Catching a Black Domino

[JustinK]

Hi everyone,

Got a question, i was stupid enough to go buy a black domino 6 months back when i first started my tank. Now its becoming such a nuisance, i wanna get it out and return to the LFS... problem as we all know is that they are little brutes who are super quick ... anyone got any tried and tested way to get them out cos i cant seem to get them at all... anyone can help?

[Volitan]

What is the size of your tank and the domino? A pic of your setup may help. Actually I find them very nice...

[JustinK]

Here is the photo, its a 2 ft tank, the domino is roughly 1 1/2 inch... fellow now trying to chase my new royal gramma...hai... any help is greatly appreciated..

[ryz]

can put food in a net and lure it into the net.. worked for me.. but my damsels were very bold though..

[JustinK]

Tried that method leh, but the fella like damn smart... never wanna go near the opening of the net... bugger is driving me mad...

[Volitan]

can put food in a net and lure it into the net.. worked for me.. but my damsels were very bold though..

I am trying to get my clarke clown out too. Tried your method, but my clarke was too smart for that. I waited for it to get IN to the net, and it waited for the food to fall OUT of the net...

But I guess it's worth a try. It's a good method, and may work on certain fishes.

[JustinK]

Yah boy, same case for me... waiting for food to drop out of the net... fella has more patience than me... playing waiting game with me... fish traps wun work rite? dun tell me i gotta take out everything in my tank jus to get that bugger out...

[timzhiquan]

i had the same problem as you... the little bugger was chasing my fridmani.

eventually caught it at night when all lights were off. they dont sleep in caves so it's not that hard to get them at night.

[ben]

just get rid of them using whatever methods and all will be settled

[Volitan]

Anyone tried using acrylic container? I thought if the trap is transparent, it might increase some chances of getting the culprit.

[JustinK]

Roger that, shall put on my NVG (night vision goggle) tonight! thing is, they are black too... shall on small light to see how... the clock is ticking on that bugger...

[JustinK]

Volitan, tried using oredi, but i think they are more scared of your hand, unless you can think of a way to grip the container w/o putting hand into the water... but it didn't work for me leh... seems like gotta do it at night, caught my maroon clown the last time round using this method, they are pretty blind at night...

[ben]

LOL

[Volitan]

Volitan, tried using oredi, but i think they are more scared of your hand, unless you can think of a way to grip the container w/o putting hand into the water... but it didn't work for me leh... seems like gotta do it at night, caught my maroon clown the last time round using this method, they are pretty blind at night...

U mean catch them while in the dark? I thought fishes have better eyes compared to human at nite?

[Volitan]

Roger that, shall put on my NVG (night vision goggle) tonight! thing is, they are black too... shall on small light to see how... the clock is ticking on that bugger...

Try searching your domino using its white spots lah.

[JustinK]

haha, apparently not leh, you can try and see, you will realise that your net gets real close to them before they realize you are next to them. But dunno whether it works for damsels or not, those little devils you can try it and see

come to think of it, why hasn't anyone invented transparent nettings? use transparent acrylic rods and those transparent strings... would be a perfect idea leh...

[ben]

then u invent and all of us will buy, LOL

[JustinK]

true true, their white spots are like car's high beam... lol! aiyah, hopefully i can catch this one lah, then my headache all gone liao...

[ryz]

no use lah.. they sense better with their lateral line. and thats probably what alerts them first..

[patrick123]

I guess the lesson we can learn from this is: never put in anything that you cannot take out later on.....especially demsels.

[odi]

Caught my Purple tang thrice already.

1st time

Food in net

fish swin to food

fish in net

2nd time

Fish smarter already

Food in net

Fish never go near net

Food get out of net

Fish swin for food

Use net to catch fish

3rd time

Fish very smart

Always wait for food to go in between rocks

Fish asleep at 2am

Switch on light

Fish very blurr

Use net to catch

Just sharing my experience.

[JustinK]

Ok, thanks! shall try it later tonight...

[ben]

wow! odi, ur fishes has high IQ

[Volitan]

I guess the lesson we can learn from this is: never put in anything that you cannot take out later on.....especially demsels.

Then you probably end up with "corals only" tank.

[Volitan]

Caught my Purple tang thrice already.

1st time=> Food in net fish swin to food=> fish in net

2nd time=> Fish smarter already=> Food in net=> Fish never go near net=> Food get out of net=> Fish swin for food=> Use net to catch fish

3rd time=> Fish very smart=> Always wait for food to go in between rocks=> Fish asleep at 2am=> Switch on light=> Fish very blurr=> Use net to catch

OMG, tried method 1 & 2, but din work. Dun tell me got the try catch them @ 2 am?