber band off the rock, and left it in the tank out of difficulty getting to it among rocks. I remember my big blue tang passing a rubber band from anal cavity a long time ago, but nothing like this! I’m thinking of using the clip I have, but they pull the whole piece of seaweed off of it and it makes a mess. Anyways, I was able to net him and as I attempted to remove it, it broke, which I think would have happened eventually, but I didn’t want to take chances. It didn’t look good.

Bless his heart...he was hungry!!!! Lol!!!

 

[Squidward]

You need to use the Super Veggie Clip with the strong big magnet and fold your nori sheets multiple times into a 2" x 3" piece and it should last.

 

[chet31]

Tang: Found a cool new hat

Owner: Lol Nope.

Thinking more "Borat" style

 

[JJMS86]

In my 30+ years of keeping marine fish, what happened yesterday has never occurred. I look at my 120 reef last night after feeding and my 14 y o purple tang has a rubber band around his entire body. I use a rubber band to secure seaweed to a small rock on a string for my tangs. Seldomly, I’ve noticed that they’ve pulled the rubber band off the rock, and left it in the tank out of difficulty getting to it among rocks. I remember my big blue tang passing a rubber band from anal cavity a long time ago, but nothing like this! I’m thinking of using the clip I have, but they pull the whole piece of seaweed off of it and it makes a mess. Anyways, I was able to net him and as I attempted to remove it, it broke, which I think would have happened eventually, but I didn’t want to take chances. It didn’t look good.

Sorry to see that...but it is kinda silly!
I have a very rambunctious tang that used to pick up the rubble rock I'd wrapped with seaweed with a rubber band and Chuck it against the glass. He was obnoxious about it!!! So I bought this with the mesh and used 2 clips to attach a tightly rolled up piece of nori to the glass. That fixed him...and it didn't make a mess in the tank. Plus everybody get to share, it not just for the piglet tang, LOL

In my 30+ years of keeping marine fish, what happened yesterday has never occurred. I look at my 120 reef last night after feeding and my 14 y o purple tang has a rubber band around his entire body. I use a rubber band to secure seaweed to a small rock on a string for my tangs. Seldomly, I’ve noticed that they’ve pulled the rubber band off the rock, and left it in the tank out of difficulty getting to it among rocks. I remember my big blue tang passing a rubber band from anal cavity a long time ago, but nothing like this! I’m thinking of using the clip I have, but they pull the whole piece of seaweed off of it and it makes a mess. Anyways, I was able to net him and as I attempted to remove it, it broke, which I think would have happened eventually, but I didn’t want to take chances. It didn’t look good.

 

[Ayzel1]

 

[GillMeister]

That horizontal stripe makes him look fat. Major fashion faux pas.

 

[Aquarist76]

That guy is 14 years old? Doesn't seem like he got very big. How big is he?

 

[Fish_Sticks]

You should be proud! Your tank is simulating the natural environment with ocean pollution and all! :P

 

[kass03]

I always used rubber bands also as I made my own magnet seaweed holder with a plastic tube.
I had a sailfin tang for 15 years that did eat a few rubber bands and pass them through the years. Then all of a sudden the sailfin stopped eating. There was nothing else wrong with him. I kept telling my daughter I bet he ate a rubber band and it got stuck.
Sadly he did end up dying. My daughter wanted to know for sure so she cut him open and sure enough there was a rubber band in him. I really miss that fish he had a lot of personality.
I still can't figure out how yours got one around it like that.

 

[mermaid_life]

Omg I feel bad, but thank you for the laugh today!

I usually fold my nori lengthwise put it on a clip and cut it into strips. My tangs used to just to rip off the entire sheet also.

 

[SC1000]

In my 30+ years of keeping marine fish, what happened yesterday has never occurred. I look at my 120 reef last night after feeding and my 14 y o purple tang has a rubber band around his entire body. I use a rubber band to secure seaweed to a small rock on a string for my tangs. Seldomly, I’ve noticed that they’ve pulled the rubber band off the rock, and left it in the tank out of difficulty getting to it among rocks. I remember my big blue tang passing a rubber band from anal cavity a long time ago, but nothing like this! I’m thinking of using the clip I have, but they pull the whole piece of seaweed off of it and it makes a mess. Anyways, I was able to net him and as I attempted to remove it, it broke, which I think would have happened eventually, but I didn’t want to take chances. It didn’t look good.

I shouldn’t be laughing, but it is hilarious

 

[mkwarner77]

Tang looks at the clown and says......hold my beer

 

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That’s gotta be one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while

 

[TriggerFinger]

Thanks for the laugh! Some of the replies are great too! ;Hilarious