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02-04-2008, 09:19 PM
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#11 (permalink)
| | Tassled File Fish
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
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i recently got two bluefin damsels out of my tank with a net. i didnt feed them for two days, held the food under the water, when they came by in went the net. | 
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02-04-2008, 11:33 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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I luckly started out with a pair of yellowtail blue damsels. I love their beauty and activity.
With four damsels and a pair of maroon clowns. My tank is no place for overly passive tankmates.
Usually moving about so quickly I can never seem to get a clear shot of one when taking pics. This is one from yesterday morning.
Can't imagine trying to catch one of these guys with a hook in a busy tank.
Fish trap would work best.
I have used the fishing technique once to catch a large blue hippo that had outgrown tank. Worked quite well.
If doing so, make sure to use a barbless hook or you will injure fish more then necessary. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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02-04-2008, 11:55 PM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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reminds me of the last mythbusters episode i saw about shooting fish in a barrel lol.they prooved its really hard until they broke out the auto lol.i love myth busters.yeah i have a chromi i think i'll use the fish hook method even though its not as exciting.
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02-05-2008, 04:54 AM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Williamsville, NY
Posts: 257
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Dynamite! Works much better than the gun.
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02-05-2008, 06:23 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Okinawa Japan Age: 26
Posts: 170
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take a clear glass jar, situate it so the mouth of the jar is surrounded by rock (like a cave)
chase the fish to the seemingly safe cave and they get stuck in the jar. use the rubber bulb from a turkey baster to plug the jar opening and voila! out goes fishy for 0$ | |
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02-05-2008, 07:03 AM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 196
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I used a little trebble hook to get mine out. Not tiny, one you'd use for catfishing or something like that. just set it in a cave where i knew he swims by now and then. had the fishing line hanging out of the tank. enough line where i didnt need to be close to the tank to spook him. he swam by, i yanked and he was out. =) tossed him in the blender and fed him back to my fish....circle of life and all. | |
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02-05-2008, 08:17 AM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
Posts: 4,917
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Originally Posted by 2t2_crash  take a clear glass jar, situate it so the mouth of the jar is surrounded by rock (like a cave)
chase the fish to the seemingly safe cave and they get stuck in the jar. use the rubber bulb from a turkey baster to plug the jar opening and voila! out goes fishy for 0$ | That sounds better on paper. If it has worked for you in the past, more power to ya! _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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02-05-2008, 02:59 PM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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I had to pull all the freakin rock out of my tank. Another advantage of a nano!!!! Less rock to remove..... lol _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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02-05-2008, 05:38 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Okinawa Japan Age: 26
Posts: 170
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69 That sounds better on paper. If it has worked for you in the past, more power to ya! |
worked excellently for me capturing two blue damsels and a sergeant major and I had tried everything else.
course i just have a tiny 55 gal  | |
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02-05-2008, 06:10 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fairbanks Alaska Age: 28
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I had to take all the rock out of my tank, I had two yellow tailed bastard fish and they killed my first pair of clowns. good riddance. Im not cruel though, i took them back to my LFS for, of course, no credit. Lot to love Fairbanks, competition could be great for this place..
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