How do you catch a Purple Dottyback (Yes, I'm stupid)

[TheXpander]

I caught a neon dottyback by cutting the top couple inches off a water bottle and putting the open end into the bottle with some food. Attached a fishing line for fun and pulled him up when he went to eat. Can take a while but if you don’t try to catch him but condition him to eating out of it you’ll grab him quick on the third day. Good luck!

I just evicted one last week, had the bottle trap in the tank for around 15 minutes and caught it. It’s too nosey and greedy to resist. Just make sure you are ready to grab the bottle once it’s in before it works out how to get back out.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Mine slept in a porcelain skull at night. I literally just picked the skull up with him in it lol. Not useful, but what I did. I suggest the trap method with food as bait.

Lol same method , mine sleeps in a clam shell or when disturbed , all I had to do was close it and boom caught