Ohhhh god please help

[JANOtheMANO]

I got a 55G with 55lbs of live rock


How the F&$& do i get this stupid damsel out of my tank?????

any suggestions guys


thanx

[mikemartinez]

Sorry but your probably going to have to take the rock out..... I've been there...

[milkit]

get a sheet or plexiglass or something, start to see at front of tank and drop it in behind him making a wall, then move it closer to glass until you can net him?

or try making a trap with a 2l bottle

[philipchan]

no....you just do a DIY fish trap
Use a empty bottle ( 1.25L soda plastic bottle)
1.Cut the cap off
2.Cut the top1/5 of the bottle
3.Put back the cut out top back ( backwards)
4.Put some food in it(better be a pellet or a Krill, coz not easy to come out)
5. wait the fish get in, and you will get that fish
6. Fish won't find their way back easily coz the bottle is clear

I got my Angel out of my coral tank in half an hour, just wait it swim in


here is a link for you
http://www.reeftime.com/diy-reef-pro...ish-trap/3.htm

[JANOtheMANO]

ya but i have 7 fish the fish trap will prob end up catching the wrong fish

[power boat jim]

If all you have is 55 lbs of rock, take it out, remove as much water as you can and you will be able to net it. Otherwise GOOD LUCK, they are hard to trap and nearly impossible to catch with a net while there are hiding places.

[philipchan]

i will just wait and spend some time to trap it.
coz I don't like to move around the rocks and sand to explode tons of Ammonia out for catching one fish.....

[power boat jim]

Moving rock and sand cannot cause an ammonia spike. Having a heavy load of detritus in the sand can cause nitrates to stay elevated. Stirring it and doing a water change will help the tanks health.

[NewbeeReefer]

Shut all your lights. Make the room PITCH BLACK. Wait a little while until the fish are in sleep mode. Turn on all the lights and immediately go after the fish. The instant light stuns them and slows them down. This worked for me with five or six damsels. I netted them with no problem.

At the time, I had a 55 gallon with 80 pounds of rock with a T5 fixture. It may not work as well if you have MH since they start out dim and gradually get brighter, but it still might work. I just never tried it with MH.

[Sk8r]

Here's the surefire way. GO to lowe's and get about 4-5 of those white polystyrene buckets (I'm assuming a 50g tank) they sell in the paint department. Rinse and towel them dry.
Get a length of half-inch tubing, turn off your autotopoff, if you have one, and start a siphon, draining tank water into your buckets.
When the buckets are full, your damsel's hiding options will be limited, and he will be a relatively easy catch. Bag him to return to the fish store. And rapidly, without kicking your sand up (a mixing bowl set in the bottom of the tank and used as a target for the water pour will keep the sand from roiling up) return the water to the tank.

[JANOtheMANO]

Originally posted by NewbeeReefer
Shut all your lights. Make the room PITCH BLACK. Wait a little while until the fish are in sleep mode. Turn on all the lights and immediately go after the fish. The instant light stuns them and slows them down. This worked for me with five or six damsels. I netted them with no problem.

At the time, I had a 55 gallon with 80 pounds of rock with a T5 fixture. It may not work as well if you have MH since they start out dim and gradually get brighter, but it still might work. I just never tried it with MH.

this sounds good and easy i hope it works

[golby]

Good luck, I tried the 2L bottle trap for about 5 days before giving up. Over the days I caught my clowns, several snails, my peppermints, several hermits...but nary a damsel.

My damsels (they are yellow-tails) have simmered down now and don't pick on any fish.

[philipchan]

You would need to watch tho
just don't feed the fish for 1 ~2 days, then use the trap
when the fish get in the trap, you will have about 10sec to pull out the bottle before the fish escape

[otrlynn]

Originally posted by Sk8r
Here's the surefire way. GO to lowe's and get about 4-5 of those white polystyrene buckets (I'm assuming a 50g tank) they sell in the paint department. Rinse and towel them dry.
Get a length of half-inch tubing, turn off your autotopoff, if you have one, and start a siphon, draining tank water into your buckets.
When the buckets are full, your damsel's hiding options will be limited, and he will be a relatively easy catch. Bag him to return to the fish store. And rapidly, without kicking your sand up (a mixing bowl set in the bottom of the tank and used as a target for the water pour will keep the sand from roiling up) return the water to the tank.

I would just add that you might want to remove the sand from a small area in a front corner of the tank. The fish will tend to move to the area of the tank where the water is the deepest, as you are removing water from the tank.