NOT as fun as I thought

[Manny]

spent all night trying to catch my tanks bully :banghead:
Every fish went into the trap, even snails, except the one.

He was a good fish until I got my chromis a couple friends. Now any fish that comes close to his little cave gets chased away. My poor yellow tang got beat up last night

My lights are off now
so I gotta throw in the towel

any tips for tomorrow?

 

[indireef]

spent all night trying to catch my tanks bully :banghead:
Every fish went into the trap, even snails, except the one.

He was a good fish until I got my chromis a couple friends. Now any fish that comes close to his little cave gets chased away. My poor yellow tang got beat up last night

My lights are off now
so I gotta throw in the towel

any tips for tomorrow?

good luck. black caps are notorious for being caught only when you take out all the rock -- in the rock.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

keep trying dont give up.. ull get the little son of a gun...

 

[Manny]

good luck. black caps are notorious for being caught only when you take out all the rock -- in the rock.

great:shocked1:
well, at least I'll be breaking this tank down in a month or two.

Keep trying dont give up.. ull get the little son of a gun...

not giving up... just hope I get him

 

[nycfatcow]

dman that sucks...seems like a good trap 2

 

[gil716]

One of the recommended methods by Anthony Calfo is to drain the water from your tank (thereby limiting where the bugger can escape) and then scoop him out. "Most" corals can be left out of water for extended periods of time.

Here's a link to his thread. Hope it helps.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=707656

 

[gil716]

oh there was one more tip. one person placed a mirror inside a jar in the tank. the aggressive fish was so busy attacking the reflection in the mirror that it didn't notice the looming net coming from behind. now that's a slick one.

 

[alrha]

try feeding your fish only in the trap. eventually he'll be the only one not getting food - unless of course he ventures into the trap....

 

[Manny]

One of the recommended methods by Anthony Calfo is to drain the water from your tank (thereby limiting where the bugger can escape) and then scoop him out. "Most" corals can be left out of water for extended periods of time.

Here's a link to his thread. Hope it helps.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=707656

Thanks gil716
that's a great link! If the trap doesn't work tomorrow I'm gonna give the "bag in bag method" a try.

dman that sucks...seems like a good trap 2

Yeah I borrowed it from a friend.... it's the fish that's not good

 

[Manny]

try feeding your fish only in the trap. eventually he'll be the only one not getting food - unless of course he ventures into the trap....

ooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh! that's worth a try

thanks alrha
I'm doing that right now but, he can prob go without food for a couple days.

 

[alrha]

I'm doing that right now but, he can prob go without food for a couple days.

as long as it takes, but his day will come...:sgrin:
sure beats draining your tank...

 

[Manny]

sure beats draining your tank...

yeah that method is a little extreme for me but, some of the other methods in that link are pretty good:approve:

I'll gettem

 

[212jay]

Try feeding him and when he goes for the food scoop him up with a net. It's worked for me a few times. Good Luck
Jay

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

You getting rid of him or putting him in another tank?