6lines..

seashells · #1 09-22-2006, 06:15 AM

Try moving rocks between tanks. Ours hid in the rock. Next thing we knew he was in the other tank.

Shellie

Cap'n · #2 09-22-2006, 05:36 PM

I have a similar problem, blue velvet damsel. Worked his way up the chain to #2 and is now challenging the purple tang for dominancy. I have tried to get him used to a big net hovering over or in the tank during feeding for the past month. Right...wishful thinking. Going to try the hook next.

Keep the tips coming, Tony. The one about trying while the lights are on seems to be a good start.

Delphinus · #3 09-23-2006, 05:18 AM

And here are tonight's lessons.

1) It's really hard to feed a piece of mysis onto an itty bitty (1/8") hook.

2) When they say that fish don't see a fishing line, that probably doesn't take into account that actinics will make the line glow blue. They darn well see the line.

3) They're not all that dumb either.
First try - mysis fell off.
Second try - CBB comes and eats the mysis off the hook.
Third try - mysis gets stuck on carpet, carpet eats the mysis.
Pull hook out. Oh yeah, that reminds me of lesson #4.

4) Don't slide your fingers along the fishing line as you pull it out. Continuing with story..

Pull hook out of finger. Put new mysis on hook.
Untangle fishing line from shirt button. Notice that mysis fell off. Put new mysis on hook.
Tang goes for the mysis. Sit and watch in frozen panic. Swims off. Whew.

By this time, both the CBB and the tang realize that when they see the string with the rock attached, that there's a tasty treat on the string. Unbelievable, at this point I can't even "shoo!" them away with the net.

Attempt #3 goes tomorrow, I might try when the halides are on and turn the actinics off so that the glowing fish line is less of a factor.

Although at this point I think I need some better bait. Anyone have large mysis to trade for some small mysis??????

wayner · #4 09-23-2006, 06:17 AM

This is Hilarious

Doug · #5 09-23-2006, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by wayner

This is Hilarious

Agree. Yer cracking me up again Tony. The suggestion about removing the rock he hides in ,{if possible}, sounds good. My friends does not move from his rock when we have taken stuff out for whatever reason.

By the way, his 6-line is several years old & HUGE. he considers it the feature fish in his 180, besides his large Regal. Seems pretty docile.

Cap'n · #6 09-23-2006, 01:45 PM

What if you dumped a bunch of mysis in to get a feeding frenzy and distract the other fish then strategically drop the baited hook by the target?

Delphinus · #7 09-25-2006, 04:41 PM

Wrasse - 3
Me - 0

I almost hooked him on Saturday, but it didn't take. Anyhow, he's now so completely suspicious of the rock, whereas the others have all completely associated it with "tasty mysis treat on a string" that it's more or less a doomed endeavour now.

It'd probably be easier if my CBB and flame hawks in particular weren't such mysis fiends. My tang, he's not so much into the mysis per se, but he's so in tuned to "the hand brings food" notion that he's chomping at the rock I use for a line weight as soon as it breaks surface.

As for the feeding frenzy ... it might work but the wrasse is so much in perpetual motion that he'd just go for the easy pickings of the frenzy instead of the one mysis hovering on a string.

He's very suspicious of the mysis that doesn't move whereas the others are all "Cool! A mysis that doesn't move!!". He comes up to it, eyes it, you can even sort of see him thinking "Something doesn't feel right about this. I'm outta here!" Whereas the others will happily gulp it down if given the chance.

Oh.. as for moving the rock he's in .. that might work, if I could get whatever rock he's in. He never sleeps in the same spot twice, and when he's not sleeping he'll just move from rock to rock. He is the most active swimmer I've got in there, just constantly on the go. Never stops for more than 1 second. It's like a toddler with ADD or something.

Oh well .. at the moment his aggression to the newcomer seems to be abating a little, so the urgency is coming off. I might try a wait and see approach, but I might also try a trap. We'll see what this week brings..

OCDP · #8 09-25-2006, 09:00 PM

Heh, this is pretty entertaining..

Don't you hate it when time comes to catch a fish, it's always such a challenge (IMO) [and I have a 20g tank!] . Also, notice that the fish your trying to catch is always so suspicious of what's going on, and all the others happily wander in to your traps... yeah, that's pretty annoying.

Good luck sir.. keep us posted.