Mar 13, 2018 #1 Balanje Active Member View Badges Joined Dec 7, 2017 Messages 101 Reaction score 48 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 wondering if anyone has a trick to get a fish out of the overflow section of the tank? My hawkfish got himself trapped and every time I go after him he dives down. There’s not much room to maneuver.
wondering if anyone has a trick to get a fish out of the overflow section of the tank? My hawkfish got himself trapped and every time I go after him he dives down. There’s not much room to maneuver.
Mar 13, 2018 #2 1WildBill Active Member View Badges Joined Jan 30, 2018 Messages 456 Reaction score 309 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Barbless fish hook?
Mar 13, 2018 #3 B blitz49 Active Member View Badges Joined Dec 30, 2014 Messages 117 Reaction score 55 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Bigger diameter hose and siphon him out?
Mar 13, 2018 #4 Reefiness Well-Known Member View Badges Joined Feb 15, 2016 Messages 566 Reaction score 304 Location Staten Island, NY Rating - 0% 0 0 0 If your standpipe isn't glued, pull it out and take the fish out of the sump
Mar 13, 2018 #5 1WildBill Active Member View Badges Joined Jan 30, 2018 Messages 456 Reaction score 309 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Reefiness said: If your standpipe isn't glued, pull it out and take the fish out of the sump Click to expand... Make sure you have gate or ball valves turned off first.
Reefiness said: If your standpipe isn't glued, pull it out and take the fish out of the sump Click to expand... Make sure you have gate or ball valves turned off first.
Mar 13, 2018 #6 OP OP Balanje Active Member View Badges Joined Dec 7, 2017 Messages 101 Reaction score 48 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Thanks ... pulled the standpipe and he stayed up top in the remaining inch of water and fished him out of there. Back where he belongs now
Thanks ... pulled the standpipe and he stayed up top in the remaining inch of water and fished him out of there. Back where he belongs now
Mar 13, 2018 #7 Reefiness Well-Known Member View Badges Joined Feb 15, 2016 Messages 566 Reaction score 304 Location Staten Island, NY Rating - 0% 0 0 0 thats the other option, at least it had much less water to maneuver in. Glad you saved the fish!
