i need a little help!

[nemofish2217]

hey, i need to catch my bi-color blenny, apparently he is now finding my sps tasty.... i need some tips of how you guys have caught very fast fish that like to hide in rocks. I cant take apart my reef, so i was wondering what you guys have rigged up before to catch fish.....thanks!!

 

[whiteshark]

a net and patients.

 

[Lev F.]

j/k! Try using two nets and cornering him. Also, leave a net in the tank for a few days. put food in it. Once the blenny realizes that food always gets put in the net, when you feed it, it will go near the net and you can snatch it up.

 

[zenzence]

Thats really funny Dragonet_Dude!

Um I waited till he got really comfortable in his favorite rock and took the rock out and placed it in my QT tank or a bucket with tank water in it and he will swim out then grab get him.
Just out of curiosity are you feeding him well I had a problem with him nipping at my soft corals, I put a little dried seaweed on a clip and he hasn't touched them since. They are great fish give it a try before you get rid of it.

 

[Alexj716]

I've used this method twice and it has worked pretty good. Use a clear glass vase that has a smaller mouth then the bottom of the vase. Set it on the bottom of your tank at a little bit of an upward angle. Put a piece of food (I used a big piece of Silversides) in it with 1 or 2 hermit crabs (they start the feeding frenzy) and wait there for him to go in. You have to wait there watching and as soon as he goes in cover the opeing of the vase with your net. I've done with with a crazy damsel and a psudochromis. Good luck!

 

[whiteshark]

Wow, good idea. I never thought of that.

 

[Sk8r]

Be sure the glass vase hasn't had flower-decay-stopper used in it, or aspirin (a common flower preservative.) A wine carafe works great for this.

For a really aggressive fish, trying getting them to fight a mirror, and come up from behind with a net. Some gobies will get so mad they don't care.