Help! Agressive Fish

Borderjumper · #1 11-27-2014, 02:03 AM

I once had a yellow wrasseI had to catch. I capped a piece of 1" or soo PVC pipe about 3-4 inches tall and put it up rite in the tank. After a few days the wrasse couldn't help it self and had to investigate. It liked it so much it started sleeping in there

lights off.. Fishnet over the top.. Wrasse caught

Peter Peng · #2 11-27-2014, 02:06 AM

Got a pic of what you did?
Was the PVC faced up, or on its side? That could acually work

kien · #3 11-27-2014, 02:38 AM

you have a biocube ? YOu can drain that sucker (into a tupperware container) right down to the sand. Scoop out the wrasse. Refill tank. Done.

K.

Borderjumper · #4 11-27-2014, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Peng

Got a pic of what you did?
Was the PVC faced up, or on its side? That could acually work

Upright

ReEf BoSs · #5 11-27-2014, 05:32 AM

Or a pop bottle cut open both ends and feed into it then net bottom once fish goes in or
My best tip is lights out and net they don't move much. Caught all mine this way.

input80 · #6 11-27-2014, 08:16 AM

Then I have a fish for you to come & catch Rick

, you can keep it too.

seabreeze · #7 11-27-2014, 08:48 PM

I have a fish trap but its way too big for a biocube. Go on youtube and search fish traps for reef tank. Cut a small clear plastic bottle (water bottle works great) and invert the top into the bottom. Have some mysis or pellets in the bottle. Wrasse should go right in there. They get too confused to swim out.

Here's a link on someone catching a damsel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym6MB...yer_detailpage

Best of luck!!!

ReEf BoSs · #8 11-28-2014, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by input80

Then I have a fish for you to come & catch Rick

, you can keep it too.

Tempting

! I had a clown fish i couldn't catch in my cube. Spent awhile trying my daughter said" try it with the lights off". So i turned them off and fish went to its corner and barely moved when the net was coming at it. Has kept working since with other fish. Ruglu6 showed me his feeding tube, fish will go right up in it then he would just net the bottom.

FitoPharmer · #9 11-28-2014, 02:26 AM

depending on the temperment of the fish, you might also try a mirror trap

Fish trap

this type of setup with a small peice of mirror at the back of the chamber can coax an agressive fish inside then you can remove the trap with a peice of fishing line