trigger with a mouth full of glue

oscar51 · 03-24-2006, 05:59 PM

I just got back from cap-bay and was mounting a couple of new frags when my all to nosey Niger trigger tried to get a taste of what I was putting in the tank all he got was a mouthful of super glue gel I can still see it on his teeth will it fall off or should i be worried ? by the way he can still open his big dumb ass mouth? do ya think he learned a lesson ?

eching2 · 03-24-2006, 06:08 PM

That sounds very interesting. Do you have a picture of it?

oscar51 · 03-24-2006, 06:18 PM

I wish i did Im watching him right now it seems to to have come off a little bit but boy did he get a surprize

Cylenchar · 03-24-2006, 06:22 PM

Hopefully your trigger will learn not to do that... or he'll develop a taste for glue and do that every time....

GLXTRIX · 03-24-2006, 07:30 PM

it will fall off eventually, this happens to lots of fish, happened to my clown, and in a few days he was all better

gwen_o_lyn · 03-24-2006, 09:49 PM

I've heard of this happening to a cleaner shrimp here on TRT and it was fine. Also, my wrasse munches on bristleworms and I'll see it with a mouth full of bristles and he is always ok. I think he will be alright.

Flipturn88 · 03-25-2006, 07:17 AM

Don't worry - he will eventually learn to notput your money where his mouth is.

My clowns used to eat the residual frag glue all the time, until one day it dawned on them just how distasteful it was. It had scared me at first, but eventually I realized they were not affected. HTH