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Old 05-28-2013, 12:30 AM
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depends , you may get away with half you may need to go as low as a few inches depending on the fishes behavior, with tangs you can generall get away with a bit less then say gobies or wrasses.

i have 2 x 30g rubbermaids at the store you can borrow as well as some buckets if need be , hell maybe even a tank lol

shut off your skimmer and syphon as much to your sump as you can , same with your ato empty it and use it to hold SW from your display while you catch the tang, its a bit of work but guaranteed youll catch him.



another thing that has worked well for me in the past is to block off escape routes by stuffing garbage bags and eggcrate in every nook and cranny


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Thanks Denny. Off to search for bins. The fellow taking him is coming by tonight to try to catch him, so I'll start draining!
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Old 05-28-2013, 12:34 AM
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Have you tried a fish trap? You might have to wait a while but it sure beats the full tank dismantle.

If I can catch a Golden Dwarf Angel in one I'm pretty sure a sketchy tang should be pudding.

I have one your welcome to use, either you can pick it up or I work right next to Concept.
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Old 05-28-2013, 12:55 AM
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Have you tried a fish trap? You might have to wait a while but it sure beats the full tank dismantle.

If I can catch a Golden Dwarf Angel in one I'm pretty sure a sketchy tang should be pudding.

I have one your welcome to use, either you can pick it up or I work right next to Concept.
Thanks! If this doesn't work tonight, I'll take you up on the offer. So far I've got a Rubbermaid, salt bucket and 2 5 gl jugs filled. Looking for another Rubbermaid, that should take me to almost half full.....
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Old 05-28-2013, 01:12 AM
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could have also tried the "hole stuffing" method.....when the tang is out and about you can slowly start stuffing the larger holes in the rock work with crumpled up plastic bags thereby eliminating some of his escape routes.
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Old 05-28-2013, 01:35 AM
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I have a red net, the fish can't see it, it works great
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The crumpled bag trick has worked very well for me in the past.
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