Removing fish with traps?

icepick5587 · 05/09/2006, 04:30 PM

How is the best way to trap a fish? I have 2 that need to go and I can't catch em with the net. (I can't really move the live rock with my current set-up)

Brenden · 05/09/2006, 04:43 PM

Try getting a clear 2 litre bottle and cut the bottom out of it. Attach it to a dowel rod or similar with a ty wrap. Use a baster to put food through the threaded opening. When they go in to get the food just push it to the bottom and then put net under the bottle and pull it up.

icepick5587 · 05/09/2006, 04:44 PM

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sloshes · 05/09/2006, 08:00 PM

My lfs rents a trap out for $1/day(nothing for good customers). I put a mirror in the back to make it extra enticing. I got every fish to go in there but the devil i was trying to catch. Good luck.

annoyingmirek · 05/09/2006, 08:16 PM

i tried the bottle with my six line and it didnt work so with my lemon peel i just ended up moving the rock to one spot in the tank and placed a piece of fiberglass in between. put food where there is no rock and when he went after the food I just seperated him from the rest of the tank using the glass. worked in about 30 minutes....

05/09/2006, 04:30 PM	#1
icepick5587 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 198	Removing fish with traps? How is the best way to trap a fish? I have 2 that need to go and I can't catch em with the net. (I can't really move the live rock with my current set-up)

05/09/2006, 04:43 PM	#2
Brenden Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Piedmont, NC Posts: 224	Try getting a clear 2 litre bottle and cut the bottom out of it. Attach it to a dowel rod or similar with a ty wrap. Use a baster to put food through the threaded opening. When they go in to get the food just push it to the bottom and then put net under the bottle and pull it up. Last edited by Brenden; 05/09/2006 at 05:09 PM.

05/09/2006, 08:16 PM	#5
annoyingmirek Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 99	i tried the bottle with my six line and it didnt work so with my lemon peel i just ended up moving the rock to one spot in the tank and placed a piece of fiberglass in between. put food where there is no rock and when he went after the food I just seperated him from the rest of the tank using the glass. worked in about 30 minutes.... __________________ Mirek -sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes you're the statue- Current Tank Info: Lionfish, Yellow and Blue Tang, Clownfish, Cleaner shrimp

05/09/2006, 04:44 PM	#3
icepick5587 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 198	shweet

05/09/2006, 08:00 PM	#4
sloshes Moved On Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 268	My lfs rents a trap out for $1/day(nothing for good customers). I put a mirror in the back to make it extra enticing. I got every fish to go in there but the devil i was trying to catch. Good luck.