I need help

omen5846 · Jul 14, 2022

Hi yesterday my orange shoulder tang has scared one of my clownfish which has made it jump into the back of my tank normal I can catch it but is in a harder spot to get it back out there is also a spot for it to hide anyone got any advice or should I leave it there

blaxsun · Jul 14, 2022

Yes, you'll probably want to remove it sooner as opposed to later. Are you able to remove anything in that section? I assume it's an AIO sump.

omen5846 · Jul 15, 2022

blaxsun said:
Yes, you'll probably want to remove it sooner as opposed to later. Are you able to remove anything in that section? I assume it's an AIO sump.

Unfortunately I can't remove anything which makes it harder to get a net in to catch it

Dburr1014 · Jul 15, 2022

omen5846 said:
Unfortunately I can't remove anything which makes it harder to get a net in to catch it

What size drain on this? He may have to make that journey if you can't catch him there.

cairolip21 · Jul 15, 2022

Small spaces like that I've always found it easier to grab them by hand. It doesn't look like he has much space to escape. If you can get your arm back there it probably wouldn't be too tough to corner him and pick him up by hand or corral him into a small net

omen5846 · Jul 15, 2022

Dburr1014 said:
What size drain on this? He may have to make that journey if you can't catch him there.

My tank doesn't have a sump as its only a nano but I'm moving so everything will be swapped over to my new tank

omen5846 · Jul 15, 2022

cairolip21 said:
Small spaces like that I've always found it easier to grab them by hand. It doesn't look like he has much space to escape. If you can get your arm back there it probably wouldn't be too tough to corner him and pick him up by hand or corral him into a small net

I'll try that later thanks for the idea might not work though as I've found that there is plastic there which it hides under