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Any suggestions as to how to catch a beaugregory damsel from a 100
gallon tank full of rock. Each time I'm nearly angry enough to start
pulling out the rock I take a few deep breaths and think better of it.
It is torturing his tankmates, all of which will willingly swim into a
net if bribed with food - I even tried a bit of shrimp on a size 26
trout hook - He stole the bait!!


Kevin

[Justin Boucher]

A good lionfish or grouper for a day or two will easily solve that
problem....

sorry, couldn't help it. =)

I've often wondered how to extricate certain fish from an established reef
system myself. There's the two net approach, but if they're deep down in a
hole, the second net isn't going to help much. I've heard of people using a
type of extractor (like the sludge extractor) where they would just put the
end up to the hole and pull or vacuum the fish into the tube. One of the
LFS uses this technique as a last resort. I'm not sure how dangerous it is
to the fish or what the device actually looks like, but it could technically
work.

Justin

> wrote in message
...
> Any suggestions as to how to catch a beaugregory damsel from a 100
> gallon tank full of rock. Each time I'm nearly angry enough to start
> pulling out the rock I take a few deep breaths and think better of it.
> It is torturing his tankmates, all of which will willingly swim into a
> net if bribed with food - I even tried a bit of shrimp on a size 26
> trout hook - He stole the bait!!
>
>
> Kevin

[Steve \Srfmon\]

I've heard of people using a wet/dry vac to suck out unwanted fish from
their tanks. I prefer a less extreme way. I use a trap. It's made by
UltraLife. It's basically an acrylic tube with a trap door that gets baited
with food. The downside is you have to be patient & watch for the fish to go
in there - then close the door.
A while ago I was curious as to what this item was -
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4309000106&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
It's a trap or an idea for a trap. I just was not interested enough to
spend the $0.99 to find out what it actually is. If you do buy it post it &
let us all know for the next time when we have a pesky fish that needs
eviction.


> wrote in message
...
> Any suggestions as to how to catch a beaugregory damsel from a 100
> gallon tank full of rock. Each time I'm nearly angry enough to start
> pulling out the rock I take a few deep breaths and think better of it.
> It is torturing his tankmates, all of which will willingly swim into a
> net if bribed with food - I even tried a bit of shrimp on a size 26
> trout hook - He stole the bait!!
>
>
> Kevin

[John]

>A while ago I was curious as to what this item was -
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4309000106&ssPage
Name=STRK:MEWA:IT
> It's a trap or an idea for a trap

They sell you 'plans' for a trap. I've heard this involves a 2 liter soda
bottle. Cut the top off and then place it back on the bottle inverted. From
this <=] to this >=]. Also you'll need to cut the mouth of the bottle where
the cap goes on to the size of your fish.
~John

[Tom Rhindress]

Recently had a similar situation with a 3 stripe damsel. Luckily I had
a bunch of gracillaria in the tank as cover and nutrient sink. Every
time I put a net in the tank, the offending damsel would either hide in
his favorite hole in the live rock (uncatchable) OR in the gracillaria
bunch. Turns out that there are so many intertwined branches in the
algae that I was able to scoop out the whole tangled mass, fish and all
before he could escape. Once I chased the damsel into the algae mass it
took less than 2 minutes to catch it.

Buy a clump, it provides cover for microinverts, grows rapidly (removes
lots of nitrates) and provides the added benefit of "easy" capture of
smaller fish.

Hope this helps,
Tom Rhindress

kryppy wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 02:56:46 GMT, "Justin Boucher" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>A good lionfish or grouper for a day or two will easily solve that
>>problem....
>>
>
>
> You might think that, but I have a beaugregory that has avoided my
> grouper for two months now. He's quite fast.
> He didn't seem so smart hiding in the LR that got him in there, but
> one look at the grouper devouring silversides and he seems to have
> gotten a PHD!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>sorry, couldn't help it. =)
>>
>>I've often wondered how to extricate certain fish from an established reef
>>system myself. There's the two net approach, but if they're deep down in a
>>hole, the second net isn't going to help much. I've heard of people using a
>>type of extractor (like the sludge extractor) where they would just put the
>>end up to the hole and pull or vacuum the fish into the tube. One of the
>>LFS uses this technique as a last resort. I'm not sure how dangerous it is
>>to the fish or what the device actually looks like, but it could technically
>>work.
>>
>>Justin
>>
> wrote in message
...
>>
>>>Any suggestions as to how to catch a beaugregory damsel from a 100
>>>gallon tank full of rock. Each time I'm nearly angry enough to start
>>>pulling out the rock I take a few deep breaths and think better of it.
>>>It is torturing his tankmates, all of which will willingly swim into a
>>>net if bribed with food - I even tried a bit of shrimp on a size 26
>>>trout hook - He stole the bait!!
>>>
>>>
>>>Kevin
>>
>



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[B]

wait till a few hours after lights out... take an intense
flashlight and find where this fish sleeps.. if its accessable
with a net or your hand go for it ... you may be able to blind the
fish with the light ( or with the help of someone else holding the
light ) if not another option is try the fish hook till you get him
... or your local fish store may have a fish trap you can borrow or rent
the latter is probabably the best in your case. just keep the fish
you catch in the sump or another tank till you get the one your
after


> wrote in message
...
> Any suggestions as to how to catch a beaugregory damsel from a 100
> gallon tank full of rock. Each time I'm nearly angry enough to start
> pulling out the rock I take a few deep breaths and think better of it.
> It is torturing his tankmates, all of which will willingly swim into a
> net if bribed with food - I even tried a bit of shrimp on a size 26
> trout hook - He stole the bait!!
>
>
> Kevin
>