help catching a fish in a Nano!

[fdiddy]

I put food in a larger diameter tube.. if it's too small he wont go in.. when he goes in.. trap him on with your hands on both sides..

[marie]

If it's real cagey you could always drain the water into buckets, leaving all the rocks and corals in place, catch the fish and then pump all the water back in .Corals will be fine out of the water for a few hours.
I did that with my 175g when I had to catch all my fish it only took me an hour and a half from start to finish

[iansfishy]

thats a great idea! corals are really fine for a few hours?

[marie]

Corals are out of the water for hours at a time when the tide goes out but if you plan everything ahead of time then they probably won't be out of the water more then half an hour. I drained and pumped back in over 160g of water in an hour and a half.
The only thing you might want to do if you have sand in the tank is to make a little well at the front of the tank for the fish to go into so they don't hide at the back. I managed to catch 5 fish that way without moving a single rock