Tips to catch a wrasse?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

With coral and rock exposed to air?

Yup, just don't go for dinner while it's empty. Drain, catch fish, refill. Takes me about 30 minutes total for the 180.

[Slyguy00]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Yup, just don't go for dinner while it's empty. Drain, catch fish, refill. Takes me about 30 minutes total for the 180.

So if I did that and had all my sps exposed to air for say 20-30 minutes that wudnt hurt anything? It does sound a lot easier then what iv been dealing with. Just don't want to effect anything else in the process.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

So if I did that and had all my sps exposed to air for say 20-30 minutes that wudnt hurt anything? It does sound a lot easier then what iv been dealing with. Just don't want to effect anything else in the process.

I've drained my current tank 3 times in the last year. Average time is about 30 minutes, but see my moving adventure above!

[albert_dao]

Your SPS will be fine exposed to air for half an hour. You can mist them down if you get nervous.

[Borderjumper]

What I did once with a big green wrasse was put a piece of PVC pipe vertically in the tank.. The bottom end plugged.. Fill it within a couple of inches with sand. The wrasse being curious would go in during the day and bury himself in it at night.. While he was buried just pick up the pipe

[Aquattro]

An example of draining tanks

Years ago I was moving across town, running a 75g SPS tank. Was feeling lazy, so I rented 20 5g water bottles with caps. Drained tank into bottles, disconnected the plumbing and loaded the full reef with fish flopping around the bottom into a van on 4x4 blocks. Drove about 10k across town to my new condo, moved the stand in, carried tank up and placed it then dumped the water bottles back in the tank. Other than some really annoyed fish, everything was fine. Nothing moved or shifted, all corals were intact

Did it again moving out of the condo into my current house.

[Slyguy00]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

An example of draining tanks

Years ago I was moving across town, running a 75g SPS tank. Was feeling lazy, so I rented 20 5g water bottles with caps. Drained tank into bottles, disconnected the plumbing and loaded the full reef with fish flopping around the bottom into a van on 4x4 blocks. Drove about 10k across town to my new condo, moved the stand in, carried tank up and placed it then dumped the water bottles back in the tank. Other than some really annoyed fish, everything was fine. Nothing moved or shifted, all corals were intact

Did it again moving out of the condo into my current house.

lol wow that sounds scary. But it sure sounds like that is the way to go about it. Thanks for all the input guys, very helpful. Im gonna try once he goes into the sand tonight and if I can't get him I'm draining my tank tomorrow. I will post how it turns out. Thanks again guys, great ideas.

[AquaPin]

Good luck, if you need some buckets, let me know.

[spit.fire]

you should put your space monsters in my nano tank just in case tho while you're draining your tank