Artem Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Okay, so Ive been slowly selling off all the stock in my plec tank and now there is only a single occupant left... the bristlenose. He has been sitting in the crevice of some driftwood for months and I haven't seen him out once. Sooo, how can I get him to come out without doing a stakeout for a few hours in the night :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Slowly lift it out of the water. He'll move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamosfish Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 lift it out of the water and leave it hanging above the water so once it wriggles out of the wood it will fall back into the tank or a well placed net in the water..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artem Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Tried both of those already, but maybe I moved too quickly and didn't wait long enough. Will try again tonight. I should probably mention that its a male and he was breeding, which is why I think he doesn't want to come out of his cave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Is he protecting some Eggs?? Might be a different story in trying to get him to come out if he is fanning some eggs, Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artem Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Thankfully no. Ive been getting rid of the fry for the past 6 months :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 It may take a few hours. I have had a BN out of water for several hours (I didn't realise at the time) and it survived. Do you really want the driftwood? Can you cut into it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Or don't put any food in for a couple of days. Put in a DIY fishtrap overnight. He won't starve himself and should eventually go for the food in the trap. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/fish_trap.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Or don't put any food in for a couple of days. Put in a DIY fishtrap overnight. He won't starve himself and should eventually go for the food in the trap. Genius! Get some zucchini.. slice it up and weigh it down. they can't resist the stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artem Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Finally got around to trying something tonight (first few weeks of uni = no time). The leave out of water thing worked very well. Two hours later and he finally gave up :happy1: Thanks for all the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I started freaking out the other night, was taking all the gravel out of my tank to replace it with sand. My BN wouldn't come out of his driftwood, to be honest, I didn't even see him in his little hidey hole, he blended in so well. I tried the, hold the driftwood out of the water and he will come out, nope that didn't work, tried leaving him out of the water for 30 mins still wouldn't come out. Had no other option but to pull him out :facepalm: Hard to believe they can stay out of water for 2 hours and still be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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