[BTL]

Well, my bicolor pusdeochromis has got to go....to my dads 150. He is terrorising my 25, my maroon clown is really beaten up and i would rather keep the clown. Any ideas on how to catch him out of my reef with out destroying it? I have been trying a net but with no success.

Andy

[Reinhold]

My evil Killer Hawkfish remains in my tank, despite every effort to catch him and bring him back to the LFS.

I tried food in a net, netting him while feeding the tank at the surface, fishing for him with a tiny hook and chasing him around the tank for an hour.

I have given up on ever catching him.

[FishTechie]

you may have to do what i am planning to do to catch my aldabra dottyback, try and figure out where he sleeps then yank the whole rock out of the tank and into a bucket.....hth

[djheywood]

I have caught evey fish I have ever tried including a flame hawk, flameback angel, damsels, and clowns all using the net method. I have found is the trick is to leave the net in the water for 3-4 days straight. Feed directly over the net every day like nothing is different. After a few days all your fish will begin to ignore the net. You can't move the net or hold it while you feed. Just lay it on a rock or something so the fish get used to it.

If it doesn't work, start taking rocks out!

[srgtkoons]

tiny hook method always worked good for me. Except if ya got a ton of other fish.

[Mr. reefer]

Try this later in the evening before lights out, when the fish is at top of water column (feed if necessary). When the fish is in net range flip off you lights, which stuns the fish and quickly scoop him out. I have used this method for some chromis after the net feeding deal, the clear pitcher feeding deal did not work. Good luck!!

[David]

In a 25 I would say just take out rock and net the lil bugger... here's what I do in 125 if I have to catch a fish: I have a piece of flexible window screen same height as tank and just a few inches wider than tank front to back dimension. I rearrange rock so I can divide tank in half with screen, target fish has to be on one side or the other. Then I slowly shift rock to move screen and close in on elusive fish. Yea, it's a big hassle... but it works!

[fishrule]

BTL, what if you just pump out all the water in a trash can, then you can just pick up the fish.

[BTL]

i dont think my corals would take to well to the complete water change. I think i got the problem solved, a few days ago i introduced a bubble tipped anenomie and wouldnt you know this morning i woke up and my clown was happily neslted in its tentacles. The pusdeochromis seems not to be bothering it anymore. I have another fish in the tank, a bicolor blenny, and the pusdeo dosnt mess with it at all! the fought for the like the first hour when i introduced the blenny and the blenny beat the snot out of the little dottyback. Odd i guess.


Andy

[fishrule]

BTL, I wasn't talking about a water change, just pump out water and then after catching the fish, pump the same water back in.