I've had a Lemonpeel Angel in my tank since October 2005. I have always hated this fish because it harasses everybody (my firefish, clowns, and tangs) and now I added a Golden Butterfly (not one of my best moves since they're the same colors) and the angel won't stop harassing it. I turned the lights off and the angel seems to be backing off but when I turned the lights on just to see what would happen, he went right for the butterfly. He already took a bite out of the butterfly's dorsal fin which should heal in time given that it isn't stressed. I think the best thing now would just be to remove the angel from my tank. What would be the best way of removing him? I don't have a trap to catch him in and it's in a 75 gallon with approximately 85 pounds of live rock. The rockwork is somewhat open. It's pretty open on the sides but not very much in the middle and this fish is usually out in the open except when the lights are off and I doubt he'll be in the open when he finds out that I'm chasing him. Should I just remove the rocks and scoop him out? Keep in mind that when I remove him I'm doing it in the dark because I don't want the angel to go after the butterfly (the lights in the room will be on but the tank lights will be off).
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Help with Lemonpeel Angel
- Thread starter Mike612
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Dwarf angels are mofos to remove from tanks. Very quick and elusive. I use a piece of egg crate cut to size as a tank divider. Move the rocks from one section of the tank (a quarter to a third is enough.) Herd the fish into the cleared area and use the divider so the fish can't get back to the rocks.
I don't like to net angels due to their cheek spines. Drop a capture container of sorts in to the cleared area and use a net to herd the fish into it, then lift it out. Replace your rocks and you're done. It's a bit time consuming, but prevents a lot of stress by running a net all over the tank, snagging it on rocks, etc and scaring the rest of the fish.
Good luck
I don't like to net angels due to their cheek spines. Drop a capture container of sorts in to the cleared area and use a net to herd the fish into it, then lift it out. Replace your rocks and you're done. It's a bit time consuming, but prevents a lot of stress by running a net all over the tank, snagging it on rocks, etc and scaring the rest of the fish.
Good luck
A trick I use is just as explained above, but I use a clear plastic one gallon mini aquarium, I place it in the corner with just enough room between the opening and the glass for the fish to get in. You can herd the fish into it as they can't see the clear plastic and then just lift it out with the net covering the opening. Works like a charm. Caught a yellow tang in a 180 gal with 200lbs of LR in about 3 minutes.
No I don't use dividers. I place a mini in the corner with the opening facing the wall about 1 inch away. I herd the fish into the corner with a net and it will hide in the corner and go into the aquarium. Then I slide the aquarium completely against the glass and they are trapped.
Alright, got the angel out. It was a major pain. He wasn't falling for your tricks. He just stayed in the rocks even when I was chasing him with the net. I had to just take out the majority of my rocks to catch him. It didn't take me too long to catch him after the rocks were removed. It took a while to put the rocks back together after though and the rockwork still looks ugly but I guess I'll have to live with it in the mean time. The butterfly's doing better now that the angel's out. It's a bit stressed since I was in there all day but in general it looks good.
Alright here's problem number 2 now: When I put the rockwork back together, I moved the rock with my bubbletip anemone so that the anemone would be at the top of the rock. The anemone didn't like that and moved to the back of the rock which is at the back of my tank. I tried to flip it just so that the anemone is more in the open but either he attached himself to my powerhead also or 1 of his feet got sucked into the powerhead. What should I do? In the mean time, I left the rock a bit moved, in the sense that it reveals the anemone's foot stuck to the powerhead with the idea that if the anemone is a bit stretched out like that, it would move it's stuck foot back onto the rock.
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