Help with Emperor

[oafie2244]

I need help trying to get my emperor out of my 55g tank with lots of live rock and a couple of corals. He has nipped almost everything to death and it is time to get rid of him yet i cannot seem to catch him. I tried using one of those P.O.S. fish traps and have been sitting by my tank to try and net him. If anyone has any ideas it would be much apprecitaed.

Brett

 

[Anonymous]

Ok, I caught 4 problem damsels one right after the other using this method.
Turn the room lights off, then feed. When the fish is near the top turn off the tank lights and scoop the net where the fish was/is. Works like a charm. You can use a flashlight too if your having problems, but I've never found it necessary.
Method number 2 which I have used with great success is placing the net in the tank near the front glass. Let the fish become accustomed to it and start swimming in and around it. At the approprate moment scoop the net out of the tank with the fish in it.
Method number 3. Place a large clam shell in the tank and prop it so that it stays open. After a time the fish will learn to use it as a shelter when frightened. Simply close the shell and remove.
Method number 4 which I just used yesterday with a grouper is a hook, line and piece of shrimp. This is a last resort method only.
Simple
Hasta
Jim

 

[oafie2244]

much appreciative jim...will try the 4 step method.

Brett

 

[oafie2244]

Aight well if I cannot get the fish out of the tank what is the possibility of him cooperating with a seabae and a two clams that I am getting from ffexpress?

Brett

 

[James Thomas]

Sebae? H.Sebae, the anemone, or A. Sebae, the fish. Should do alright with either. Provided your anemone is healthy, your Pomacanthus won't "want" to nip it as long as there is other food.

Clams?....Absolutely out of the question. Get your fish out of there.

 

[Anonymous]

Had an emperor completely polish off a 6" clam over night back in the day.

I've always had fairly good succes with this method. Leave the net in the tank for a few days. Everytime you feed pick up the net and put the flakes near it. Don't move the net. After they've become accustomed to the net being there during feeding time snag 'em.

Glenn

 

[DKKA]

I second Glenn. Leaving the net in the tank for a couple days has worked great for me, except on really skittish fish.
Dan

 

[Wacker]

Hi Brett!
I'm considering adding a Blue Girdled Angelfish to my reef tank but am concerned about some of my corals. What corals do you have in your tank that your Angel is nipping at?

Good luck trying to catch him. I guess the last resort would be to take out all your rock.

 

[Fish Guy]

I have kept a Blue face angel in my 240g reef tank for the past 15 months. He ate brain corals and polyps within three months. I got rid of those. He ate mushrooms at the 13 month mark. He only ate the simple flat discs. Frilly ones were left alone. He did manage to eat about 20-30 before I could get the mushrooms out. The good new is I only lost 1 species out of 10. I now keep a 100g reef as a back up tank for the angels food items. If you want to try the big angel in the reef have another tank you can transfer the corals to. It will save you a lot of money in the long run.

FYI he has never eaten hammers, frogspawns, clams, toadstool leathers, lettuce coral, galaxy coral, frilly mushrooms. I think he will eat them in time so I am prolly going to move all corals to the 100g reef.