Removing a tang?

G8rNation · Dec 30, 2016

I have a blue eye kole that has to go. So does anyone know of any tricks to plucking him out? I've got too many sps growing so banging around my tank with a net chasing him is out of he question. If anyone has a fish trap they wouldn't mind loaning out for a few weeks I'd be more than happy to toss you a frag or two from the racks [emoji225]TIA!

Js.Aqua.Project · Dec 30, 2016

Have you stumbled across this article yet?

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/sp/

Catching a fish on an established tank is always a PITA but it can be done.

Viracon13 · Dec 30, 2016

Look up the inverted bottle fish trap. I've successfully caught fish this way numerous times without a hassle. It's all about choosing the right bottle size and placing it in the right location in the tank. Should cost you about $2

zflugun · Dec 30, 2016

Idk if your fish is like mine but as soon as my hand goes near the top of my tank my clown is at the surface then I bring the net in behind it it works most of the time

Viracon13 · Dec 30, 2016

zflugun said:
Idk if your fish is like mine but as soon as my hand goes near the top of my tank my clown is at the surface then I bring the net in behind it it works most of the time

Clowns are a completely different story. I've scooped both of my clowns out of my 75G using my hands. They're too social to know any better

G8rNation · Dec 31, 2016

Js.Aqua.Project said:
Have you stumbled across this article yet?

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/sp/

Catching a fish on an established tank is always a PITA but it can be done.

Thanks for the link. I'll try some of the methods in it for sure.

G8rNation · Dec 31, 2016

zflugun said:
Idk if your fish is like mine but as soon as my hand goes near the top of my tank my clown is at the surface then I bring the net in behind it it works most of the time

The kole knows I am after him so everytime I go near the tank he goes into the rocks. If I was trying to remove my Solaris it would be a different story. He swims into my hand everytime I am in the tank

zflugun · Dec 31, 2016

G8rNation said:
The kole knows I am after him so everytime I go near the tank he goes into the rocks. If I was trying to remove my Solaris it would be a different story. He swims into my hand everytime I am in the tank

I've only had a clownfish so I didn't know if other fish were the same hm good luck