How? Teach Me

[kee]

hi all i cant remove my demsel from the tank as they swim too fast and they keep hiding.. wat should i do? i currently have 8 fishes in my 2ft overflow tank. and i plan to get nicer fish and then remove the demsel but I canT~ i spend 1 hr and i cant remove it. help pls i do not wish to overturn everything as it will cause a sandstorm.

[SpiderOne]

ur problem is once faced by many many people in the past and in the present. Even im faced with it. Theres some things u can do . Take a skewer and try to skewer the fish. try to make a fish trap etc. use ur imagination .

[Giritharan]

Regading the Damels,, i took out about 2/4 of water from the tank to a pail, then i took out the Live rocks and put in the pail, Slowly i catch the damels, and give it to my friends,, Getting ne idea?? Trust me this method will only make the water get dirty very fast for a 1 hour or so.. later when all stablize again.. water will look crystal clear... depending your filter system, how much water does it take and cycle:)

Best Regards,

Giritharan

[flubberina13]

I used a big net to block off its path and used a small net to manoeuvre around its territory and it swam right in to the big net which I quickly used the other hand to take it out of the water. Whole process...five minutes...

Well...what counts is agility with your upper limbs ...

[dradttg]

Use this method that I used to capture my Red Coris Wrasse in my 2 feet tank.

1) Go buy a quarrantine box (I am using the net type).

2) Tie a rope on 4 corners of the box. (must be long enough to extend out of the tank)

3) Dont feed your fishes for half a day.

4) Lower the quarantine box into your tank.

5) Leave the box there for about an hour.

6) Get a frozen brine shrimp cube (do not unwrap it) and stick it to a twenty cent coin.

7) Poke a few small hole (not big enough for shrimp to come out) in the brine shrimp wrapping.

8) Lower the brine shrimp cube into the quarrantine box.

9) Wait....and...wait.

10) When you see enough damsel in the box, just put the rope.

11) You will know what to do next.

[stonefish]

Hee...i face this problem too.what i do is that i place some food in a big clear plastic bag tie with a string. n surmerge it into the tank.the greedy damsel will come out to eat n what u must do is be quick to lift up the bag.Got it !

[changfra]

Use this method that I used to capture my Red Coris Wrasse in my 2 feet tank.

1) Go buy a quarrantine box (I am using the net type).

2) Tie a rope on 4 corners of the box. (must be long enough to extend out of the tank)

3) Dont feed your fishes for half a day.

4) Lower the quarantine box into your tank.

5) Leave the box there for about an hour.

6) Get a frozen brine shrimp cube (do not unwrap it) and stick it to a twenty cent coin.

7) Poke a few small hole (not big enough for shrimp to come out) in the brine shrimp wrapping.

8) Lower the brine shrimp cube into the quarrantine box.

9) Wait....and...wait.

10) When you see enough damsel in the box, just put the rope.

11) You will know what to do next.

This method like last time when I was young, I use similar method to try to catch birds...

[Crab]

Hey Kee, my internet connection very slow leh. Waste my time trying to find out what's hiding in "How, teach me. fishes".

Be more descriptive in your title next time hor.

[kee]

crab sorry abt that. Thx for all ur help i will try the method later on.

[Clownfish]

Wow...

maybe i shld scheme to catch my domino as well...

[Dispar_Anthias]

MMM damsel... you gonna have ahard time catching