Fish traps

I need to snare a purple surgeon. He's too big for my tank, and being
rather a bully.

Any recomendations, or good products for it?

Mike

One method is to start feeding him out of the net, and
then one day pulling him out with the net.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



wrote on 3/18/2006 7:50 PM:
I need to snare a purple surgeon. He's too big for my tank, and being
rather a bully.

Any recomendations, or good products for it?

Mike

Wayne Sallee wrote:
One method is to start feeding him out of the net, and
then one day pulling him out with the net.

He won't go near a net, though.

Mike
wrote on 3/18/2006 7:50 PM:
I need to snare a purple surgeon. He's too big for my tank, and being
rather a bully.

Any recomendations, or good products for it?

Mike

wrote:

He won't go near a net, though.

Put his food in it and leave it in the tank. When he gets hungry enough, he'll
get buddy-buddy with that net.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

George Patterson wrote:
wrote:

He won't go near a net, though.

Put his food in it and leave it in the tank. When he gets hungry enough, he'll
get buddy-buddy with that net.

The other fish will get it.

Mike

If the other fish get it, then he won't get it, so, he
will get hungrier, he will see that everybody else is
doing it, and will eventually go in the net.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



wrote on 3/19/2006 1:01 AM:
George Patterson wrote:
wrote:

He won't go near a net, though.

Put his food in it and leave it in the tank. When he gets hungry enough, he'll
get buddy-buddy with that net.

The other fish will get it.

Mike

Thats the way I finally wound up catching a solitary peppermint shrimp
that I wanted to relocate to another tank......I had no trouble at all
with the cleaner shrimp going right up into the net, but that
peppermint was sly and sneeky. I finally had to remove the pair of
cleaners first, then wait on the peppermint or I would still have been
doing nothing but feeding the cleaners.

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:08:03 GMT, George Patterson
wrote:
wrote:

He won't go near a net, though.

Put his food in it and leave it in the tank. When he gets hungry enough, he'll
get buddy-buddy with that net.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

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http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/fis...uariumtrap.htm
or
http://cgi.ebay.com/FISH-TRAP-Live-C...QQcmdZViewItem
or
You can use a pole with a #6 hook baited with some yummy algae and squid.

Bottom line, use a fish trap or like the others have said feed food above
the net and snag it.

This is the only reason I don't buy Tangs.
Beautiful fish, lots of personality.
Get TOO BIG for most aquariums.

Chris




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I need to snare a purple surgeon. He's too big for my tank, and being
rather a bully.

Any recomendations, or good products for it?

Mike

TheRock wrote:
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/fis...uariumtrap.htm
or
http://cgi.ebay.com/FISH-TRAP-Live-C...QQcmdZViewItem
or
You can use a pole with a #6 hook baited with some yummy algae and squid.

Bottom line, use a fish trap or like the others have said feed food above

Any recs on fish traps?

Mike

I never had to use one, but I would try the one from eBay.
Looks interesting and it's cheap.
I've bought from this seller before, honest guy.


wrote in message
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TheRock wrote:
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/fis...uariumtrap.htm
or
http://cgi.ebay.com/FISH-TRAP-Live-C...QQcmdZViewItem
or
You can use a pole with a #6 hook baited with some yummy algae and squid.

Bottom line, use a fish trap or like the others have said feed food above

Any recs on fish traps?

Mike