Let the fun begin... I have a 90 gallon reef that got infected with Dino Flagellates, and was treated for several months which removed most of them, but then they just kept coming back during treatment, and killed almost all of my corals to the point of no return. An ich outbreak also happened and killed the following: Black Occelaris, Pajama Cardinal, Small Yellow Tang, Very Small Hippo tang, green mandarin. The sole survivor was a Melunarus wrasse, and I'm wanting to catch him and transfer him to a 20 gallon reef I have set up in my room that holds the "surviving" corals, and my first 2 fish, tomato clownfish. The tank will be very temporary, as i'm going to be giving it to my Grandma to put in her tank, and once that is done, im restarting my 90 gallon with new everything. Now the question is... How do I catch the thing!?
Catching a wrasse...
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Deinonych
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You need to treat the wrasse as it is carrying the parasite, even if it is not showing symptoms.
As far as catching it, I've used an AquaMedic fish trap for wrasses with great success.
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/aqua-...XEq4XgC55F4ok9lFvUyws7vH8e-nwWEXTEaAlk58P8HAQ
keepswimming
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I scare my wrasses into the sand, then net the sand where it is buried...
SoloChromis
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People tend to over think the whole trapping thing, and often invest in pricey fish traps, but I have had success by just submerging a plastic fish bowl into the tank (costs maybe $5), using a rock to keep it from rolling at all, and then squirting some food in there for a couple days, eventually motivating nearly all of this fish in the tank to venture in and when the culprit sneaks in I either yank the bowl out or quickly cover the outlet of the bowl with a net. This is how I've always trapped fish, including a Hoeven's wrasse that happened to be an especially crafty evil genius :blown:
