HELP! My tang has a rubber band hanging out of his butt!!

[SEABUZZ]

i feed him nori rubber banded to a shell. i noticed the rubber band was missing but didnt think to much about it. WELL, I found it. is there anything i can do.

[golfish]

ROTFLMAO, you got to be kidding [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img] If your not then I wouldn't worry too much about it. Maybe invest 1.98 in one of those clips with the suction cup, or maybe you shouldn't, imagine the clip sticking out of his butt[img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

Mark

[Lauren10978]

funny golfish, must have been a hungry tang to injest that. Just watch him and it will probably pass

[Evets]

This too shall pass.

[MarkS]

I'm sorry SeaBuzz, but at times like this the most responsible thing to do is to put the fish down.

I would recommend the garlic butter, lemon juice and hot pan method. However, some people have reported success with the corn meal batter and deep fryer method. I would use which ever will put your fish out of it's misery fastest and most humanly.

Sorry about your loss,
Mark

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IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP!!!!!!

Eat around the rubber band.

[Reinhold]

I'd forget about the suggestions to dine on the Yellow Tang. I've found in the past that it takes 8-10 good sized Yellow Tangs to fill up the average dinner guest, and then only when stir-fried with lots of veggies.

Since the elastic band (my Latin teacher refused to say "rubber") has made it this far, I'd give him a day or two to finish the job himself. If it's still hanging there, I'd fish him out and try some gentle traction. Unless he (she) has a big colon polyp or someting, there should be nothing to get hung up on in the intestinal lumen.

[chris]

Well look on the bright side. If it does get stuck there and he dies, that loop makes a cool way to hang him from your rear view mirror in your car. [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
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[Biomanjcs72]

My idea is to staple the rubberband to a wooden paddle and use it like one of those little kids toys (you know, the wooden paddle/rubberball toy) [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

[This message has been edited by Biomanjcs72 (edited 05-11-2001).]

[waterboy]

2 words: X LAX

[fishrule]

Seabuzz, you can e-mail a Marine Biologist at MarineBio@thatpetplace.com

[SEABUZZ]

this morning when i went to work,there was a little more rubber band showing. when i got home, it was out. have you ever seen a fish straining to poop!!.

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[saltjunkie]

That is so sad, but yet one of the funniest things ever! Glad it passed! Especially since I was invited to dinner, then again I really dont like when food is too rubbery or chewy!

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