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03-01-2009, 02:27 AM
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Wrasse wrangler - Queasy non-fishermen do not read
Ha! Sadistically, I'm glad to hear there is more of us out there! I was so bloody angry trying to nab my 6-line I almost drained my tank! I tried netting him, which didn't even get me close. Then I tried trapping him with a bottle similar to the cool plexiglass contraption posted. I tried for days and I kept thinking "How does one catch a fish?" Then it hit me...all those times going out with my Grandfather on the lake. Get some fishing line and a hook! I found a tiny hook and pinched down the barb as to not damage the fish when I pull it out(however I was so angry I was going to cook him up with some chips), and put just a tiny bit of his favourite shrimp on the end. I had the piglet out within 5 minutes after a quick jerk on the line and into the sump. The hook came out easily and didn't even phase him. He went to a nice home soon after (no I didn't eat him, and he lives in a nice aquarium).
Not the ideal way to catch a pet, but it was way less stress on his tank mates, and you dont need to tear down your system. 
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03-02-2009, 02:57 AM
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Well I finally caught him.
 No bait no hook no trap Just my brain power........ well ok shi* house luck. When I had him in my 60gal I had a large power head that I would see him swim out to every once and awhile looking for pods on the behind the powerhead. I took a powerhead and just placed it in the corner of tank and I sat in my computer chair and watched and waited, well after about 5 mins or so I see him come out of the rockwork and scoots over behind the powerhead well I jump out of the chair and grab the net I had sitting on the edge of the tank and pin the powerhead against the glass, then I just slid the net up and out of the tank powerhead and my 666-line in the bottom of the net. The fish gods were smiling upon me today 
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03-02-2009, 04:00 AM
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Why did you wanted him out, I just added one to my tank.
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03-02-2009, 05:24 AM
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If he was the last fish I added to the tank then I dont think I would have had the problem but he was the first. *note to self last fish not first fish  Last edited by urbanhellfire; 03-02-2009 at 05:27 AM.
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