help with catching my wrasse!?!?!?!

[semperfimarine1]

ok so heres the deal i have a twin spot wrasse thats roughly about 2 1/2 inches long that i want OUT of my tank!:angry:

ive had him/her for a good while now healthy and eats like a pig..thats the problem i want to put some cleaner/peppermint shrimp in the tank but when i do he eats the darn things so i want/need him out asap!!!!

ive tried netting him but he is to quick and digs himself in the sand and cant get him out. ive tried the bottle trick and no luck with that. tried the small hook but he some how doesnt hook on!!!


please someone help me with this with any more suggestions so i can get him!!!

[sharkboy]

I accidentally got a hitch hiker moon wrasse when I bought some live rock...it took me about 3 weeks to get him!!! I even had a bounty on his head whenever someone came over, they tried to catch him...I eventually created a partition with some eggcrate and that didn't work because he would jump over it...he finally jumped and landed on my center brace so I was lucky... good luck!

[pagan.n.damaged]

Try using two large nets. It works best if you've got two people one on each end of the tank and you can work together to get him in the net. Best of luck catching him.

[aquasport24]

Yeah it usually stays at the same spot in the sand, so you have to scoop up the sand with it. I used to have a red corris and it always hide in the sand when i tried to catch it..good luck.

[semperfimarine1]

does it dig itself deeper and deeper when in there or swim through the sand to another location??

[aquasport24]

It just stay deeper in that spot, so make sure the rim of the net touch the glass bottom.

[semperfimarine1]

oh ok so it just goes deeper and deeper the sand bed is roughly about 3 inches or so hopefully i can just get him that way... maybe cut the top and bottom of a 3 litter coke and slide the cylinder or the bottle all the way down to the bottom and maybe catching it like that????


how does that sound?

[aquasport24]

how about a plastic cereal bowl and a net or 2 bowls.

[semperfimarine1]

how about a plastic cereal bowl and a net or 2 bowls.

details..

[aquasport24]

i use the bowl to scoop up the sand and the other bowl or a net as a lid. or vice versa..here is my number if you have more question..210-843-4856

[saweasel]

I had the same problem. I finally caught him by not feeding my tank for a few days and using a piece of shrimp in the net. He couldn't resist diving into the net.
He normally would go into the sand when the net went into the tank but getting him hungry worked for me.

Good luck.

[semperfimarine1]

about how long did you go without feeding

[greatwhite@AlamoAquatics]

i think you should take out rocks from your tank and then catch him or you can wait till he sleeps and then catch him thats what i do good luck

[sly fox]

how about markieb's $2 fish trap :)

http://marshreef.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=32652

[semperfimarine1]

think i might try that!

[Dominican]

How agressive a feeder is he? How bold is he? How big is your tank? How much access do you have to the open top of the tank?

I have a big clear acrylic fish trap I made that works great for my tank. Only it's kinda big and takes a little patience if the fish is timid or not an agressive feeder. It's basically an acrylic box with a side door that slides up and down. I lower the box into the tank part-way (it's big, like 16"x12"x4"), and put some food inside. Hungry fish figure out how to get in pretty quickly, then eat and swim in/out freely. The sliding door has a string tied to it. You can just hang out and wait for him to go in the box to eat, let the door fall, fish caught. If you think this would work for your situation, I can let you borrow it. It's not pretty but I've caught many fish with it, and usually within an hour. It's worked for verthing but that **** yellow damsel!!! :) I'm in south Austin..