How Do I Get A Nasty Damsel Out Of My Tank and Life???

[cuttingras]

Originally Posted by sparkienyc

i adopted a fiji blue that some one donated back to the store. i never asked why but just did..... in my 12 gallon salt tank he went with my clowns , shrimp, anemones and snails. when i moved to a 65 gallon tank he was the most difficult to remove (with all the live rock out and 2 nets)....

i did two things.. i did not feed any of my fish the night before the move, nor the following morning.......
once all the inhabitants less the damsel were out, i dropped in some live brine shrimp ( yes their natural tendancy to hunt and eat takes over.... ) i caught him with one net easily and put him in the refungium for 2 days where i continued to feed him ( mysin shrimp)......

after two days i scooped him out with a breeder tank and put him in the main tank......

depending on your other fish, you have to get something that will stand up to him once, as my bullet gobie did... he is fine...

i wish you luck, and please the hook or the tape is just too cruel... it is bad enough that people use damsels to seed a new tank rather than use a dead fish ( salt or fresh) from a local pet store....

+ Karma to you, VERY well said!

[Reefdiver72]

I have never had much luck catching dang damsels on a hook I got a trap from fosters and smith and put it in and they stayed clear of it. So then I left the lights off a little later and caught them right when I flipped them on while they were half asleep with a net.