Catching a Fish

[thanhjenn]

Have a bicolor tang I want to catch but he/she is tooooo fast. Don't really want to tear down my reef tank for a fish. Any suggestions? Or if you have a way to catch it without destroying my tank you can have him.

[Nano]

You might have to trap her.

[thanhjenn]

Please elaborate

[luvthereefer]

you can buy a trap ot you can make one out of a 2litre pop bottle.

take the label off, rinse well, then on the bottom cut along the lines that make a star.
theory being fish can get in, but cant get out.
no guarantee you get the right fish though lol

hope this helps, or just google "fish trap"

good luck.

[reefwars]

you can also block off its hiding places with eggcrate or pieces of acrylic just lay sheets over its hiding places untill it has no where to run to:):)

[Ryan_Lap]

A net and patience. Ive gotten every fish this way.

[tony_3a]

I bought this http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/store_pages/product-info.php?product_ID=am-trap00 to get my koran angel out of my tank that started to eat stuff. Worked wonders, Just put it in and leave it for 2 days, if you have a mag float use that to hold the trap suspended in the tank off the sand bed, and then after 2 days put a bit of frozen food in their so it takes some time to release pieces but releases a bit so the fish can smell it and have to swim in the trap to get some food.

Or for a tang just put a piece of nori in there wrapped around something so it does not come out and the tang should go in their pretty quick.

Hope this helps
Tony

[daniella3d]

turning all ligths off and in complete darkness, using a net and a red LED light is a good way to go. Usualy the fish don't see much of the red light and that's enough for any body to see the fish and catch it.

I had to catch my foxface with a fishing hook. Worked well. I put some white worms on the small fishing hook and he went for it and I took it out. Catching a poisonous foxface was no joy, but with the fishing hook it was easy.

And last, you can buy a trap and let the fish get used to it and when the correct fish goes inside you lower the trap door.

[Carmen]

pop bottle trap! I have caught every fish I have ever tried for! (And that would be atleast 10! Tangs are easy! Since they are usually very food motivated or the mirror trick will often work too.

http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r474/ctash_album/2010_0301fishtrap0002.jpg

http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r474/ctash_album/2010_0301fishtrap0008.jpg

this fish was a coral muncher so I used the coral it was eating as the bait - worked fabulously!

Need to put it in and let everyone get used to it - may take an hour may take a day, depending on the fish. Then feed into the bottle only, or put a mirror in the back of the bottle for "aggressive" type fishes - and just sit and watch! Will have to have a net ready to place infront of the opening to pull out - as they will figure out how to get out eventually! Good luck and abit of patience and you will get him!

[patman]

+1 on the pop bottle trap. I've also caught all mine with one.
Some food in it and they don't stand a chance. Sometimes takes a little patience for them to get used to the bottle. I've left it overnight a couple times and then reset it with food the next day.