Do you have any Stress Guard or Para Guard you can add to the Tusk's water ?
It will help after the mouth wound and all the handling

I have paraguard, but he's in a vented trap in my sump, so he's still in the main system's water. Do you think a dip would help, or would that just be added stress?

If your vented trap will fit in another container, I'd scoop it out with the larger container and give him a dip in the trap, inside the larger container
Of course, all the precautions will be used, right :smile:
Lots of aeration, watching for stress etc

Hmmm, that's a good idea. I'll try that, I should be able to scoop him in to a bucket without taking the trap out of water.

Alright, he's upright and swimming around. Looks totally normal. Turned off the fuge light and opened the cabinet doors to keep him on the same diurnal schedule as he's used to. Assuming he's eating tomorrow, I'll be putting him up for sale/trade.

This is good news
Did you give him a dip ?

I did yes, a 1 hour paraguard dip. Hopefully it didn't stress him out more than it helped. He's back in the sump now.

He's sold now, if I can arrange p/u for tomorrow night, he'll stay in the trap, if he has to be down there for a couple of days I'll let him out and just drain the chamber when I need to re-catch him. He FREAKED when I tried to feed him today. There's a hole in the top of the trap that I turkey bastered some food into, but he started slamming in to the glass as I got close.

And The harlequin Tusk has departed for a new home! So long Edgar Richard Parker, may you live a long and happy life surrounded by tankmates too large for you to eat.

Great to see everything worked out.

If you ever have a pesky inhabitant you need to get out let me know, I have a fish trap your more than welcome to use.

Thanks Levi, I have a trap, this guy was too smart for that. Wouldn't go near it. Was a great place to keep him while he was in the sump though.