How do I catch a dragon wrasse in rock filled reef tank?

[WienerDog]

I got suckered in to purchasing this fish. I am relatively new to the hobby and was assured he would cause no problems. I am an idiot and you may be able to sell me a miniature tank raised dolphin. Anyway, he's not killing anything, but he is tossing my derasa clam all over and he is throwing sand ALL OVER my tank. He is still a juvie, about 3". He has got to be the smartest fish in existance. I cant catch him. I am trying to locate where he sleeps in the sand at night and go in after he buries himself. I tried the home made bottle with inverted top...looks at me and curses at me. Gotta get him before he puts me in rehab!!! I am not pullin the rock out...just yet.

 

[nivram]

Try putting live brine or ghost shrimp in your trap. If that won't work find a sliding door trap and do the same. If the fish won't go in. Start feeding your fish onthe trap. Eventually it'll get comfortable and go inside.

 

[Death by tang]

I would put brine in a trap and trap him that way

 

[Recty]

Yep, put a small crab or something into a glass jar and have a way to quickly move it up out of the tank when the wrasse goes into investigate.

 

[Dr Colliebreath]

You can drain a large portion of the tank into containers and cut down the fish's ability to get away while you net it.

 

[cmacias6819]

How catch a Dragon Warase

How catch a Dragon Warase

I used a fish bag filled it with water, fish was so curious it went right in the bag.:beer: Quick catch...

 

[davidfrances]

Size 26 fly hook baited with a tiny piece of krill