I freakin watched him do it!!!!

[nemofish2217]

Okay, so today i freakin saw my bi-color blenny swim up and take a chunk out of my green monitpora digitata..... HOW CAN I CATCH HIM????? The sob is so fast, and he wont go for the glass vase trick.... and unfortunatley his favorite hiding spot is in a rock that cannot be moved!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nemofish2217]

how can i lure him out in the open enough to snag him????? everytime i get near the tank with a net he flies to that hole.....

 

[AquaReeferMan]

Ha good luck man I have been trying to remove 3 fish from my tank for like 2 months. Lemme know if you catch him.

 

[nemofish2217]

is it going to be worth it to just buy one of those stupid fish traps?

 

[mbbuna]

just start giving them all there food from a net. put the food in the net, drop the net in, if they want to eat they have to go into the net. in a week or 2 every time you put the net in the fish will jump right into it

 

[Mr James]

I watched a friend of mine literally drop a fishing line with a no. 2 hook (itty bitty hook) with a chunks of meat on it into his tank and snag a pesky domino damsel. I didn't think it could work and even ripped on him for trying, but it did and he laughed at my expense. Otherwise, I have successfully done the lights off/flashlight thing to remove a killer yellow tail damsel from my 125. He killed so many fish that I didn't give him a proper burial. I sent him by way of the sewer system!!

 

[74nautique]

Use a small barb-less fish hook with some shrimp or krill on it, tie on some fishing cord and wrap around your finger and go fishing.

 

[jim.l]

If all else fails, go to a fly fishing tackle shop and buy the smallest hook they have. pinch the barb down or off and bait with shrimp piece. Go fishing near that hole.

 

[JackRent]

I use a tiny trouk hook and a chopstick for the pole. Works like a charm and it is more fun than moving rock and disturbing the rest of the flock.

 

[whiteshark]

I suggest something like a size 18 or 20 nymph hook. Any store that sells fly fishing stuff will have em. Make sure to remove the barb!! Yeah, talking fishing!

 

[zimmy1979]

For some reason everytime I picture someone fishing in their tank for a sneaky damsel I laugh.... Damn those fish are evil.

 

[Steffish]

The flashlight with the lights off has worked for me numerous times. It's a two person operation.

 

[nemofish2217]

thanks for your responses guys.... i am afraid to do the "fishing" trick because he is so small.... less than 3", that im afraid that i would tear him up with any hook. And the only problem with using the net with food in it, is that anytime i get anywhere close to the tank...esp if the net's in there...he will scram straight for his hole.....

 

[DocG]

I have removed numerous fish using the ultralife trap and I swear by it. You put the food right in the trap itself and not in the compartment that they have for the food.

The Trap

 

[dc_909]

Break down the tank and remodel the live rock when your done.
Thats how I got my Purple tang and brittle stars out.

I have an 80 so a 47 should be no problem

 

[ChickenCannoneer]

Here you go
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=707656

 

[kysmith]

I have a bicolored blenny who is so easy to catch. Everytime I put my hand in the tank he hides inside this rock that is right on top. So I pick up the rock and he never comes out HAHAHA what a stupid fish.

I guess that's not much help

 

[Porkibear]

If it hides in a piece of liverock that is "removable" (given there are no coral growths that connect any other pieces of liverock), I've caught my damsel twice by just picking up the rock and keeping the net under the rock while I slowly lift the rock out of the water. The fish realizes it is out of the water, so it ends up squirming down towards the net. Voila....fish jumps into the net.

The fish thinks it's going to be safe in the rock, so it usually stays in its hiding place unless it feels safe to make a beeline to another corner of the tank.

Otherwise, I'd try the fishing method mentioned above! Good luck!

 

[GraviT]

I had the same problem with my bi-color blenny. I solved my issue by attaching various digi frags to his rock. Now, instead of traveling around the tank and nipping, he just takes what's close by. Lazy fish I guess!

 

[Alaskan Reefer]

I recommend the Royal Coachman in #20.

LOL

Seriously, with a fish as fast and evasive as a blenny, you may end up tearing down. I took down my old 75 to get a strawberry pseudo out. What a PITA.