Here is my plan...

Aquattro · #1 05-09-2002, 10:47 PM

As some of you know, I've been trying to eradicate a pesky tomato clown from my tank. He's gone a long time without food now as I'm feeding from the net. All my other fish eat from the net, except for a solar wrasse, which I can hand feed. Suffice it to say, the net trick isn't working.
Plan "B". Quickly drain the entire tank down to sand and dismantle whatever I need to in order to stick a fork in the little monster. Rebuild and fill tank back up quickly. Now, if anybody can think of why I shouldn't do this, please speak up!! Thanks!

P.S. I'm not really going to use a fork (I don't think)

StirCrazy · #2 05-09-2002, 11:18 PM

there might be another way.. if you take a mag drive 24, and put a hose on the suction end that you can move around and have the discharge going back to the tank you might be able to suck him out of the tank :D :D something like a binford gravel cleaner ;)

Steve

CHEAPREEF · #3 05-09-2002, 11:50 PM

And if he makes it all the way through the mag you wont have to feed your fish for a few days. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Clinton

Troy F · #4 05-10-2002, 12:01 AM

Brad, I tore down half the rock work in my 72gal and divided the tank with a sheet of plexi to get out a dwarf angel. It was a lot of work but it did work.

Good luck.

Aquattro · #5 05-10-2002, 12:24 AM

I like the gravel vac idea the best. I'm hoping he will follow the water and therefore I'll create a depression at the front of the tank. I'll keep doing the net thing until Sunday....if it doesn't get him, Sunday is "Plan B".

One_Divided · #6 05-10-2002, 02:24 AM

Shane was saying when he had to catch fish, he added dividers untill the fish was at the end of the tank.. if u could to that, you could move minimal rock and pull it off without any risks..

Aquattro · #7 05-10-2002, 02:27 AM

I'm hoping to get him to the front of the tank when I drain it. That way I wan't have to move any rock. There are a lot of little passageways in there, so if he goes to the back, I'll get the little one in there to grab him :-)

Silverfish · #8 05-10-2002, 02:42 AM

Just look at it as one big water change!!

Aquattro · #9 05-10-2002, 03:11 AM

Exactly!! And I need your help!! :D

Dez · #10 05-10-2002, 12:36 PM

A month ago I caught all of the fish in my tank without moving a sinble piece of rock. I have this little poker that I made with rigid airline tubing. I came downstairs to the tank that 3am when they were sleeping. And I used the poker to sort of herd them into the net. It took me all of 10 minutes to catch 7 fish. Another way is to get a whole buch of grocery bags and stuff all the holes in your rockwork so that the clown has no where to go. Good luck..

desmond