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Old 03-04-2016, 05:46 PM
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I'm told that when your tank lights are off and you shine a flashlight on them there blinded and you can snag them that way. Never tried it myself, but it's worth a try.
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I got one of these guys out with a bit of 3/4 inch ID tubing using the syphon method. The syphon pull is pretty hard if the fish gets close to it at all he will get pulled through. I chased the fish around a bit with some grabbers until he settled in a place he thought was safe then I slowly moved the syphon to where he was and bingo he went down in a flash. This doesn't hurt the fish either.
I have succeeded !!! I waited for about two hours after lights out got my trusty mag flashlight blinded the little bastard. Then I sucked him out with 3/4 inch tubing using the siphon method directly into my sump.Thanks to Laurie and Soapy the two methods worked great together.
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