Help Asap To Save A Stressed Bala!

[BlazeCichlid]

I have a 7inch Bala shark, it has decided to take a large piece of gravel and get it lodged in its mouth. when i catch it to try and remove it - its just gets more stressed. i have been doing as much reading as humanly possible over the past 20 min, (since i got home from work), to find out how i can sedate the fish to remove the rock asap. i have been reading and can not seem to find an accurate drop or ml to gallon or liter solution. please any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

 

[BlazeCichlid]

I have been reading more and more over this site and several several others and i am only seeing ways to use the Clove Oil to kill the fish - im just trying to get it to calm down for 10 seconds and stop struggeling so i can remove the rock, not kill it!

 

[WILDER]

I have been reading more and more over this site and several several others and i am only seeing ways to use the Clove Oil to kill the fish - im just trying to get it to calm down for 10 seconds and stop struggeling so i can remove the rock, not kill it!

Wrap the fish in a cloth soaked in tank water.
Remove the stones with tweezers.
Get someone to hold the fish for you.

 

[WILDER]

This is all I can find.
http/www.cc.jyu.fi/~jpirhon/clove%20oil.htm

 

[BlazeCichlid]

Wilder thanks for your responce. http/www.fishdoc.net/articles/details.php?articleId=15 is also another site that i could find. BUT the vet said i could spend 150 bucks on some MS222 from him OR get some clove oil, 15 drops in 1 gallon, fish in for 20-30 seconds, take fish out do what needs to be done, it gives you 3-5 min, then place fish in some tank water for 5 min, then back into general population. but the biggest thing he said is that you MUST use 100% pure Clove seed/bud oil, not the 85% Eugenol stuff. Well im about to do this so ill come back in 15 min when it should be over and hopefully the fish will be alive!

 

[BlazeCichlid]

well it worked 100%,

1 gallon of tank water
15 drops of 100% clove oil
8 seconds, you can watch the fish stop breathing, took him out of clove mix
grabbed with open hand
removed rock with tweezers
2 min of fish in separate tank water
100% back to normal
back into main population, feed the tank
all fish ate including him

Thanks again Wilder, i hope this helps anyone else who needs to sedate a fish for a brief time. but once again i can not stress enough to make sure and use the correct Clove Oil.

 

[roseK]

im glad it worked! i would ave been freaking out so much that i might kill him from the oil

at least hes all better now

 

[jollysue]

 

[WILDER]

Or bless him.
Glad it worked.
Ask it to be pinned.
I did a search on the site for clove oil and it fetched nothing up.
Good thread on how many drops to use, as you can over do it.
Glad it had a happy ending, well done.

 

[Matty P]

well it worked 100%,

1 gallon of tank water
15 drops of 100% clove oil
8 seconds, you can watch the fish stop breathing, took him out of clove mix
grabbed with open hand
removed rock with tweezers
2 min of fish in separate tank water
100% back to normal
back into main population, feed the tank
all fish ate including him

Thanks again Wilder, i hope this helps anyone else who needs to sedate a fish for a brief time. but once again i can not stress enough to make sure and use the correct Clove Oil.

Is there more than one type of clove oil?? What one should be used??