How to catch a large fish in a reef tank

xtreme · #1 04-10-2009, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by marie

I've read that you can use a mag float to hold it in place against the glass. I was going to build one to catch my regal angel.

I've had success catching a couple dwarf angels this way. Also caught my yellow tang numerous times, even though I wasn't trying to.

my2rotties · #2 04-10-2009, 12:30 AM

I had three larger sized live rocks on top of the trap... she is just that big and strong. I have had it in for three days now and have done all my feeding from it aside of the puffer food. She is much longer then the trap and was stuff in there like a sausage.

She is a nice fish but has the bioload of four fish. Doubling in size in four months has me concerned. She will still get bigger. Very peaceful and quiet... until you get her in a trap. There was water all over the place, and I peed in my pants just a little bit...

Skimmerking · #3 04-10-2009, 12:50 AM

Diana I know with all the fofaces that i have had i caught mine all at night. fox faces will sleep towards the top of the water like mine did. if so just wait til you see the lights go off and I had a night light tin my tank a blue one, it was very hard for the fish to see me.
Then I waited and then netted or use the contaienr and it was done. PM me your number I will talk to you about how easy it is for foxfaces too.

Delphinus · #4 04-10-2009, 01:50 AM

What trap did you use in the end?

my2rotties · #5 04-10-2009, 02:13 AM

I bought the one at Red Coral from Kevin... I believe it is the same as what he loans out to people. It is bulky to get into a reef tank, the door is picky, and the line for the door smnaps (just changed it though). It works well and I did all my feeding out of it for the last three days. I have it on the bottom but notice if I wanted my wrasses ot chromis I would have suspend the trap up higher.

It was $55 and is money well spent if you have a lot of fish.

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

What trap did you use in the end?

fishoholic · #6 04-10-2009, 02:24 AM

Glad to hear you got your "tuna" out of the tank. Hope you can get foxface too.

karazy · #7 04-10-2009, 04:22 AM

great job diana!

Im sorry but i couldnt understand which fish the tuna was. was it your sohal?

im pretty sure you ment another rabbit, and if so, was it that big yellow one that was in our long tank?

my2rotties · #8 04-10-2009, 02:09 AM

The foxface is getting hungrier as the night goes by... I am in no rish to get her out since her new home is not ready for her yet. She would go into my 90g until she can go to her new place. I am not too concerned about her right now.

I am just so happy the big tuna is now out of my display... I still can't believe I pulled it off. Need to polish the horse shoes in my butt. I agree with how they sleep but when they live in a back corner under a rock. We have so many corals and damageables that I have no chance of netting anybody.
The fish trap actually works but it is touchy sometimes and I missed getting the foxface once already.

It was a well spent $55 though. I have two damsels, a clownfish and the giant tuna to take to the LFS tomorrow.

Thanks for the help Lance!

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

Diana I know with all the fofaces that i have had i caught mine all at night. fox faces will sleep towards the top of the water like mine did. if so just wait til you see the lights go off and I had a night light tin my tank a blue one, it was very hard for the fish to see me.
Then I waited and then netted or use the contaienr and it was done. PM me your number I will talk to you about how easy it is for foxfaces too.