angelfish Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 im having trouble with my royal dottyback. ive only had him a couple of weeks, but hes terrorising my fire fish. i have another tank for him to go in (where he'll be by himself) but i cant catch him! is there any tricks to catching fish? he likes to hide in the rock. thanks, bonnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 using a fishtrap.... basically a perspex box with a drop sliding door... put food in the back and wiat till they go in, then let the trap drop..... works a dream! Jetski sold me mine, i though i would have to rip tank apart to catch my yellow tang, took all of 20 mins just waiting for it to go for the nori bait! easy peasy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelfish Posted July 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 thanks, a fish trap seems like a good idea! would it be possible to make a home made one? think he would fall for food in a coke bottle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 you just need something to close the door on him. i borrowed jetski's too and caught a blue damsel in about 1 minute and an angel in about 12 minutes damsels are really stupid fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 I used a plastic coke bottle to catch my blue damsel. Just cut the top off large enough for the fish, then cut again lower where it starts to angle. Remove this bit and reverse it into the bottle, tape it up and put some food in, got him in about 20 sec.I can send a pic to you if you like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelfish Posted July 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 was thinking of something similar sharkey, will tell you all how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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