Super glue

My clown just ate super glue. I was trying to glue some bubble algae like a guy suggested at the lfs and my clown ate a little bit. Is the clown going to die? I will never try this again. The only ingredient listed on the package is cyanoacrylate. Help please?

 

i have never heard/read of a fish eating superglue before... i am going to take a wild guess and say as long as its non-toxic(wich i dont think it is) and he has a very healthy imune system, and depending on how much he ate he could just pass it through, it could potentially make him sick, but you cant really know for sure.

btw what type of clown?

 

Just pull the bubble algae out just don't squeeze it to hard so not to burst it. As for the glue I don't think the fish will die .. But I have never heard of super glue bing used on bubble algae ? How the hell does that work ?

 

The glue got hard right at contact with the water so i am hoping that his digestive system won't be able to absorb any of the chemicals.

It is a cinnamon. I have had him for almost 3yrs.

 

Alot of people say that it works. But IME just a little while ago the glue gets hard too fast and it is impossible to control. It is supposed to cover the bubble and not allow it to pop so you can remove it easily.

 

it's like eating glue when your a kid, it wont kill him but it won't make him any smarter, he may exhibit side effects including
A: asking for munchies
B: laying around eating munchies
C: totally zoning out and looking for more glue

 

lmao!

 

Its a little known fact that super glue was to glue plastic gun-sight lenses in WW2, but failed, with that failure they marketed it to the public as "Flash Glue" and all sorts of uses have arrived. That brings us to 1964 when Eastman Kodak submitted a application to the FDA to use cyanoacrylate (super glue) to close wounds in surgery. By the time the FDA was done dragging its feet the Vietnam war had started, and what better way to run a trial. At the end of the war this amazing little glue had saved thousands of lives by speeding up the suture process. Even so after the war the FDA denied Eastman's applications on the grounds that the glue caused to much skin irritation and heat. (later in 1998 2-octyl cyanoacrylate would be approved by the FDA)

and that leaves us today in this predicament, you see cyanoacrylate forms a hard plastic when it comes in contact with water. If you squeezed a little out and it formed a small flake or raft and the fish ate it will be fine because the it has already been cured hard. But if you squeezed a lot out at once it will form a hard outer shell with cyanoacrylate inside making a bubble of sorts, in the worst case the fish will eat the bubble and the glue will burst in his mouth gluing is mouth shut, This I take it did not happen which is good. The next worse thing is that he swallowed the bubble whole in that case you hope that is digestive system is not strong enough to penetrate the surface of the bubble, if it does the liquid in his belly will seal the bubble up as it spills out, creating a strange shape of plastic, and heat (this is the bad part) most likely it wont cause any perminate damage, but he may act like he is over heating. At that point you should watch him for signs of impaction (constipation) it may be to help him with a pair of tweezers but I would watch him for a long time before taking that step.


Good luck,
Clthomps

 

That is very well written, but I have to say pretty funny too. I've never heard of giving a fish an enema! LOL I can just see the fish now!

 

I was super glued myself in the field a few times and since then in 69 I carried a tube in all my first aid kits for work and I myself have glued a few flaps of flesh down over the last 35 yrs with it Saved a few trip's for stitches or staples The glue and duct tape will fix anything Just duct it Also used to hold dental Crowns on with also..

Sure I've done a bunch of them when people feed pellets to larger pig fish like many angles and triggers and puffers they will swallow them to fast then they get wet and swell up and then the gas will build up and the fish's swim bladder will inflate and then the fish just bobs on the surface . I take a needle and poke a vent hole into the fish to allow the gas to escape ( a sort of enema