ps2cho Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 So my new tank has fully cycled. I have a royal gramma and two clownfish to move over... I figure I should probably move the RG first since it's the most passive? Plus the clowns are a pair so I'd need to move them together so better to do a single fish first for a week or so. What's the easiest way without removing all the rock work? What have you guys have most success with? Link to comment
smeagol108 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 drain the tank, they will congregrate in the lowest area naturally. pick them up when they atre flopping. fill tank back up. this is how i normally do it so i dont have to touch the rockwork and waste hours knocking corals over etc... Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Yep. Drain the tank most of the way until there is only an inch or two of water. Much easier to catch. Link to comment
Hammerstone Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Also you can try two nets and herd the fish into one. Link to comment
smeagol108 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Also you can try two nets and herd the fish into one. =me getting pissed off and knocking stuff over. Link to comment
ps2cho Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 Sounds like draining will be the best. Thanks Link to comment
smeagol108 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Sounds like draining will be the best. Thanks may notbe the best, but damn sure the easiest least stressful way. Link to comment
Felicia Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 The water bottle trick works great. I've used it to catch several fish. You just take an empty water bottle and take off the lid. Now cut off the top "funnel" shaped part of the bottle with some scissors. Flip it over and insert it back into the bottle so that you have a funnel leading to the bottle opening, inside of the base of the water bottle. Place some food at the bottom of the water bottle and then set this whole thing down into the tank and wait. I've used it on several occasions and always caught the fish in under and hour. Link to comment
ps2cho Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 The water bottle trick works great. I've used it to catch several fish. You just take an empty water bottle and take off the lid. Now cut off the top "funnel" shaped part of the bottle with some scissors. Flip it over and insert it back into the bottle so that you have a funnel leading to the bottle opening, inside of the base of the water bottle. Place some food at the bottom of the water bottle and then set this whole thing down into the tank and wait. I've used it on several occasions and always caught the fish in under and hour. Sounds like you might be waiting forever though! Link to comment
Felicia Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Sounds like you might be waiting forever though! Nope. I've done this like 3 different times and it never took more than like an hour. Link to comment
ReefSafeSolutions Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I bent a piece of plexiglass that is the same width as the tank and then feed the fish. While they're eating, I slide the plexiglass under the fish and then they're pretty easy to grab. Has worked well in the past, but some fish catch on pretty quick. Link to comment
Hammerstone Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Cut out a little picture of a great white shark and they will be scared and jump into the net. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I've seen fish go right into a net with mysis, could try that! Link to comment
Marc.The.Shark Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 The water bottle trick works great. I've used it to catch several fish. You just take an empty water bottle and take off the lid. Now cut off the top "funnel" shaped part of the bottle with some scissors. Flip it over and insert it back into the bottle so that you have a funnel leading to the bottle opening, inside of the base of the water bottle. Place some food at the bottom of the water bottle and then set this whole thing down into the tank and wait. I've used it on several occasions and always caught the fish in under and hour. I've used the bottle trap as well, it works, but it takes a while longer with skittish fish like a Gramma. Like maybe a couple days for them to get used to the bottle being in there. Link to comment
Dreichler Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 i wait till night time, or turn the lights off over the tank, so my fish go to their sleeping spots.... i then either net them, just very carefully cup them in my hand, or for fish like my BSJ and Mandarin Goby, get a fat siphon, and suck them out... Once you have them out, i have a hang on rim quarantine tank, so i have that setup before i even start catching the fish, so when i catch them, they go right into the small hang on quarantine, but are still in the main tank water.. Link to comment
xCry0x Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Used water bottle trick for my 6 line wrasse -- took a few tries. Had to make the opening larger to get it to go in. Always been able to net other fish, although it is really hit or miss. I spent 2 days trying to catch 2 clown fish then randomly caught them both in about 5 minutes one day. I would say it really depends on the fish. I have a firegoby now that darts into the rockwork whenever something in the room moves.. that fish would be next to impossible to catch. Similar with my green clown goby and ywg.. Link to comment
Dreichler Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 ya it depends on this fish too, my clowns will go anywhere BUT into the rockwork, which is really nice, they will just dart in every direction away from the net, but not into the rocks.... But my tangs, thats a different story, the net enters the tank, and my hawaiian yellow tang won't come out for hours on end... Link to comment
Gary.F Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I think you have to know the fish then work around it. I recently had to trap two clowns and I had a perspex trap. The trouble is, clowns don't really search out bait/food. Their lifestyle is basically to sit in their 'nem' and grab what comes close enough from the water column. My CBB and Target Mandarin went straight into the trap and cleaned it out while the clown hovered around in their usual spot and waited for scraps to waft out. Finally drove them into the trap with a net. Two days wasted but got there in the end. I think the Gramma would be similar. Link to comment
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