Help catching a Flame Angel

[doch]

Surprise, surprise, my flame angel is eating my corals. He's gotta go. Any tips on catching fish without ripping the whole tank apart?

[saltwaterseahorses]

ummm maybe setup a trap, thats for fish, not the shrimp ones! or you can take shrimp (or whatever it eats) and put it on a fish stick that you might have, and then put it in the tank and just move it around, and when it comes too eat the food catch with the net! srry i dont know this is how some people catch there fish, i had an angel and it got ick, so I wouldn't know how to catch it lol

[fsjman]

Ask doo to take a pic of his trap then make one he has excellent ideas

[Zoaelite]

I tried everything suggested to me on here and finally broke down and tore the reef apart. They are not easy to catch that's for sure!

[The Codfather]

Here is a pic of the one I made pretty easy plan, drop me a pm if you need to borrow it.
Bob
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/codfather_2009/DSC00012_6.jpg

[BlueTang<3]

he said flame angel that trap does not work for those or is it potters it does not work on :wink::twised::twised:

[The Codfather]

No doubt, mind you, I just caught a flame in it yesterday

[doch]

Why would it not work on a Flame angel? I may just want to borrow that!! Thamks for the tips guys.

PS I came within a half inch of catching him today... little bugger is QUICK!!

[burgerchow]

try 1 lb test and a no # 14 barbless hook.. Would be kind of fun as well

[Riptide]

I have found that catching fish in the dark is usually easiest for me anyway...lights off for an hour or two and then go into the tank with a small dim led flashlight find the fish you want to take out and then net them. I generally try not light up the tank or keep the flashlight pointed in the tank to long just enough to see where the fish is and to see where the net is. Don't know if this will help or not...just what I have found to be easiest.

[Carmen]

I had the same problem with my Flame eating my coral. VERY EASY way to catch him....put his favorite coral that he is picking on in a pop bottle trap! Worked for me in 10 minutes!!!!!! (See my thread if you want to see a picture). Seriously.........it works!

[4lti7ude]

Lights off with a RED LED light works real well for me.

[DiverDude]

Here is a pic of the one I made pretty easy plan, drop me a pm if you need to borrow it.
Bob
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/codfather_2009/DSC00012_6.jpg

I'd like to build one of those !

It's all acrylic except for the trap door, which is glass ? Got some rough dimensions ? The tube in the center, you hold onto it with that and the trap door with your other hand ?

Sorry, never used one before....

[tonton]

if i can catch him, can i have him? lol