Yellow Tang with Cyanoacrylate on his mouth

[rc1626]

Anyone ever have this happen before? I was gluing down some corals and noticed my yellow tang tried some. Now his mouth is glued shut! Not all the way but he cannot open it at the moment. I'm in the process of trying to catch him with a trap. Netting him is not an option right now, too much rock. I have a feeling if I can get to him it will pop right off.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Halal Hotdog]

Fishofhex has a YouTube video with him removing super glue from the mouth of his tang.

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

I've seen a video where a reef angelfish owner got the glue out with a pair of tweezers and some tool that sort of looked like cuticle clippers (it probably was now that I think about it).

 

[SashimiTurtle]

You have to catch that fish and remove the glue carefully. Open its mouth too and make sure there is no glue inside as well.

Like said above, this just happened to Travis on fishofhex.

 

[lakereef]

If you leave it, it'll fall off on it's own with time. Much less stressful on the fish.

 

[rc1626]

If you leave it, it'll fall off on it's own with time. Much less stressful on the fish.

That's what I'm hoping for. In the mean time if I can catch him/her I will go that route. Thankfully the fish is swimming and doing its thing right now. Can't be too comfortable but doesn't look overly stressed.
Thanks for the feedback everyone. Informative video. Figured I wasn't the only one whose ever had this problem.
Rob.

 

[Scubabum]

I had this happen 2 weeks ago on my Purple tang. Mouth completely glued shut. 24 hours later it was able to open its mouth and the rest is falling off as each day goes by. I would leave it alone.

 

[4FordFamily]

If you leave it, it'll fall off on it's own with time. Much less stressful on the fish.

This. It will typically be fine and fall out on its own accord. So long as the fish can breathe I wouldn’t stress yet

 

[rc1626]

After much consideration and watching her struggle to get it off I was able to net her. In the process a big chunk came off. I was able to gently clean the rest off with a pair of tweezers. All good again as she immediately began to eat again.
Thank you again for all the help.

 

[OriginalUserName]

Whenever I use super glue I'm so paranoid that this will happen. My clowns are like dogs, they will try to eat anything.