getting fish out of rear chamber aquapod 12 gallon

[kalristo]

so a niger trigger somehow got into the 4th chamber (far right) of my 12 gallon aquapod. i dont know how this happened but, i need to get him out in order to give to a friend. any ideas on how to "fish" for him out?

 

 

thanks in advanced.

[GT AQUATICS]

a small net maybe.....

[Arkayology]

Umm, Niger Tigger in a 12gal? I hope this is a joke.

[seabass]

Yeah, one of those small brine shrimp net should work.

 

Umm, Niger Tigger in a 12gal? I hope this is a joke.

I thought that too, but he is giving it away.

[kalristo]

its not a joke. i tore down a friends 60 gallon and he gave me his hermit crabs and corals along with it was this niger trigger. i had no place for him to stay so i cleared out my rocks as best as possible and had him hang out there for the time being

 

but yeah. the aquapods fourth chamber makes a L shaped shape. a little confusing...but i dont know if a net will cut it.

[acme54321]

its not a joke. i tore down a friends 60 gallon and he gave me his hermit crabs and corals along with it was this niger trigger. i had no place for him to stay so i cleared out my rocks as best as possible and had him hang out there for the time being

 

but yeah. the aquapods fourth chamber makes a L shaped shape. a little confusing...but i dont know if a net will cut it.

 

Reach in and grab a hold of him.

[seabass]

Reach in and grab a hold of him.

A small net can get into places that your hand can't. Plus they have teeth (and I thought a clownfish bite kind of hurt).

[kalristo]

Reach in and grab a hold of him.

 

lol tried that the fourth chamber goes down a foot and a half and then left through a horizonal chamber about a foot. and the space is probably 3x4 so my arm can barely fit through let alone go through a maze ya know because i have bones. haha

[Nanoized]

A Wet Vac would do the trick.

[cota472]

i had that happen with my wifes tank and a blackcap basslet. it took me hours but i ended up peeling the backing off the tank so i could see whats going on. i had my friend use a flashlight to steer him to the far right where i was waiting with a net. that L shaped chamber is why i personally think the aquapod 12 is one of the worst designed AIO available

[StevieT]

A Wet Vac would do the trick.

 

nice

[kalristo]

thanks for all the advice guys, my gf ended up using her long skinny arms haha

[basser1]

I've had this happen to me before with my bluespot jawfish chamber diving. Talk about a PITA!!. I had to take everything out of the back and use a very small net, it was the only thing I found to go that deep. But once I got StevieTs' fish saver, no more chamber diving!!

[kalristo]

include a link to stevie T's fish chamber

im sure he'll appreciate the publicity

 

saver**

[marine51]

if it happens again just run some tubing deep down into the chamber and attach it to a small pump. Should force the fish out of there in just a few seconds. make sure you're ready with a net. This works all the time.