Damn Blenny

[Anonymous]

My bicolor blenny began picking at my crocea clam a week ago and is now closing up. Just yesterday he began picking at my maxima. I wish I could catch the blenny and save the clams, but it looks like the clams will be easier to catch . The clams look better than the blenny IMO. I just hope that after I remove the clams that he will not turn on the SPS corals.

 

[Anonymous]

That's sucks.

 

[Anonymous]

Put a cube of mysis or brine shrimp in a big net.

Your bi-colored friend will swim in for food.

 

[Anonymous]

Someone recently had some success catching fish with a wine decanter. If you do a search for either decanter or carafe, it should come up.

 

[Anonymous]

All you need to do is place an inviting shelter in the tank, and simply remove the object when the fish decides to use it.
I used to use an 8" clam shell for this. I'd simply close the shell with the fish inside and remove it. A piece of live rock with an appropriate sized hole drilled in it can work as well.

I've also acclimated fish to the presence of a net sitting at the bottom of the tank. Over a few days I'd place food there and sooner or later I'd have the fish. I think the longest that method has ever taken me was 3 days.

 

[Anonymous]

I used the leave-the-net-in-the-tank trick to catch a coral beauty angel once. It was there over a month before he finally ventured in.

 

[Anonymous]

I used the leave-the-net-in-the-tank trick to catch a coral beauty angel once. It was there over a month before he finally ventured in.

My bi-color was an aggressive eater. Took about 15 minutes

 

[Anonymous]

i am thinking that I will remove the clams and replace them with SPS corals. I added a green hydnophora today and it looks great. I also plan on adding a yellow tang as well, I miss the old one and so do my kids, so that is what I'll get.

Wish me luck.

 

[Anonymous]

Good luck.

My Bi-color had a taste for acropora.

 

[Anonymous]

i am thinking that I will remove the clams and replace them with SPS corals. I added a green hydnophora today and it looks great. I also plan on adding a yellow tang as well, I miss the old one and so do my kids, so that is what I'll get.

Wish me luck.

Make one of them a fire coral, that'll teach that damn blenny. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Good luck.

My Bi-color had a taste for acropora.

So far he ignores the SPS corals.

 

[Anonymous]

That's because there are tasty clams in the tank...