Foraging Coral Beauty

[tahojones]

Hi Guys.
I'm at a loss to rangle my coral beauty without tearing up my coral. Sooooo, does anyone out there have a fish trap they could loan me for a day?
This fish is lovely to look at, and I was told that it may or may not nip at corals........ Well I bought it and at first, no problems. After I had her about 5 months she? started eating my coral...

If you have a fish trap, I'll come get it and bring it DIRECTLY back.

Thanks, Linda J.

 

[poolkeeper1]

The Club has one PM Zef about it.
Bill

 

[Pickupman66]

Linda, Go buy a 3 liter of the cheapest soda and pour it out. Cut it just past where it widens out fully from teh neck and then cut the neck off jsut big enough for the little bugger to get in there. invert the top end you cut off into the bottom. Dont forget to remove the label. I poked a pair of tiny holes and tied the two halfs together with fishing string. then I tied a 6 foot piece of fishing line to it and dropped it into my tank. cut a small feeding hole in the body and ONLY feed in that trap. the fish will go i ther ewithin a day or two and you can just snatch it up to the top trapping the fish. Melanie Caught our bi-color that way and it was pretty darn easy. she actually caught him 3 times but he escaped because she was not ready . I would give you the trap I made if you lived close.

Oh and if you dont have enough room to get it in there, use a smaller bottle...

 

[shirley386]

A very small fish hook baited with a piece of chicken will work wonders.

 

[tahojones]

Thanks to ALL. Think I'll try the bottle trick first. This fish is always flitting around in and out of small spaces.

LJ