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[Ram3500]

I still have no luck catching the little bugger. I have spent close to a hour each night trying to catch him but he is a cunning warrior. As soon as I get the net in hand he is on a full out defensive. His brain is smaller than a gran of rice but he is owing the tank. The only positive thing is my yellow tang resents his vibrant coloration and wants him dead . Unfortunately my pink lemonade polyps are fully retracted so he has moved on to my cali tort. Any one have a lion fish they would like to rent out for a week or two? Very frustrated
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[The Guy]

I'm told that when your tank lights are off and you shine a flashlight on them there blinded and you can snag them that way. Never tried it myself, but it's worth a try.

[toytech]

That works best after lights have been off for a few hours , then the fish are dormant and get stunned when you blast them with light . You can almost catch them by hand then .

[Animal-Chin]

I don't know your tank but here is how I got my 6 line out.

My tank is 6 feet long and packed full of rock and coral, I was NEVER going to catch this guy with traps or nets so I started a mini tear down. I took everything out of 1/3 of my tank, the coral and rock and left it empty. I then made a cheap plastic divider that was the dimentions of the width and hight of my tank that I could slide in to divide the tank. I put it half way in so there was still a large opening under it. I then chased the wrasse to the empty side of the tank but instead of catching it I slid the divider down and trapped him on the empty side of the tank. I could then easily scoop him out as there were no obstructions.

Then put the side of the tank back together. It was a pain but better than a full tear down. Some fish are just uncatchable.

[mrhasan]

This should work pretty well if you are desperate and want revenge:



Jokes aside, I have also read about the sudden flash of light. And apparently, red nets also help since fishes cannot see red that easily.

[soapy]

I got one of these guys out with a bit of 3/4 inch ID tubing using the syphon method. The syphon pull is pretty hard if the fish gets close to it at all he will get pulled through. I chased the fish around a bit with some grabbers until he settled in a place he thought was safe then I slowly moved the syphon to where he was and bingo he went down in a flash. This doesn't hurt the fish either.

[Borderjumper]

I caught a nasty 6 line once by using a mirror as bait in my little homemade fish trap, he couldn't stand not trying to fight with him self!

[Snappy]

Many fish are hit & miss. I have a yellow clown goby and love it but I have a 400 gal tank full of sps colonies so he seldom spends too much time in any particular coral.