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Old 11-14-2011, 03:15 AM
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Default Catching a Fish

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.
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Old 11-14-2011, 03:35 AM
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You might have to trap her.
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Old 11-14-2011, 04:02 AM
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Please elaborate
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Old 11-14-2011, 04:12 AM
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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.
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Old 11-14-2011, 06:17 AM
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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
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Old 11-14-2011, 06:34 AM
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A net and patience. Ive gotten every fish this way.
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Old 11-14-2011, 06:36 AM
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I bought this http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...t_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.

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