View Single Post
  #8  
Old 05-28-2013, 12:30 AM
Coralgurl's Avatar
Coralgurl Coralgurl is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 1,894
Coralgurl is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by reefwars View Post
depends , you may get away with half you may need to go as low as a few inches depending on the fishes behavior, with tangs you can generall get away with a bit less then say gobies or wrasses.

i have 2 x 30g rubbermaids at the store you can borrow as well as some buckets if need be , hell maybe even a tank lol

shut off your skimmer and syphon as much to your sump as you can , same with your ato empty it and use it to hold SW from your display while you catch the tang, its a bit of work but guaranteed youll catch him.



another thing that has worked well for me in the past is to block off escape routes by stuffing garbage bags and eggcrate in every nook and cranny


gl


Thanks Denny. Off to search for bins. The fellow taking him is coming by tonight to try to catch him, so I'll start draining!
Reply With Quote