Removing a fish with a tiny hook made from a needle

[Paul B]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCc-9qTsR_w

 

[samster]

Nice, beats removing everything out of the tank and netting method ??

 

[reefiness]

Haha, this is incredible. Only you would think to do something like this and have it work out so perfectly. Any DIY instructions on how it was made with pictures for anyone who may need a similar outcome?

 

[r_jay]

This video made my day!


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[Paul B]

It was just a needle that I heated and bent. I put a thread through it and baited it with a clam. The same as you would if you go fishing. But remember this hook doesn't have a barb so the fish jumps right off and you have to lift him very fast because he jumped off the hook as soon as he was out of the tank and I knew he would so I had a bucket right under the tank.
People have been doing this for years. Noah showed me this.

 

[Nycreef]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCc-9qTsR_w

Dont laugh but I have done this method 3 times for wrasses that would not go in to a fish trap and 2 of them for over 4 months. Every time i did it i caught the fish within minutes. I starved the tank for at least a week and when they were good and hungry they attacked the silverside on the fish hook and out they went. The only issue was getting the right fish on the hook and not another innocent. I should have video recorded as well but just didnt have the patience at that point.
Great vid paul!

 

[ourcoralreef]

I have had success with the trap i built
Leave the trap in the tank a couple of days put sand on the bottom of the trap and let food go in there
After a couple days set the door put food in the trap and wait with a string

I don?t have the heart to hook them

 

[MIKE NY]

I rather use a trap, but I've used the hook method a few times with some of my larger fish. Just a word of caution you have to be quick setting the hook so they only get hooked in the mouth and not further down into the gills, gut or poking out through an eye...

 

[Reef lover24]

That was pretty awesome and a fast reaction but I don't think I could sit there and hook them. Good job though!

 

[Paul B]

Then he would keep growing until his tail was in the tank and his fin would be changing the channel on your TV