Full sps reef, how to catch a powder blue?

[Reef Pilot]

I caught my Yellow Tang once in a trap, only took a few days to lure him in. I started with placing the nori at the entrance, and then gradually further inside. After a couple days, he was waltzing right inside after it, and just closed the trap door to catch him. Needless to say, he wasn't happy about that, and not sure if he would ever fall for that again. They sure do like their nori, though.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

I am leaning toward draining the tank, that is going to be the easiest and least stress on both the fish and I....

I would try the fish trap first, most fish will swim into them to get food. I like the draining of the tank idea but sounds like a lot of water to move around.

When I had to catch an angelfish out of my 230g (naturally the only fish that wouldn't go into the trap) it took 3 people to catch him and many nets to block off enterances into the rock work.

[lastlight]

What I have done before is wash clean a bunch of plastic grocery bags and then bunch them up and insert them into all the nooks and crannies to essentially simplify your scape. I blocked all passageways that went front to back and catching the fish was then easy.

[tang daddy]

Originally Posted by lastlight

What I have done before is wash clean a bunch of plastic grocery bags and then bunch them up and insert them into all the nooks and crannies to essentially simplify your scape. I blocked all passageways that went front to back and catching the fish was then easy.

Another fantastic idea, thanks for the suggestion!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Another fantastic idea, thanks for the suggestion!

I can predict some broken corals moving those bags around

[Douglas]

I spent weeks trying to catch a "hippo tang". I tried the trap, tried the net, tried to catch him by hand, sleeping at night. All to no sucess. A #16 barbless, on 4lb line with an ultralite spinning rod. He was out of the display and in the sump, in less than 10 seconds, no worse for ware. It works.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Douglas

I spent weeks trying to catch a "hippo tang". I tried the trap, tried the net, tried to catch him by hand, sleeping at night. All to no sucess. A #16 barbless, on 4lb line with an ultralite spinning rod. He was out of the display and in the sump, in less than 10 seconds, no worse for ware. It works.

I find myself saying... "SERIOUSLY?!?"...

But then I remember... it is a fish.

I am not much for fishing... at all... but does this not cause tears or something in the fish's mouth?