Help !!!

[lrasser]

So I got a small ich out break and removed all my fish to QT for hypo. I have a flame angel and two chromis that i can't catch. I've tried and fish trap, baited hooks, nets etc. they won't go near anything. This has been going of for over a week now. Any suggestions on how to catch them would be great, I WILL NOT remove all my rockwork to catch them I would rather sell all my fish first and wait till they die before adding more.

 

[albano]

Since the tank should be fishless for 2-3 months, might as well re-do the rockwork

 

[piranhapat]

Besides the LR what else is in the tank. Such as Corals LPS, SPS ,snail, ect.....

 

[lrasser]

hundreds of snails, a lot of mixed coral, anenome, shrimp etc, like i said removing rock work isn't an option. I need them out to go fishless. otherwise they stay and the rest get hypo and sold.

 

[jcdeng]

dont feed them for 2 days, then feed frozen through the trap, if they still won't go in and eat, well then in your case, let them die.

 

[lrasser]

ive tried that. Problem is there's 150lbs of live rock. So they just graze all day. I got 8 others with the trap and these 3 won't got near it. I wish they were showing signs of ich. I so beyond pissed i'd be happy if they all died.

 

[piranhapat]

Just a suggestion if your QT is big enough to house the snails and corals if you could move the coral. Get as much of the stuff out of DT and place in QT. Just Hypo the DT. Which is going to be empty to treat.

 

[lrasser]

There's way to much other live stock in the DT that would die. It's a very active reef which i why I don't want to move around and remove the rock. Everything is settled in nicely. I have two QT tanks setup right now. One is already in hypo and the otherr is waiting for the other 3 first. Once I start hypo i can't add them. So now I'm risking the health of my other fish as well.

 

[evolution21]

Going to through the same thing....all my fish in hypo for 2 weeks and i cant get out a blue damsel....im like ill starve but i see him picking at algae to stay alive.?

 

[scarecrow]

Tricky. Find out what rocks they hide/sleep in then at night remove that rock quickly. Dump it in a bucket with water from the dt and they will swim out eventually. Really the easiest way in my experience to catch tricky fish.

 

[lrasser]

i got one more just by luck. I had left the trap in there with no food and the idiot was swimming around in it. I must have looked like a special needs child running after a puppy while diving for the pull string. 2 more to go.