Anyone have a fish trap I can borrow that you can bring to the meeting saturday?

[raynist]

I need to get a wrasse out of one of my tanks. It keeps flipping over zoa frags and several of them have died. Ted (ACER) has one that I can borrow but I will not be able to get it until Monday. I would like to try to get it out this weekend since I will have more time.

If you have one that you can bring to the meeting let me know. I can trade a frag for letting me use it.

Thanks
Ray Nist

 

[Tswifty]

Have you tried using a water bottle. I made one of these to get a canary wrasse out. Just shot some food in it, and in he went. Took about 5 minutes to catch him.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/fish_trap.php

Stupid Chromis.

Inspection.

Success!

 

[SirusX1721]

2 liter pop bottle. Cut off top half and glue it back on inverted. put food inside the bottle and put in tank. Wait...lol

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/fish_trap.php

Just make the hole big enough for your fish

 

[raynist]

Thanks guys, I will give this a try to tonight.

 

[cloakerpoked]

IME, a 20 oz or 16 oz bottle works better for smaller fish. It can be tricky to get the one you want, but I've also used TJ's method with some success.

 

[raynist]

What type of food were you guys putting in the trap? Everything I put in sinks to the bottom and they can't see it.

I have had it in for two days, only thing I have caught is my serpent star.

 

[Tswifty]

I used mysis shrimp. My wrasse was nuts at feeding time. He actually was biting the outside of the plastic bottle until he figured out how to get in.

 

[TomNeely]

any luck Ray?

 

[raynist]

no luck....

 

[raynist]

I was able to get it out using ted's trap, took about an hour.

 

[ironwill723]

What wrasse was it again Ray?

 

[raynist]

I think it is called a red clown wrasse?

 

[acer]

good to hear you got it