Any suggestions on how to get my neon pseudochromi out!

[gasman059]

Well here it is again poor planning rears it ugly head into the hobby. I introduced this neon maybe 6 months ago and knew he was semiagressive but not to the extent I'm seeing now.
Recently got a couple of wrasses and one the RED head solon wrasse about two wks ago( last night I saw her for the first time- harrased by the neon - this AM dead!!!
Just recently got a red velvet(I think) from coralreefarm. And noticed the bully at it again.
The answer I probably know.Is there any chance i can trap this little sucker or just live w/o wrasses in my reef>

 

[ninjamini]

I find getting a fish out with any kinda rocks in there almost impossible. They are fish and they move fast. We move slow and the net moves slower.

 

[gasman059]

LMAO i know . Unfortunately I know this too well.

 

[macawmagic]

when i had to get my tang out i took about a 1/4 of the rock out (one side) and then waited for him to get on that side and then slipped in a perfectly cut eggcrate between the rock half and the side he was on...then he had nowhere to hide and it was just the trouble of netting him! only problem i see with that is unless the wrasse is big he might just swim though the eggcrate! Good luck!

 

[ninjamini]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9280017#post9280017 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by macawmagic
when i had to get my tang out i took about a 1/4 of the rock out (one side) and then waited for him to get on that side and then slipped in a perfectly cut eggcrate between the rock half and the side he was on...then he had nowhere to hide and it was just the trouble of netting him! only problem i see with that is unless the wrasse is big he might just swim though the eggcrate! Good luck!

Thats a great idea. If the fish is too small just put some nylon screen on the egg crate. The kind you put on a window.

 

[gasman059]

lol great story. I've heard worse LOL

 

[Rogger Castells]

I have a trap if you want to burrow

 

[gasman059]

Roger I'll take it man/!

 

[jeffbrig]

Syphon + large diameter hose?

 

[gasman059]

yikes- funny i've done this in the past and destroyed an old reef and rockwork, i'm trying the trap hopefully it will work since this guy its a pretty agressive feeder.

 

[Jon770]

I actually just got my purple-back pseudochromis out of my tank with the trap last week. I finally decided to try it and it worked perfectly. The first night I "fished" for about 2 hours with no luck...the second night i got him right away! The trap was a little expensive, but considering the fish i've lost because of that little bugger I think it was a good deal.

But I think the trap is hit-or-miss, because none of my other fish even went near it. But it's definitely worth a shot!

 

[jessp]

try the trap, otherwise rogger has other ways of getting fish out of a tank

 

[gasman059]

thx i'll be trying soon keep u posted. thx for all d replies

 

[bawla47]

i use only a trap to catch any of my fish, i think its the easiest way to catch them.

i used my algae magnet to hold the trap onto the glass in the tank, and would just feed inside it for a couple days to get all the fish used to it.

 

[reefsahoy]

spear gun!

 

[Rogger Castells]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9281423#post9281423 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jessp
try the trap, otherwise rogger has other ways of getting fish out of a tank

:uzi: :fish2:

 

[CiroFuentes22]

reefsahoy. das wut im talkin about. das how we do shiz. just spear him and das it. lol jk. ive used the trap like bawla47 said but it took about a week to get all the fish use to it and then BAMM i got my tang and damsil. WORD!

 

[pedromatic]

My neon loves to eat very expensive cleaner shrimp.