Damsel removal
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dacia
Active Member
Starving them won't work. They WILL eat because you are going to have to feed the other critters in your tank.
I had to catch a yellow tang one time, and I had to move all the LR out the way and go really fast with the net. I know it doesn't sound very helpful to mess up your tank, but you might just have to do it that way to catch those fish. Sorry! :nope:
I had to catch a yellow tang one time, and I had to move all the LR out the way and go really fast with the net. I know it doesn't sound very helpful to mess up your tank, but you might just have to do it that way to catch those fish. Sorry! :nope:
larrynews
Active Member
i had one i had to get out so every morning when i fed he and all the others would come to the top aned i "one timed it" with the net and i finally got him...good luck not very easy...i also once had to do the take all the live rock out and everyone got ick after that not sure if it had anything to do with it but they did get it just the same.
rob62779
New Member
I had the same problem... had to move lr around.. then the sob swam into a rock that i took out. I couldnt find him... till about 5 mins i found him in the bucket dead.... oh welll his loss... i tried a small plastic mouse cage... it had a lid on the top that i tued fishing line to the top and made it close like a trap door... i was able to get one that way... the other one was smarter....
fishman830
Active Member
BLue Damnsels, PITA's at best, i, and a friend, spent 3 hours trying to catch one
wintrmte
Member
Originally posted by donahue
why dont you just wait until it is asleep and sneak up on it. it works for me everytime.d2
LOL.. I'd love to know your secret, because I have a blue damsel that I've been trying to catch for the past 6 months and he's quicker than lightning.
At one point I thought a piece of LR smashed him, but he surfaced later to laugh at me.
simsimbalabim
Member
This just worked the other day to get a mean little domino out. I tried netting, cornering, all that....and just got mad. So here's what you do: Get an empty plastic pop bottle (16oz or so) and cut the top off where it starts to taper into the opening (about 3/4s up the bottle), cut the opening off so it's just large enough for the fish to get through, flip the lid inside the bottom of the bottle. Don't silicon it because you'll want to get the fish out, just make sure it's tight. Drop some food in there, place it sideways in the tank, and wait...It'll find it's way in. Good luck!
goldflake
New Member
1) remove all your corals to a seperate holding bin filled with saltwater
2) remove all your liverock to another holding bin filled with saltwater
3) lower your water level in your now almost empty tank
4) using a bucket (NEVER a net) herd said fish into clear bucket using a brightly colored spatula
5) return fish to LFS for store credit or just leave him there as a donation. After all...you put the fish into your tank to start with and he doesn't need to be exterminated because you now don't like him.
6) replace liverock and refill your display tank 3/4 way full.
7) replace corals and top off display tank
8) you've accomplished a water change and redecorated and removed and safely returned innocent fish behaving as this fish has always been known to behave to LFS.
2) remove all your liverock to another holding bin filled with saltwater
3) lower your water level in your now almost empty tank
4) using a bucket (NEVER a net) herd said fish into clear bucket using a brightly colored spatula
5) return fish to LFS for store credit or just leave him there as a donation. After all...you put the fish into your tank to start with and he doesn't need to be exterminated because you now don't like him.
6) replace liverock and refill your display tank 3/4 way full.
7) replace corals and top off display tank
8) you've accomplished a water change and redecorated and removed and safely returned innocent fish behaving as this fish has always been known to behave to LFS.