*sigh* now what

[Anonymous]

wife: uhm, JP, where is the clownfish?
me: what the hell...
wife: did he die in the rocks or something? I dont see him
me: I just saw him an hour ago...wtf....

yeah, sob jumped into the overflow...pipes are tightly packed, and no way to get a net in there...any ideas other than wait and hope he can jump back over the wall?

 

[Anonymous]

Very small barbless hook and some bait.

 

[Anonymous]

I have no clue. I keep my pipes in the overflow unglued so I can pull them if something like this happens. If the fish small enough to get to with a slurp gun?

 

[Anonymous]

I had one live inthe overflow for months. He did eventually jump back into the tank. But there was a reason he was jumping. Another fish picking on him. His next jump was the end of him as no one was around to pick him up off the floor.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm hoping he'll jump back- there are two other fish in the display - yellow tang and a diadema pseudochromis - together they were the terrible trio, and harraqssed to death anything else I put in the tank, including snails, hermits, and even a Sea Hare...but they all swam together, and never were mean to each other...
The canopy is pretty much enclosed, so no worries about the little bastige carpet surfing...

 

[Anonymous]

So what happened?

If possible, I think I would try building up the bottom of the container with filter floss or some material like that until he was forced into somewhere accessible

 

[Anonymous]

So what happened?

If possible, I think I would try building up the bottom of the container with filter floss or some material like that until he was forced into somewhere accessible

little bastard is still in the overflow. - I've gotten fustrated with this tank - flatworms decimated the corals, and after nuking it three times, I STILL have flatworms...future plans are to drain the tank and sump, toss out all the rock, and start over. With no fish.

 

[tklongball]

I second the barbless hook option. I got a little bit of 2 lb mono, and I want to say a size 24 hook (might have been even smaller than that). I pinched the barb on the hook to make it barbless, and fished out my Pajama Cardinals. They were in my 180 Gallon which had around 450Lbs of Live rock. There was no other way to catch them without taking all of the rock out. If done gently, it isn't damaging and they heal up quick. I think that is going to be the easiest, most humane way to recover your clown. It is a good tool to have for occasions like this. Just be gentle when you do it and your clown will be fine.

 

[Anonymous]

Wow! I am IMPRESSED. You joined almost 10 years ago in '06, and THIS is your one and only post.

Nicely played.

 

[Anonymous]

Its been quite a few years since I've had a tank (and still don't )but what nets I have are wire framed and therefore, can be shaped.. I had to bend the heck out of my smallest net to fit it down into the overflow for a clown that did the same. Had to scare & push her into the net with the trusty old turkey baster on the other side of the tubes.

I also had really good luck controlling flatworms with a melanurus shortly before I threw in all the towels and gave up. No chem nuking required. They're not one-size-fits-all and great for every tank by any stretch tho..