All, I have a 5 foot 100G tank with a lot of LR and softies, five fish, A sailfin, foxface, coral beauty, flame hawk, and six line wrasse.. I have a couple cleaner shrimp too. They have all been mates since I started the tank in September 2020. So my Sailfin tang has been growing and had been a bully to my foxface on and off in 2021 but they seemed to sort themselves out when the FF started standing up for itself and not taking crap from the SF.. things were ok for months and months but now things have changed in the last couple weeks.. the SF is being a real bully to the FF now (only that fish) and acting really nuerotic in general, darting around like it's fearing for it's life.. The FF is hiding in the corner constantly, sometimes wearing it's camo outfit, also hiding in a cave it likes but not swimming around at all really.. still eating a bit but not as much as it used to.
So today the FF didn't even eat really during the first feed.. I feed the tank a LOT, like six or seven cubes of frozen daily, a whole sheet of nori split between two clips on opposite ends of the tank, and some pellets too.. I spread feedings out over three or four times per day.. the food disappears very quickly. I recently did a reconfig of some rock work (what I could) balancing the swimming and hiding places out much better... it seems to have helped a little.. this was on Saturday past..
So the SF is now getting quite large (it's fat too, eats like a pig) and I really want to get her out - I feel like any new additions will get harassed so I am really scared to add anything new and the poor FF is being terrorized now... taking the rock out to catch it with a net is not an option - I could take some out but even that will be pretty difficult after I did move some easy rocks around this last weekend but the main hiding areas for the SF are under the middle large structure... I need some help with this, I was looking at this trap:
but I think I would need the 10 inch one to catch the SF (it's around six inches tall with it's fins fully flexed)..
Anyone have experience with these?
A couple more questions, is there anyone local who is good at netting fish like this with the lights off and a red flashlight?
Who wants a SF tang lol. I think with a larger tank, more fish, she would be fine - but she's just queen of the castle here and outgrowing her space.
TL;DR - I need help catching a sailfin tang with either net or trap - taking rock out is not an option - location Thousand Oaks CA - who wants a SF tang? She's beautiful - just needs a larger and more fish diverse environment I think. HALP please. ty!
Here's the tank:
So today the FF didn't even eat really during the first feed.. I feed the tank a LOT, like six or seven cubes of frozen daily, a whole sheet of nori split between two clips on opposite ends of the tank, and some pellets too.. I spread feedings out over three or four times per day.. the food disappears very quickly. I recently did a reconfig of some rock work (what I could) balancing the swimming and hiding places out much better... it seems to have helped a little.. this was on Saturday past..
So the SF is now getting quite large (it's fat too, eats like a pig) and I really want to get her out - I feel like any new additions will get harassed so I am really scared to add anything new and the poor FF is being terrorized now... taking the rock out to catch it with a net is not an option - I could take some out but even that will be pretty difficult after I did move some easy rocks around this last weekend but the main hiding areas for the SF are under the middle large structure... I need some help with this, I was looking at this trap:
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but I think I would need the 10 inch one to catch the SF (it's around six inches tall with it's fins fully flexed)..
Anyone have experience with these?
A couple more questions, is there anyone local who is good at netting fish like this with the lights off and a red flashlight?
Who wants a SF tang lol. I think with a larger tank, more fish, she would be fine - but she's just queen of the castle here and outgrowing her space.
TL;DR - I need help catching a sailfin tang with either net or trap - taking rock out is not an option - location Thousand Oaks CA - who wants a SF tang? She's beautiful - just needs a larger and more fish diverse environment I think. HALP please. ty!
Here's the tank: