lamarck angelfish (1 Viewer)

[HongT713]

Has any one kept a lamarck angel fish in a reef tank with sps before? Iv never had any problems with my sps or corals in the past till i added the angel. Has not touched the sps when first introduce but after 3 weeks it has nipped and killed one of my sps frag now its going for a colony of sps and a colony of my chalice. Whats the best method in getting this angel fish out of a tank my size? thanks

 

[mike13oy]

Drain the damn thing and get the fish out..lol

I need to drain my 300g to get 25 yellowtail damsels and 6 sergeant major damsel out..lol

 

[HongT713]

mann thats too much work mannn.....i may consider it though cause i do want to redo my rocks. Why you taking out the yellowtail damsels are they causing problems in your tank mike?

 

[mike13oy]

they dont do anything, i just want to take all damsels out of my tank. lol

they eat and poooop to much..lol

I got about 20 sergeant major damsel out already and i need to get 6 more.
This 6 are smart, the know not to get in the trap.

Them yellowtail (way smarter) refuse to go near fish trap.

lesson for me to learn. Damsels= lots of eating and pooping.

 

[HongT713]

Lol if u dotn want the yellow tail lmk man ill add them in my tank i just added 10 last night =)

 

[flexrac]

man i just took my tank apart to get a damsel out, he was smart as heck, would go near the trap but not in. then i tried a net with food, did not work, then i tried the old just let the net sit there and when it comes near swift swing to catch him, did not work. so i had to take all the rocks out. hong get your diving gear on and go for a swim brother.

 

[nicky]

get a fish trap. only way to get them out without tearing your tank apart.

 

[flexrac]

ummmm, fish trap don't always work, some fish are way to smart for those. he'll catch a lot of fish before he catches the one he wants. not knocking a trap, just not bullet proof.

 

[reeftopia]

Hong Had one for 2 yrs he never bothered anything. My fish trap really works well on damsels when you use brine shrimp as the bait. Have probably 30 damsels but last yr bought 8 of a species I didnt have. They tore up the sand bed on the tank for 3 weeks before I used the trap to pull them. did take 2 days

 

[fishcraze]

I succesfully caught two damsels out my tank before using the tiny hooks ( from Academy) with a mysis shrimp as bait. The hook will work with almost every fish. However, you have to be carefully not to hook the wrong fish or you may just caught the more aggressive eating fishes out with a fish trap first to make it easy to get the damsel.

 

[Raymond]

i have a spear gun cuzz LMK

 

[HongT713]

Man the lamarck angel officially is the one i see him nipping at all my sps now he keeps going for the same colony majority of the time.

I succesfully caught two damsels out my tank before using the tiny hooks ( from Academy) with a mysis shrimp as bait. The hook will work with almost every fish. However, you have to be carefully not to hook the wrong fish or you may just caught the more aggressive eating fishes out with a fish trap first to make it easy to get the damsel.

i think i will try the hook thing cause this angel is a aggressive feeder

 

[HongT713]

man i just took my tank apart to get a damsel out, he was smart as heck, would go near the trap but not in. then i tried a net with food, did not work, then i tried the old just let the net sit there and when it comes near swift swing to catch him, did not work. so i had to take all the rocks out. hong get your diving gear on and go for a swim brother.

lol i did dive into my tank once toget a blueface angel fish out of my tank and was not able to see anything (didnt wear goggles) when i got out the tank i felt like i got sun burned from the metal halildes not a good thing to do again = )

 

[RGH69]

Hey Hong,

If you do the hook thing, take video and post it up.

 

[HongT713]

heh ok i will ill try to do it this week should be interesting hope i dont hook my prized fowleri tang = /. Will try to make a video of hooking the angelfish and vlamingi tang one fo them should bite

 

[mike13oy]

I like to try the hook too but my tangs will be the first to get hook. lol
So hook will not work for me.
I want your vlamingi tang Hong.

 

[HongT713]

ok u can have it as soon as i hook it out just get me alot of peps = )

 

[padanky]

I need to get my Coral Beauty out soon, it's nipping my new Pom Pom's down to the stump almost. Err. Soon as I get the net out, it hides under the 150lbs of rock. I hate taking the canopy off more than removing the rocks. 72 Bowfront, retro T5's, PC fans, led's, a pain.

 

[HongT713]

shoot i wish i can just remove my lights and catch it out but try catching a fish out of a 4foot tall tank almost impossible

 

[padanky]

Yea, that would pretty much suck.