How to catch my bicolor Angelfish

Manuel Martinez · 05/04/2007, 06:23 PM

My bicolor angelfish is nipping my finger leather coral, and I want to catch him. How can I do that, without moving rocks and stressing the aquarium.

FishMachine · 05/04/2007, 06:40 PM

ok i had the same problem with my coral beuty and my clam.

1. get a 2 liter soda bottle and cut out one end

2. put coral in bottle. place the bottle so that the fish can get in the bottle.

3. after 1 week it will become use top seeing the bottle and either come to nip on the coral or clean the bottle off of algae.

4. cover the open side with a net and remove fish.

this worked for me after 2 weeks of trying to net catch it. make sure the fish can get in the bottle.

FishMachine · 05/04/2007, 06:41 PM

number 3 is misspelled

after 1 week it will become use to seeing the bottle and either come to nip on the coral or clean the bottle off of algae.

Manuel Martinez · 05/04/2007, 07:03 PM

Thanks FishMachine, I'll try that way.

RTKBA308 · 05/04/2007, 07:26 PM

I had to catch a clown recently. Impossible with just a net

. I cut a piece of egg crate the height I needed. Then cut it to the width I'd need it to corner the clown in the left front corner of my tank. Took about five minutes, cornered him, sent the net down between the glass and the egg crate and netted the clown.

05/04/2007, 06:23 PM	#1
Manuel Martinez Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dominican Republic Posts: 214	How to catch my bicolor Angelfish My bicolor angelfish is nipping my finger leather coral, and I want to catch him. How can I do that, without moving rocks and stressing the aquarium.

05/04/2007, 06:40 PM	#2
FishMachine Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 735	ok i had the same problem with my coral beuty and my clam. 1. get a 2 liter soda bottle and cut out one end 2. put coral in bottle. place the bottle so that the fish can get in the bottle. 3. after 1 week it will become use top seeing the bottle and either come to nip on the coral or clean the bottle off of algae. 4. cover the open side with a net and remove fish. this worked for me after 2 weeks of trying to net catch it. make sure the fish can get in the bottle. __________________ 120 or more gallon sps reef in the works Current Tank Info: 26 gallon freshwater community, 12 gallon nano cube dx, 60 gallon reef

05/04/2007, 06:41 PM	#3
FishMachine Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 735	number 3 is misspelled after 1 week it will become use to seeing the bottle and either come to nip on the coral or clean the bottle off of algae. __________________ 120 or more gallon sps reef in the works Current Tank Info: 26 gallon freshwater community, 12 gallon nano cube dx, 60 gallon reef

05/04/2007, 07:03 PM	#4
Manuel Martinez Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dominican Republic Posts: 214	Thanks FishMachine, I'll try that way.

05/04/2007, 07:26 PM	#5
RTKBA308 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 521	I had to catch a clown recently. Impossible with just a net . I cut a piece of egg crate the height I needed. Then cut it to the width I'd need it to corner the clown in the left front corner of my tank. Took about five minutes, cornered him, sent the net down between the glass and the egg crate and netted the clown.