How do I get this fish out?

[Reeftanker3295]

I bought this fish and it has been beating on all of my fish ever since. How do I get it out? Its a 90 gallon tank and he just dives into the rocks whenever I try to net him.

 

[tosiek]

what fish?

Get a fish trap. Probably the only way. Its hard to net fish with all the rockwork in reef tanks.

 

[richardhmc]

feed some food to lure him out.
use your hand to get it out if possible.
catch it when its sleeping

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

food in a net always worked for me

 

[rkaragozler]

what kind of fish is it?

 

[Reeftanker3295]

what kind of fish is it?

Christmas wrasse.

 

[rkaragozler]

Does he bury himself in the sand bed, when he is scared, if so just put a large cup over the sand bed and scoop up.

 

[bigyankfan]

Buy yourself an acrylic fish trap from Drs. F & S. Put it in the tank for a day just to let the fish get used to it and stop feeding the tank. On the third day put some frozen food in a metal tea strainer and put it inside the trap - even the most skittish fish will go in the trap if it is hungry enough and voila - trapped fish. HTH.

 

[THEDLO]

i usually get them to swim high into the water column then i turn the lights out so all the fish freeze in place and thats when i strike (this is done at night for better effectiveness). used this technique last night but catching a fish in reef tank is the biggest pain!!!

 

[ming]

+1 on the fish trap if you want to save yourself some frustration from moving all the rocks around to catch him

 

[aznt1217]

They could be just establishing pecking order. What fish is it fighting with? Also are you POSITIVE it's that Christmas Wrasse from the Christmas Islands? Some people sell the Christmas Wrasse (Sri Lanka) when its really a Clouded Wrasse... you may want to double check. Mine usually fight but calm down in a day or two.