*&%*&' N Damsels

[organix]

How do i get rid of them?
I have a blue one with a yellow tail and a domino that are terorists. they ae beating my perc to death and I need any sugestions on how to rid my Nano of them without ripping out all my rock and corals?

 

[818]

Wait till they go to sell luckily both color variations you have like to sleep at the surface of the water.

Wait till one hour after lights outs. Get a vid cam put it on Green Effect(Night Mode) and snatch them with a net. Works for me every time

Last but I least recomend is chase them around till they get tired, wich usually happpens in 5 minutes. This can stress the fish but this sounds like an emergency..Do what u gotta do.

Sam

 

[organix]

My domino has adopted my LT Anenome in a big way and sleeps culed up with him and the blue and yellow has buried himself in a cave.
Ill do the chase.
Any other ideas, miniture speargun?

 

[opTIMus702]

drain most of the water out! super easy to catch them this way!

 

[thanhtan090982]

fast but hard - take everything out or
slow but easy - put a trap in there and wait

 

[ezcompany]

use a size 14 hook with mysis and a 1lb test

 

[C_alex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7808028#post7808028 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ezcompany
use a size 14 hook with mysis and a 1lb test

Sounds like this one work the best :rollface:

 

[john37]

you can put a frogfish in there for a while and after he's done his job he's easy to catch.

 

[wsun083]

why not just rent a fish trap from an LFS, lol. Sounds much easier than ripping apart your rockwork.

 

[PHATBEN]

or make a fish trap out of a 2 liter bottle ... that's what I did and it worked like a charm....

http://www.instructables.com/id/EDLCFKOYY8EPLK0ED1/?ALLSTEPS

 

[NicoleC]

Easy -- drain the tank. When you only have an inch of two of water, catching fish is easy.

 

[russ49merc]

I have a fish trap

 

[jdm0012]

I vote for the #14 hook and 1lb test.
It would be cool if you filmed it and posted!!

 

[gps]

Fish him out with small hook. My LFS told me to do it but I haven't done so. But it works. I Saw him did it.

 

[SirLight1337]

corner them on one side of the tank, drop in a peice of acrylic to trap em.

 

[ezcompany]

seriously, if you do it right it doesn't hurt the fish at all.

 

[debo]

I had a 6-line wrasse, and a yellow tail damsel that I wanted out. The wrasse was easy, he would fall for my homemade water-bottle fish trap every time. The damsel was much too smart for that!

I just didn't feed him for a few days, then put some food in a net. He swam right in the net to eat the food