Need to remove an Angle

trippcsi · 05/19/2010, 01:12 PM

Ok my 165 gal reef (3'x4'x 2'T) is looking great and the fish are happy. I ran into a problem the other day with our elegance coral (huge and happy). I recently put in and additional fish, a Half Black. He's very cool and doing great. So great he's beating up my wife's elegance to the point it has been retracted for over a week. Obviously I did not do enough research on these and it's time to take him back to my LFS for a swap out. After pondering all day I'm trying to come up with a fool proof way to get him out with out destroying my very loaded and heavily rocked reef. This guy is as can be expected very evasive. It would be impossible to net him out with out mass destruction. Has anyone come up with a safe trapping method? I was thinking of an acrylic box with a trap door that would need to be mannualy activated/ closed once the curious fish entered it. Any suggestions would be much appreciated

Shane Hoffman · 05/19/2010, 01:15 PM

Most LFS sell traps made of acrylic.. Also i have successfully used a very small barbless hook and fishing line before. Just bate it with mysis or a small piece of whatever your fish like.

Floowid · 05/19/2010, 01:56 PM

I saw a thread on here about a DIY fish trap made from a 2 liter bottle. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...=diy+fish+trap
Its the last post that describes the soda bottle trap. It looks pretty slick, should probably work with a little patience.

noahm · 05/19/2010, 05:13 PM

Somebody here made some pretty easy traps with those tupperware containers for cereal with the trapdor in the lid. The trap door was weighted down (closed) with rock on a string or something, and then held open with a string with the container oriented like you are pouring the cereal. Food put inside and let go string when fish goes in.

eskymick · 05/19/2010, 05:17 PM

If one removes the angles, one would be left with a circle, or an elipse.

sjmantis · 05/19/2010, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eskymick

If one removes the angles, one would be left with a circle, or an elipse.

lulz

harlequin tusk · 05/19/2010, 05:56 PM

i recently had to remove a very smart big maroon clown. He wouldnt go near the acrylic trap and could see the net coming from a mile away, so i took a small barbless hook and caught him....it took 5 minutes. The hardest part is finding a bait that will stay on and keeping the hook away from the other hungry fish

trippcsi · 05/19/2010, 10:13 PM

Thanks for all the help! I made the soda bottle trap today. Put in some pellets that sink, laid it on the bottom and BAM! "Fish On!" or "IN"

This was too easy... I have about 12 small fish in my reef tank. A monster yellow banded maroon, yellow eyed tang, potters angle, 3 green chromis, fancey bass, golden head goby, red tailed wrass, 2 yellow clown gobies and the Coral killing half black angle. When I set the trap the others came and looked but the halfblack could not let it go. He couldn't resist the new hole to explore. He poked around for several minutes looking at the food inside then decided he had to get it. I had a piece of string tied to the top just behind the entrance. In a matter of minutes he went in and I yanked him out.

Thanks for the help again!

sslak · 05/20/2010, 07:56 AM

Yep, the 2 liter trap works great. Perfect size for dwarf angels, got my Ebili that way too.

05/19/2010, 01:12 PM	#1
trippcsi Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 36	Need to remove an Angle Ok my 165 gal reef (3'x4'x 2'T) is looking great and the fish are happy. I ran into a problem the other day with our elegance coral (huge and happy). I recently put in and additional fish, a Half Black. He's very cool and doing great. So great he's beating up my wife's elegance to the point it has been retracted for over a week. Obviously I did not do enough research on these and it's time to take him back to my LFS for a swap out. After pondering all day I'm trying to come up with a fool proof way to get him out with out destroying my very loaded and heavily rocked reef. This guy is as can be expected very evasive. It would be impossible to net him out with out mass destruction. Has anyone come up with a safe trapping method? I was thinking of an acrylic box with a trap door that would need to be mannualy activated/ closed once the curious fish entered it. Any suggestions would be much appreciated

05/19/2010, 01:15 PM	#2
Shane Hoffman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 45 mins from Chicago Posts: 2,009	Most LFS sell traps made of acrylic.. Also i have successfully used a very small barbless hook and fishing line before. Just bate it with mysis or a small piece of whatever your fish like. __________________ A wise man once said "Never play leap frog with a unicorn" Current Tank Info: 150 gallon glass with 20 gallon sump, 175lbs of coraline covered live rock, EuroReef skimmer rated for 250gal, 25watt Aqua UV sterilizer, Fluval FX5, Hamilton 3x250watt MH, 160 watt Blue actinic....Mixed reef

05/19/2010, 05:17 PM	#5
eskymick Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pulaski, WI Posts: 1,368	If one removes the angles, one would be left with a circle, or an elipse. __________________ SG - 1.025 pH - 8.1 NH4/NH3 - 0 mg/L NO2 - .003 mg/L NO3 - .2 mg/L Calc. - 420 dKH - 8.0 Flow ~ 80x Current Tank Info: 24" cube SPS Reef, 15 gal sump, 1- LumenBright Pendant with 250w 20K Phoenix lamp, 1 - Vortech MP40, ATB 840 v1.5 skimmer.

05/20/2010, 07:56 AM	#9
sslak Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,705	Yep, the 2 liter trap works great. Perfect size for dwarf angels, got my Ebili that way too. __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 58 Oceanic/20g Sump/250w XM 20k/2x39w T5 True Actinic 03/2010 Reef Octopus NW Cone Skimmer

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05/19/2010, 01:56 PM	#3
Floowid Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Centerville, UT Posts: 712	I saw a thread on here about a DIY fish trap made from a 2 liter bottle. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...=diy+fish+trap Its the last post that describes the soda bottle trap. It looks pretty slick, should probably work with a little patience.

05/19/2010, 05:13 PM	#4
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	Somebody here made some pretty easy traps with those tupperware containers for cereal with the trapdor in the lid. The trap door was weighted down (closed) with rock on a string or something, and then held open with a string with the container oriented like you are pouring the cereal. Food put inside and let go string when fish goes in.

05/19/2010, 05:56 PM	#7
harlequin tusk Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 138	i recently had to remove a very smart big maroon clown. He wouldnt go near the acrylic trap and could see the net coming from a mile away, so i took a small barbless hook and caught him....it took 5 minutes. The hardest part is finding a bait that will stay on and keeping the hook away from the other hungry fish

05/19/2010, 10:13 PM	#8
trippcsi Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 36	Thanks for all the help! I made the soda bottle trap today. Put in some pellets that sink, laid it on the bottom and BAM! "Fish On!" or "IN" This was too easy... I have about 12 small fish in my reef tank. A monster yellow banded maroon, yellow eyed tang, potters angle, 3 green chromis, fancey bass, golden head goby, red tailed wrass, 2 yellow clown gobies and the Coral killing half black angle. When I set the trap the others came and looked but the halfblack could not let it go. He couldn't resist the new hole to explore. He poked around for several minutes looking at the food inside then decided he had to get it. I had a piece of string tied to the top just behind the entrance. In a matter of minutes he went in and I yanked him out. Thanks for the help again!