Help!! need to catch my Tang

[bluetang]

I Need some help removing a very nervous yet agresive Yellow tang from my well established and packed reef.
I am thinking of going fishing for him but I know the other fish will want to take the bait too. A net seems out of the question as if I lift the lid on the tank he darts into the rocks.

Any ideas would be greatly apreciated.
Thanks
Rob

[DanG]

how about trying to get him at night?

[Joe Reefer]

I caught a goby a couple of weeks ago with size 24 hook baited with a mysis. Basicly put the hook where he was hiding and bam he was on the hook in no time.

[bluetang]

Yes I have done the same with a Tomato clown. Worked like a charm.
The problem I faced this morning with the fishing technique(sp) is the other fish want the bait more than the tang does

[EmilyB]

Make some kind of fish trap. I use a critter keeper. Drill a small hole in the door, and run some fishing line through it. Feed them in there for a few days or put some nori in it. Works for me.

[bluetang]

Originally Posted by EmilyB

Make some kind of fish trap. I use a critter keeper. Drill a small hole in the door, and run some fishing line through it. Feed them in there for a few days or put some nori in it. Works for me.

You might have something there
I will give that a go

[Xtasia]

I tried making a fish vacuum once with powerheads, cheese cloth, plastic cups etc... I'll tellyou man, it definitely didn't work!

what did work for me was when I put a laundry bag by the fishes favourite hang out (maybe put the bag below the nori clip then set the nori up). then pull the bag up around it while it eats or sits.

[MobyDick]

I would try something like a old Glass or plastic jar...Just take say a old peanut butter plastic container,Make a hole big enough for a fish line or rope to fit through,then tie a naught inthe rope say 2feet of lenth and kind a let it rest in the tank with food in it!the fish will enter for sure..then pull him up QUICK!Ahh I dunno hope it help's!

[Joe Reefer]

You could have someone else distract the other fish with food on one side of the tank and target the tang with the hook.

[Cap'n]

Put a large net in the tank around the area you usually feed the tang. Leave it there for a few days or so, until the fish gets used to it. Then scoop him up when he's not expecting it.