Gotta catch a big raccoon butterfly tomorrow

[Anonymous]

I put a big old raccoon butterfly in my tank to eliminate apitasia and majanos.
The fish did damn well. It also destroyed zoandthids and frogspawn, but okay.

Now I want the fish banished to the sump.

Any ideas on how to catch? It's big. 5 or 6 inches long, 4 inches tall. Active all the time.

 

[WRASSER]

ummmm maybe a small hook and line? i had to catch a dottyback that way... ...it worked.

 

[Acronuts1]

wrasser you sound like you went literally fishing in your 250g!

ummmm maybe a small hook and line? i had to catch a dottyback that way... ...it worked.

 

[Anonymous]

Someone here recommended here waking up the fish in the middle of the night by suddenly switching the lights on. That way they're still half-asleep and easier to catch.

 

[WRASSER]

lol, no not this tank, in the 150, it had a lot of more rock :wink:

 

[Len]

Catching fish at night is very easy IF you know where the fish sleeps and the fish is accessible. They're almost always in a trance-like state, so you can just net them or scoop them up with your hands. Instead of turning on your regular lights, find some red lights (or put a red filter on a flashlight). Fish can't see this spectrum well and sleep straight through it.