Replay of The Question and Answer Session With Mr. Saltwater Tank on 1/13/2014
Sometimes it is necessary to remove fish from your saltwater tank. Here’s a couple of ways to do it.
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Sometimes it is necessary to remove fish from your saltwater tank. Here’s a couple of ways to do it.
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Hate tearing my tank apart trying to catch a green chromis
Used to help cycle tank
Hi Mark, I’ve had great success catching fish using the clear plastic bag that that you get with your fish. What I’ve done is put food usually red worms in the back of the bag and allow the fish to swim in. Of course the difficult part is getting the fish you want in the bag this is not guaranteed. However I did it with my blue chromis, the ones that I used to cycle my tank and was able to catch all of them, there were four. The bigger the bag of the better, also you need to turn off powerheads or leave one on so that the water flows and keeps the bag “inflated.” The fish don’t seen notice the bag at least that’s what I think.
Question: have a saltwater tank 27.5 gallons or 125 litres weekly water changes 25 litres have corals starfish 2 true percular clowns and 2 zebra goby dartfish and 3 hermits, have live rock external filter cannister 1500litres per hr, nano slim skim hydor wave flow pump main pump and had rowe phos in reactor two little fishes cannister for about 5 weeks I’m having lots of green hair algie problems mainly on live rock done all correct feeding once- twice a day a small pitch at a time and waiting for food to be eaten but no direct sun light t5 lights on 7 hours a day not sure what else to do, of could advise on answers and questions Monday I know this is a topic covered a lot but my tank is new set up in August 2013 around 5 months thanks lee
I had to take the fish out cos they got Ich even though I quarantined them for 4 weeks. I draped fine netting over all the rock, attached it to the back and sides only leaving a small hole in one corner. Put food in waited for fish to swim to front of tank closed the hole and scooped the fish out. My fish wouldn’t go near trap, plastic bag or nets I was tearing my hair out till I found this method.
i can relate with the 6 line wrasse! i took the chance with it because it was so beautiful. it was fine with other fish, but started pecking at coral after feeding them. the coral would spit out their food, and the 6 line would take the food. grr…
i chopped the top off of a clear water bottle and inverted it. i weighted it down with some snail shells, and tied a piece of fishing line to it to raise it. it took about 12 hrs before the 6 line ventured in. i also did the happy dance :0) cheap trap that works!
On the reef chromis thing: I had the experience of the dominant fish picking on the others. What “solved” it, at least over the last 6 months was to put in 4 (58-gallon tank) smallish chromis, but all about the same size. It took some time and some posturing, but gradually they began to shoal and now (so far, knock wood, etc.) they’re doing okay. I read somewhere, too, that these guys have a high metabolism, kind of like anthias, and need to be fed small amounts several times a day. That also worked for me. Just make sure the other fish in the tank aren’t so aggressive at feeding time that they get all the food. In my 58, I have a couple of clowns, a firefish, and the four chromis. Chromis are really fun to watch if you can get them to shoal. And when it gets dark outside, even if the lights are still on, they start to “squirrel” down in my gsp and other soft corals. They sometimes take a bad rap, but I like them, especially for the size tank that I have. Disclaimer: I’m no expert, just a reef enthusiast. Hope this helps.
Hi Mark,
FYI, Not sure if it’s at your end but I’m unable to replay last weeks ?&A, tried numberous times but it only opens to a black screen.
Thanks,
Jim
Jim.. Mine did the same but I just clicked on the black screen and it started to play.. hope that helps
I’ve heard many times of Anthias killing each other off one at a time. Until it happened to me. I bought 5 beautiful pink Gems. You need to be extra careful to feed the runt. It will hide and not eat. The low man will drop off one at a time. Chromis will be seen picking the runt to death. The the Bartletts. Not so obvious until it’s to late.
A Hook, some line , a bobber, a couple of beers and a comfortable lawn chair.
Hey Mark,
I love watching your videos, I always hear you talking about using a quarantine tank. Could you possibly do a video or post a pic of your quarantine setup?
Tim…the beers slow your reaction time. The fish might get away! 🙂
Hi Mark. Mark Mark Mark. I’m surprised to hear you calling an Anemone an Anenome!! Also, (were you having a bad day?) you say as a last resort, to catch your problem fish with a hook, first remove ALL your other fish so they don’t get caught on the hook!!! Did you read that?
Funny, when I mention to people that I had to take ice fishing gear to get a very destructive Neon Demsel out of my tank years ago they don’t believe it. that bugger gave me a fight like as if he was a tarpon but I got him out. He was an aquatic gangster… Lol. Nice Video Mark. I’d like to see you try to catch a gobie in that tank….
Does anyone know if anyone sells a mini harpoon gun?!?! I’ve got a lovely Maroon Clown that I’ve had for 18 months. I say lovely, but he/she WAS lovely until I put a BT in my tank (250L) and now he’s taken ownership of the Anemone and the whole tank, terrorising all the fish except my Goldrush Tang who’s having none of it. I hate that fish now and would happily harpoon it!!!
Hey what about those clear acrylic traps I seen in the catalogs, if you put food in them and they get use to them. They should work too.