How can i kill my flame angel !

I caught mine using a 1 liter bottle. Cut the end off, turned it around and made a hole in the back to add food.
10 mins later had fish caught.
He now resides in a 20 long and is eating xenia happily.
 
Starving a fish will only FORCE it to find an alternative food source. If you keep most angelfish well fed they will do very little actual damage to corals.

If you really want him out, catch him.
I train all of my fish to do this:


Hah, the regal angel at 25 seconds trying to eat mysis from outside the container, that made me laugh :)
 
It cost me about 10.00 to make. I used scrap from a local acrylic shop. Very easy to do.

And trust me its not genus, just comon cents/ LOL

~Michael
 
This method works and will not harm your corals.
1. dig a small hole in the left front corner of your tank.
2. get some stiff plastic grid big enough to close off a foot-wide or smaller triangle involving that corner. DO not use it yet.
3. get a Rubbermaid brute trashcan. Pump your tank water into it. Fast.
4. Herd the fish into that corner and use the plastic grid to keep him from leaving it. Now net your fish.
5. If this failed, remove the grid, and keep draining the tank. Ultimately the fish will have to go to that low corner to get any water. Generally you will catch the fish in the triangle long before you reach the last water. But if you have to, you can drain it all the way, then quietly net the offending fish and put him in your sump, where he should be safe. Trade him to a friend.
Temporary water loss does not hurt sps: it's just a low tide. They can be that way for an extended period. Do turn your mh lights out.

Once the fish is caught, re-water your tank by reversing the pump---break up the flow by aiming into a small glass bowl and you will not harm the corals.

I caught a ribbon eel in a reef by this method. No damage to corals or eel.
 
Hi

I have flame angel and its in my SPS tank and start to nip on all my corals ! i use fish trap and i can't catch him , i don't feed him from two month and still healthy and strong ! how can i kill him :)

Every good source I know of warns about Flames in reef tanks. Lots of folks try; I don't know why (well, I have an idea why); there are plenty of reef-safe wrasse that are just as colorful. I think a Flame can thrive in a tank with plenty of MATURE LR without ever being fed; especially when supplemented by coral. Plenty of MATURE LR is also the main ingredient in keeping a Flame in a FOWLR, IMO&IME. Here's a cut & paste of something I've posted on this, and other sites for years. It works.


s may have been me, I always suggest this; but most people think its
silly...until they try it. Tiny hook (hair hook, used to catch bait. Flatten the
barb and bait with a bit of raw shrimp..after the little monster has been eating
it for a day or two. A lfs called me several times, when I I lived in another
state, to help them get unwanted fish out of customer's tanks (almost always
damsels). I never failed, nor hurt a fish (much). I think this one of the most
common questions on this forum. I suspect it is often the result of lfs selling
damsels as "cycle starters".. I'll bet I've posted this reply 20 times; I'm
going to copy & save it...I type very slowly. BTW, I never heard from anyone
that tried this and failed, but have heard several success stories. IMO, it is
no big deal on the fish, far less stressful ,(on the damsel AND tankmates),than
tearing a tank apart.
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That fish is living in its food source now, it WILL NOT STARVE, just eat your Reef! Feed more, than try to trap it again & give the trap more time.

Sincerely,
Matthew
 
use #16 fly fishing hook and some proper sized line .004 and be sure to tie a triple knot so he wont pull off the hook . spear a piece of PE mysis shrimp over the hook and do some fishing . it works great and if you dont want to hurt the fish deburr the hook and pull him out with even pressure . be sire if you remove the barb to keep good tension on the line when he gets hooked as he can spit the hook out if you let it loose . it really is easy and also fun too !
lesson learned ,never purchase a fish that you are not 100% sure of it's compatibility .
 

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