Damsels in my tank

Reef_Tank_Fan_SC · Jun 19, 2017

So as the title says I have some damsels in my tank. My tank has been up and running for about 6 weeks and my wife was tired of looking at a tank full of water and o my shrimp and 3 hermit crabs. So she went and bought some Damsels and put them in it while I was at work. She did it properly and did the acclamation drip and whatnot but when I got home there were damsels in my tank... 4 of them. My question is this.... How the hell do I get them out, lol. I got other stuff I wanted to put in there and I have read nothing good about damsels getting along with other fish. Of course I couldn't be mean to her because she is my wife and she is 8.5 months pregnant. So I calmly told her we would move them to a smaller tank for just her to take care of. So how do I do it guys... HELP ME

brett_schn · Jun 19, 2017

Setup a 20g long tank with a hob filter and a heater and a decent led light

Aaron4890 · Jun 19, 2017

Sounds like you have a great excuse to get get a bigger tank for yourself and just let her keep the one with damsels for herself .. lol

Animal Chin · Jun 19, 2017

catch them with a net? You may have to remove the rock but at 6 weeks that shouldn't been too big a deal.

Reef_Tank_Fan_SC · Jun 19, 2017

Aaron4890 said:
Sounds like you have a great excuse to get get a bigger tank for yourself and just let her keep the one with damsels for herself .. lol

Already tried that, she didn't go for it.. lol

Reef_Tank_Fan_SC · Jun 19, 2017

Animal Chin said:
catch them with a net? You may have to remove the rock but at 6 weeks that shouldn't been too big a deal.

I'm gonna try the net, taking out rock is what make me angry because it took me a month to get it to where I was happy with it. OCD is such a pain

blkhwkz · Jun 19, 2017

Had to get all my fish out a few weeks back to run fallow due to ich. Got all but the 2 damsels the first day and that was with the water drained about 85%. Next day drained same amount of water and had to pull the rocks to catch them. Got the 1, couldn't find the other. Pulled a rock out of the brute can I had them in with the water to put back in the tank and my youngest daughter said there it is on the back of that rock. I didn't want to take out the rocks with all the coral attached, but ended up not having a choice. Thinking once I am done with quarantine these damsels are going in a different tank of mine.

Reef_Tank_Fan_SC · Jun 19, 2017

blkhwkz said:
Had to get all my fish out a few weeks back to run fallow due to ich. Got all but the 2 damsels the first day and that was with the water drained about 85%. Next day drained same amount of water and had to pull the rocks to catch them. Got the 1, couldn't find the other. Pulled a rock out of the brute can I had them in with the water to put back in the tank and my youngest daughter said there it is on the back of that rock. I didn't want to take out the rocks with all the coral attached, but ended up not having a choice. Thinking once I am done with quarantine these damsels are going in a different tank of mine.

Yeah, I will definitely be avoided damsels.. lol. I had one in a previous rank and he was such a !@#

Bdog4u2 · Jun 19, 2017

I've been trying to catch a domino damsel the size of my hand for 2 years with no luck. I'm thinking of making a spear gun

shornik · Jun 19, 2017

You can try a fish trap, take a plastic bottle cut off about 1/3 of the top portion, then invert that back into the bottle so the larger opening is now at the top and smaller in the bottle. Place some food in the bottle and hopefully the damsel will swim in to get the food. Once they swim in they can't swim out the small opening. I've caught a damsel using this approach in the past.