Help catching YWG

Bike2k · 01/06/2013, 02:50 PM

I am removing all fish due to an ICH outbreak. the last fish standing is a YWG that jumped in his hole to get away. I have a fish trap waiting for him now. any other recommendations on how to capture him?

thanks

bnumair · 01/06/2013, 03:00 PM

drain the water to just 1-2" and net it out. its much easier to catch fish this way.

Bike2k · 01/06/2013, 07:15 PM

thanks, i was trying to avoid that. but it looks like no choice.

Fizz71 · 01/07/2013, 08:31 AM

How big is he? You can try fish him out, they make some pretty small hooks. I fished out a goby a while back with 4 feet of fishing line a tiny hook and a piece of shrimp. Only took about 5 minutes, but then again the reason I needed to get him out was because he was eating everything (and everybody..he decimated my CUC) so he took the bait quite quickly. The hardest part for me was threading the hook and keep the 20 other fish way.

01/06/2013, 02:50 PM	#1
Bike2k Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Plantation, FL Posts: 251	Help catching YWG I am removing all fish due to an ICH outbreak. the last fish standing is a YWG that jumped in his hole to get away. I have a fish trap waiting for him now. any other recommendations on how to capture him? thanks __________________ Bike2k Water parameters:PH: 8.0, SG:1.025, Ammonia:0, NO2:0, NO3:5, PO4:0.08,dKH:6.2,Ca :375,Mg:1080__75g DT, Solarmax H.O. (2) 54 watt T5 lights & night LEDs, RO NWB-150 skimmer, Eheim 1262 main pum

01/06/2013, 03:00 PM	#2
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	drain the water to just 1-2" and net it out. its much easier to catch fish this way. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

01/06/2013, 07:15 PM	#3
Bike2k Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Plantation, FL Posts: 251	thanks, i was trying to avoid that. but it looks like no choice. __________________ Bike2k Water parameters:PH: 8.0, SG:1.025, Ammonia:0, NO2:0, NO3:5, PO4:0.08,dKH:6.2,Ca :375,Mg:1080__75g DT, Solarmax H.O. (2) 54 watt T5 lights & night LEDs, RO NWB-150 skimmer, Eheim 1262 main pum

01/07/2013, 08:31 AM	#4
Fizz71 FragSwapper Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Lawn, PA Posts: 5,800	How big is he? You can try fish him out, they make some pretty small hooks. I fished out a goby a while back with 4 feet of fishing line a tiny hook and a piece of shrimp. Only took about 5 minutes, but then again the reason I needed to get him out was because he was eating everything (and everybody..he decimated my CUC) so he took the bait quite quickly. The hardest part for me was threading the hook and keep the 20 other fish way. __________________ --Fizz Current Tank Info: Current system is 8x2x2 240g peninsula setup with a single "chamber" 100g sump in the basement with an RDSB. All corals are 100% home grown from frags of fellow reefers (low natural reef impact).