Help! My clown jumped...
- Thread starter hinancc
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fishfreak1242
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- New Rochelle
One thing that I realized about nets when I was fishing my sixline wrasse out of my overflow box is that most nets are made of flexable metal. So you can bend the net to fit inside of the filter and net him out.
johnny roastbeef
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- Location
- Commack, NY
Have you tried a shop vac?
Thanks for the suggestions. We have tried the net. However, there is a chamber that runs the length of the tank and it is under the other 2 chambers. I can't see him unless he comes into the third chamber. He's a great fish and I want to get him out and save him. 
I had the same problem with my 6 line wrasse, you'll have to block the openings in the bottom of the chamber he is in and have lots of patience with the net. The first time it happend to me it two 2 days of trying to get him. After the first time you become a pro. Good luck
- Location
- Yonkers, NY
Hey,
This happened to me too! My clowns when they were small got into the right chamber, then mid and then left (don't ask how cuz I can't tell you how they passed by all the media and rock rubble...).
I just scooped them out by hand. One went right back into the tank. The other one jumped out of my hand and on the floor! After flopping a couple of times there I scooped him in the tank as well.
Now both are doing fine and never got sucked into that grid again!
This happened to me too! My clowns when they were small got into the right chamber, then mid and then left (don't ask how cuz I can't tell you how they passed by all the media and rock rubble...).
I just scooped them out by hand. One went right back into the tank. The other one jumped out of my hand and on the floor! After flopping a couple of times there I scooped him in the tank as well.
Now both are doing fine and never got sucked into that grid again!
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- Location
- Dingmans ferry PA
when i had an overflow and fish would go in i would use a hose that could fit the fishs entire body and syphon them out..never hurt any of the fish.
Well today is the first day -since he jumped- that he is swimming to the top of the chamber. We took out the equipment from that chamber.....now it's just going to take patience and perseverance to get him out. Glad he's still alive!!!
Could you pump water from the tank into that compartment?
Im thinking that eventually the fish would get tired of swimming and look for more sheltered areas.
If you took all the bioballs out (If you left them in) and temporarily removed the ceramic then the fish would chose that area to hang out.
Do this in the late evening after the lights go out.
Then you could close off access to the bottom compartment and relocate him easier.
When you do get him out, I would close that area off somehow.
Maybe with prefilter foam.
Im thinking that eventually the fish would get tired of swimming and look for more sheltered areas.
If you took all the bioballs out (If you left them in) and temporarily removed the ceramic then the fish would chose that area to hang out.
Do this in the late evening after the lights go out.
Then you could close off access to the bottom compartment and relocate him easier.
When you do get him out, I would close that area off somehow.
Maybe with prefilter foam.
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