Sleeper goby found in corner overflow

[travis32]

SO, my sleeper goby is found in my coner overflow tonight. I can't really get a net or well anything in there because of the canpy. Are the overflows siliconed in can I somehow pull it off? Or wait for the fish to jump over the overflow?

I'm target feeding him now. I just don't know how to get him out, if he gets into the plumbing, he could possibly be big enough to clog things up. If he's not, then at the very minimum, it'll be impossible to get him out of the sump... equipment, sand, etc.

open to any suggestions!

 

[olemiss reb]

Have you tried a slurp gun?

 

[travis32]

Sorry, but huh? Slurp gun? That's a new term for me. I'll google it as well, but what is it? Found them, that would probably work. $70.00 though on ebay. Ugg.

 

[olemiss reb]

essentially a vacuum that sucks the fish into the pipe, pretty efficient fish catchers. They can reach places where a net is not practical.

They are easy to make for under $20. Instructions should be an easy google search. somebody is trying to get rich selling that for $70

 

[SushiGirl]

When mine did it an hour after putting him in the tank, I had to take out the standpipe, cover the opening with the small net that was worthless for fishing him out with (so he wouldn't end up in the plumbing), stand on a chair, and fish him out with my hand (my hand/arm was the only one that would fit). That's how he earned his name, which I'm not allowed to post here. Just call him AH for short LOL.

 

[travis32]

Thanks SushiGirl. I have one of those python hoses, where the vaccum end is like a 3" opening. I was thinking of trying to trap him with that. I thought about trying to get a siphon started and just siphon him out. (Hopefully not injuring him when he gets to the hose..)

The other option I thought of was to use the vaccum end to trap him, then try to slide something underneith the vaccum and pull him out that way. Not sure how effective that will be though.

I wish he'd just jump back in the tank, but, there's too much stuff in the way for him to get a running start. With the standpipe, and stuff.

 

[dkanka]

Find someone with long skinny arms who can reach in-between the standpipe.

 

[travis32]

Well, I caught him.

I had to dismantle the standpipe, find a short square net, and slowly got the net into the corner overflow, and after pulling the stand pipe the water level went down so I was able to more easily capture the fish, and pull him up with the net allowing gravity to do it's work.

He's back in the tank and sand sifting now... Hopefully he stays there.

 

[SushiGirl]

Congrats! LOL

 

[travis32]

I stressed the poor thing out quite a bit. but, he probably wouldn't have been too happy living in the corner overflow for a long time.

Thanks for the help sushigirl. I wasn't sure how to remove the standpipe and didn't know how easy it was, so, your suggestion of removing it was kinda a light bulb moment. LOL.

 

[SushiGirl]

Yeah, we were scared to death when we removed ours, but the guy who set it up for us had to remove it once cuz it was leaking, so we knew it could be done. What was bad was I had put pantyhose over the overflow before we put him in, but it wasn't tight enough so he landed on it & slipped right in!

 

[jakearoe]

Nice work.

I feel like I have fish in two of my four tanks that are addicted to the adrenaline rush of the overflow. Here is my list of fish that have ended up in the boxes...most several times:

Midas Blenny
Oc Clown
Diamond Goby
Striped Blenny
Sharknose Goby
Yellow Assessor
McCosker's Wrasse

My Midas was in the box for two weeks, he would hide in the plumbing - so I thought he was a gonner - but decided to remove canopy and check one last time. Caught a brief glimpse of him before he disappeared into the tube. Sent him through to the sump and he recovered quickly.