Fish stuck in overflow

Codfish · Mar 26, 2022

I’m so sry, I thought you said you found him in the sump and got him out. Now realizing he is still stuck in the overflow. My bad!

abagail · Mar 26, 2022

Codfish said:
I’m so sry, I thought you said you found him in the sump and got him out. Now realizing he is still stuck in the overflow. My bad!

omg youre fine im giving him a break so i dont stress him out too much and hopefully he may come back out from behind the tubes as i cant do much when hes back there. im hoping i can think of something to get him out but at this point he may just be one with the overflow

Tray21 · Mar 26, 2022

What if you put the net in the overflow let it stay there for a while so he gets used to it being in there with him. could even try baiting the net with some food and when he goes in to eat then scoop it up.

workhz · Mar 26, 2022

Green chromis you say? Keep it in the overflow

Yank drain. Collect from sump.

ZoWhat · Mar 26, 2022

Feed him metal pellets then use a magnet

ff2807 · Mar 26, 2022

abagail said:
So I have a green chromis stuck in my overflow and no matter what i cant net him because hes so fast, anyone know how to get him out??

3.0 hook and a bloodworm

Freenow54 · Mar 26, 2022

Your overflow is the same as mine. DO not pull out drain pipe or your fish will end up in the piping just like flushing the toilet. Hopefully you have a shut off on the drain. If not shut off pump. The water will drain a bit but you have anti siphon protection. Once pump is shut off close drain or plug the drain. Then it is safe to pull out the drain pipe, and you can catch it with a net. I have had do do it more that once when my female clown chased the male into it.

Codfish · Mar 26, 2022

abagail said:
omg youre fine im giving him a break so i dont stress him out too much and hopefully he may come back out from behind the tubes as i cant do much when hes back there. im hoping i can think of something to get him out but at this point he may just be one with the overflow

lol ok good luck, I’ll try to think of some ideas

abagail · Mar 29, 2022

Freenow54 said:
Your overflow is the same as mine. DO not pull out drain pipe or your fish will end up in the piping just like flushing the toilet. Hopefully you have a shut off on the drain. If not shut off pump. The water will drain a bit but you have anti siphon protection. Once pump is shut off close drain or plug the drain. Then it is safe to pull out the drain pipe, and you can catch it with a net. I have had do do it more that once when my female clown chased the male into it.

I pulled it out twice with no issues luckily, i have to cover it now because they keep heading in there somehow