Got to get it out!!!

LegendaryCG · Mar 20, 2021

saullman said:
I would think your way would be easier if it's a fish only tank with no corals. I just hate having my corals out of water for any period of time.

Corals will be fine if you keep it under 15 minutes. They produce a slime coat to protect themselves and many species have to deal with low tides daily.

LegendaryCG · Mar 20, 2021

For that matter I’ve had cup corals survive 3 days out of water in 40 degree weather.

Rubberfrog · Mar 20, 2021

saullman said:
What do you mean? With a hook like you going fishing?

Yes. He will make a great fish taco.

ca1ore · Mar 20, 2021

saullman said:
What do you mean? With a hook like you going fishing?

Probably not the first thing to try but, yes, smallest hook size. I used this approach a couple of times on three stripe damsels. I used to file off the barb so that the hook can be easily removed. Both fish were fine ..... unhappy but fine.

jaganshi066 · Mar 21, 2021

LegendaryCG said:
Toss an small angelfish in there and watch the chaos.

Put a flameback in there he will teach it a lesson for sure

jaganshi066 · Mar 21, 2021

Dom said:
The tank doesn't seem to be overcrowded. But Clownfish are extremely territorial. I'm not very familiar with Dottybacks, but I do understand that they will fiercely defend their territory.

This may be the problem, and you would be right in removing it.

I had a neon dotttyback and he was like a great white shark hunting

saullman · Mar 21, 2021

jaganshi066 said:
I had a neon dotttyback and he was like a great white shark hunting

Who knew that this small innocent looking fish was so mean?

Bepis · Mar 21, 2021

Use the vase method, so cheap and easy you’ll hit yourself in the head for not thinking of it....

The Guide of Capturing All Your Sick, Troublesome, and Nuisance Aquarium Inhabitants

Over my time as a part of this forum and reefing community as a whole, which is surely not as lengthy as the rest of our resident reefers (not by a long shot), I have fought and struggled threw numerous trials and battles. Personally being struck by ich repeatedly losing thousands of dollars of...

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saullman · Mar 21, 2021

Bepis said:
Use the vase method, so cheap and easy you’ll hit yourself in the head for not thinking of it....

The Guide of Capturing All Your Sick, Troublesome, and Nuisance Aquarium Inhabitants

Over my time as a part of this forum and reefing community as a whole, which is surely not as lengthy as the rest of our resident reefers (not by a long shot), I have fought and struggled threw numerous trials and battles. Personally being struck by ich repeatedly losing thousands of dollars of...

www.reef2reef.com

Hey, thanks for sharing. I would have never thought of that. I'll give it a try.

kev.2013 · Mar 21, 2021

saullman said:
Can you elaborate? What size water bottle? And how do you quickly snag up the water bottle?

Water Bottle Fish Trap

Here is a quick DIY guide to making a water bottle fish trap. It works best if you can starve the tank for a day or three before hand. You will need: A bottle — I like 20 oz Dasani bottles A razor blade or sharp scissors Bait (regular food works if you've starved the fish, something extra tasty h...

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The above link describes this. Once the fish is in the trap, you just pull the water bottle out. Most likely they won’t be able to escape.