Evil Pyramid Butterfly fishes

Snappy · #1 06-03-2012, 12:59 AM

I have to figure out a way to catch my pyramid butterflies ASAP. I used to think these things were reef safe but I guess their appetites can change when they mature and now that they have been in the tank for 3.5 years they've turned into little monsters! They are starting to cost me a fortune in LPS, zoas & clams.

In the past 3 weeks or so they have killed/eaten my bleeding apple scoly, pink tip elegance & Blue tip elegance colonies, countless zoas, wellsophyllia, 2 varieties of frogspawn colonies, 2x clams -a crocea & squamosa & my Aussie nuclear green prized hammer. There is probably more but that is all I can think of right now. I want to kill the little jerks! It looks like I'll need to invest in a fish trap.
Any other ideas?

The Grizz · #2 06-03-2012, 01:22 AM

If I had the time I would come help you with my fishing rod

they would go great in my FOWLR

chandigz · #3 06-03-2012, 02:09 AM

Ya my buddy ran into the same problem with his frogspawn, hammer, and torch. It never bothered them but once it got a taste for them that it was all over.

reefwars · #4 06-03-2012, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Snappy

I have to figure out a way to catch my pyramid butterflies ASAP. I used to think these things were reef safe but I guess their appetites can change when they mature and now that they have been in the tank for 3.5 years they've turned into little monsters! They are starting to cost me a fortune in LPS, zoas & clams.

In the past 3 weeks or so they have killed/eaten my bleeding apple scoly, pink tip elegance & Blue tip elegance colonies, countless zoas, wellsophyllia, 2 varieties of frogspawn colonies, 2x clams -a crocea & squamosa & my Aussie nuclear green prized hammer. There is probably more but that is all I can think of right now. I want to kill the little jerks! It looks like I'll need to invest in a fish trap.
Any other ideas?

drain the tank down, if they did that to me they would be gone by now , that totally sucks dude those are some nice pieces

Borderjumper · #5 06-03-2012, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by reefwars

drain the tank down, if they did that to me they would be gone by now , that totally sucks dude those are some nice pieces

Omg not the green hammer!!! I say spear the little shlts!

chandigz · #6 06-03-2012, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper

Omg not the green hammer!!! I say spear the little shlts!

My thoughts exactly homemade mini spear gun(hawaiian sling). Then some pyramid sushi. See how they like being eaten.

jagermaier · #7 06-03-2012, 05:00 AM

I had the same problem, I had to dismantle all my rockwork to get the bastards out of there...until I got them out I covered my frogspawn and hammer with eggcrate.

gregzz4 · #8 06-03-2012, 05:04 AM

Barbless fishing looks to be fairly easy

Enigma · #9 06-03-2012, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by gregzz4

Barbless fishing looks to be fairly easy

Hmmm. I'd leave the barbs on in this case. They could be crafty buggers who learn quick (like Golden Trout). It would be too easy to lose 'em without barbs, and once hooked they may not fall for it again. Too much at stake.

This begs the question . . . Could I whip up a jigging fly that looks like a frogspawn? That was rhetorical. I do tie up some evil shark flies.

Geeze, Snappy. This really sucks.