Bi-color gone berserk!!!

[wedgee]

Sigh, my bi-color blenny has gone on a clam-biting rampage, and he doesnt seem to be stopping, even though i always poke him with a stick when he goes near the clams...Now they are closed all day, and i'm afraid they'll starve to death sooner or later...

Why the heck is he doing this? And funny thing is, he's doing it to my newer and smaller clams, leaving my original big one alone!!

Now I'm trying to catch him, but with so many LR and corals around, it seems impossible without removing EVERYTHING in the tank (he is soooooo sly). To make things worse, traps and lure dont work, cause he doesnt eat any fish foods:

he's a head-banger for algae...

How? How? How?

[Hon]

How about putting your new clam into the trap to lurk the benny in???

[Phang]

How about putting your new clam into the trap to lurk the benny in???

For the moment, I though you were saying " why not put the clams into my reef and forget all about them...."

heheh....

[Hon]

I was thinking about that...but then, better don't take advantage of ppl lah.....

[piero]

My tank quite reef safe also... Can put here too. Lots of space.

[wedgee]

Alamak! Dont make fun of my situation leh...me now torn between trying out Hon's trap idea, tearing the whole reef apart, or selling off the clams...

Where can i find these fish traps, btw? I dont think the bugger will fall for it (he is soooooooo bloody clever), but I'm willing to give it a try cause me desperate!!! Any kind soul can lend me his just for this occasion?

[Dinosaur]

Alamak! Dont make fun of my situation leh...me now torn between trying out Hon's trap idea, tearing the whole reef apart, or selling off the clams...

Where can i find these fish traps, btw? I dont think the bugger will fall for it (he is soooooooo bloody clever), but I'm willing to give it a try cause me desperate!!! Any kind soul can lend me his just for this occasion?

Hey,

try this it works for me ....... but dunno your clam can wait for not ?

[wedgee]

Sigh, ya if it comes to this stage, then i will put all the clams into one large plastic trap like yrs, and hope the dope falls for it...Problem is he is very cunning, so gotta wait very long for him to fall for it... <_

[Chris]

Instead of trapping the fish and giving it away, why not use the same plastic tank, drill holes fro water to get in and use it as a shield for the clam. It may be unsightly for a while but after some time the angel will grow out of the habit of nibbling at the clam! Then you can remove the plastic tank.

In my tank, my flame loves biting off my clam too. I cannot bear to give away either. In the end I discovered that the mantle of my clam is growing back while it gets bitten off, so I'm leaving it to nature! It's been that way for over half a year and both still ok.

[wedgee]

Chris; I've actually thot of it coming to that situation too, and just to endure the unsightly plastic tank (thanx for suggestion), BUT the best solution just literally 'came' to me last nite!!!

I managed to catch the stupid bugger!!!

I was getting desperate last nite, and as the lights were out, I thot I'd try if the blenny was sleeping in its usual LR hole - I poked the entrance of the hole with a stick to trap it inside (praying all the while dat it WAS!), and slowly removed the rock from the tank.

At that moment, like divine intervention, the bugger swam out of nowhere and landed straight infront of the tank, under a rock!!! I slowly grabbed my 2 fishnets and trapped him, while using my fingers to guide him in...The dope was like on crack or something, and he just glided in, all the while looking stoned out totally...

...So ends the story of the berserk blenny - thanx for listening, and for all the suggestions and esp. to Sduu who offered to lend me his fish trap FOC

Oh ya btw, i spanked the bugger a few times before throwing him into my FOWLR tank...