Any ideas for catching my eel?

[ryan]

I have an snowflake eel I would like to remove from my reef tank. Does anybody have any good ideas besides starting to take rock out. The only one I have is lining my tank with buckets 1/4 full of water, leaving the lid open, and hope he makes a successful landing in one. :notsure:

 

[drewsta]

lure him out with his favorite food put the food in the net and let the little bugger come to you

 

[ryan]

Ill give that a try first, the only problem is he only comes about half way out to get food. If I try to get him to come any futher he darts back into the live rock. Maybe if I get him really hungry it will work though.

 

[bellanavis]

Why do you want him out, and what are you going to do with him when you do catch him?

 

[ryan]

I started with him in a fish only, but converted to a reef and kept him in there. He is starting to get big enough that Im aftraid he will knock over rock work, and I would like to add some more small colorful fish, but my bioload will be way to high with him in there. I am going to trade him in at a lfs.

 

[king4345]

Fishing pole and bait. Grab a beer and make a day of it...

 

[ryan]

Thanks for the advice king. I had the day off of work today so I put a little piece of shrimp on the end of a size 18 eagle claw hook. I put a bobber on it so I would know when he had it good. About a beer and a half later he took it. They put up quite a fight. It was a good thing he didnt swallow the hook. Got him out of the tank and took him to the fish store. Just kidding. I had to take out all of my rocks. What a pain in the ... that was. I caught him and traded. Has to put all the rockwork back, which my girlfriend usually aranges it, but shes on vacation so I guess she will be happy the eel is gone when she gets home, but mad that she will probably have to redo the rocks.