Damn Damsel!

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mikeguerrero

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Krystin,

Can you elaborate how long it took you to catch him? I'm really interested in hearing about the different methods used to capturing an unwanted fish.

I remember having to tear down my entire reef just to get my blue damsel, I was so mad :evil:

But once I had him out, I was so happy :D

Hope you had an easier time...

Mike
 
Krystin

Krystin

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Actually, I had a very easy time! I was at my night class and my husband did it all!

He said it was a b*tch, and he said he had to move the LR, but he didn't say how long it took or what method he used. I'll ask him when I see him.

Does it work to put some shrimp or something in a net and let it swim in to get the food? Or is it bad to use a net?

~Krystin
 
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cadeucsb

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by all means use a net, bigger the better. I think the damsel would be spooked enough by the net in the tank that it wouldnt pay attention to food inside it.
 
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incysor

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At this point I've only used a friends. It's a DIY, but it looks similar to this.

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem. ... uct=UL1511

You tie a bit of fishing line to the sliding door and put food in the back of it. when they go in you let go of the line and the door closes.

Here's a nice DIY trap.

I made a trap for 2.00 that caught my Lemon Peel.
A very smart fish.

I use a dollar store clear gallon plastic container.
I drilled a few holes around the container to make it sink along with a rock in it.

Then I found a plastic holed spoon that would sit right in the cover.
I then cut the handle of the spoon.

I attached the spoon end to the container with some plastic zip cords and driller holes, so it was loose and could flap open or closed.
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Then I attached fishing line to the top of the spoon, and through a drill hole on the container, so that when the string was pulled, the spoon sealed off the container. Made a top if you will.

Then I drilled holes in the container and used bent plastic airline tubing to form hooks, and hold the cotainer to the side of the tank.

I had a hole drilled on the top as well.

Through the hole on the top I dropped in his favorite food.

Sometime some would float off but he was very nterested in where it was coming from. 2 days later he would go right in and eat. POP!

Got it!

I hope this helps. It's cheap and it works. I know!

I am going to try and take a few pictures but I have never loaded here so I might not be able to figure it out. It's very easy and I am pretty proud I thought of it
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Pics of the trap.

http://groups.msn.com/MarkTank/shoebox.msnw
 
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mikeguerrero

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Brian,

Thanks, the literature was great I"d love to hear stories on captured critters wih these traps.

I could've used one so many times. Several damsels, dottybacks, pygmy angels have eluded me to the removal of all my reef for the capture.

My dumb fish that I have caught with a net are, Mandarin goby, percula clown. bi-color blenny and green chromis.

Mike
 
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incysor

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The only fish I've managed to net was my clowns. They're just such hogs that it makes it easy.

I've caught different angels, dottybacks, damsels, lawnmower blennies, and gobies with it. I've got a six-line wrasse, and a blue velvet damsel that need to be trapped out now.

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incysor

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Krystin said:
What are the reasons for needing to get rid of some of your fish?
~Krystin
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I bought both the six-line wrasse, and the velvet damsel because they're known to eat flatworms. I had an infestation of them after I bought some live rock from a guy that was tearing his tank down, and I got tired of looking at little brown spots on all my mushrooms. Well neither fish ate any flatworms. I ended up using flatworm exit to get rid of them.

The velvet damsel has to go because he's gotten huge in the last 6 weeks or so...Literally almost doubling in size. Consequently he's getting agressive.

The six-line is finally gotten to the point that it's not as shy as it was for the first 6 months or so, but they eat copepods, and are very fast and agressive swimmers. I want to keep mandarins again, and this guy would out compete them for food, so he's gotta go.

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Krystin

Krystin

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I bought some of the frozen cubed food (mysis shrimp and some other mix) I fed the sun polyps tonight, they are eating and looking real fat.

My question is: How do I know when they've had enough? One of the guys at the links you sent me to said he gave them two full cubes. I've only given them about half of one. My colony has about 20 larger polyps and then several small, new ones.

Another question: I read that every polyp has to eat or the whole colony will die. Is that true? I have some smaller polyps at the back that are hard to get at since they are next to the LR.

~Krystin
 
SkiptomyLou

SkiptomyLou

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Is your damsel a blue devil or yellow tail? They tend to be most aggressive - you can get a chromis or something along those lines that shouldn't be as pushy.
 
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