How to catch a fish already established in the tank and types of wrasses which leave snails alone

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I had a lunar wrasse which at first seemed to leave my snails alone, I did read that they were really aggressive towards inverts but at the same time I believed that not all fish are the same so "maybe my wrasse was different" but as time passed I stopped seeing my snail altogether and when I added new snails I saw him aggressively picking on them, so is there any way to get him out?

I would also appreciate wrasses which would leave snails alone so any info would be gladly appreciated

 

[jgabbsxx]

I had a lunar wrasse which at first seemed to leave my snails alone, I did read that they were really aggressive towards inverts but at the same time I believed that not all fish are the same so "maybe my wrasse was different" but as time passed I stopped seeing my snail altogether and when I added new snails I saw him aggressively picking on them, so is there any way to get him out?

I would also appreciate wrasses which would leave snails alone so any info would be gladly appreciated

I had a one of those as well and it caused havoc in my tank. I ended up getting a Melanurus wrasse and he has been a great addition to my tank, as well as my Yellow Coris!

I got the original wrasse out by sectioning out the tank with a makeshift divider. I tried to get all of my fish on one side of the tank and the wrasse on the other. (this was the hard part for me) I tried coaxing with food, but the fish knew something was up. I did have to remove some rockwork/rearrange corals for the time being but after 20/30mins fish was out.

 

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I had a one of those as well and it caused havoc in my tank. I ended up getting a Melanurus wrasse and he has been a great addition to my tank, as well as my Yellow Coris!

I got the original wrasse out by sectioning out the tank with a makeshift divider. I tried to get all of my fish on one side of the tank and the wrasse on the other. (this was the hard part for me) I tried coaxing with food, but the fish knew something was up. I did have to remove some rockwork/rearrange corals for the time being but after 20/30mins fish was out.

Nice! I did forget to mention that I have a 30 inch tessalata in there with a whole pipe system so it might just be almost impossible to get him out unless I literally remove all the pipes and the tessalata, i did try to put some food at the surface where he would come up to the surface but he's just too fast

 

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Find out where he sleeps at night, and capture him a few hours after lights off. Wrasse tend to sleep a lot like humans, lay down and stay in one spot, usually hidden in the rockwork or sand.

 

[JayM]

 

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Find out where he sleeps at night, and capture him a few hours after lights off. Wrasse tend to sleep a lot like humans, lay down and stay in one spot, usually hidden in the rockwork or sand.

Haha! You're right! When i first started the saltwater hobby I was so confused on where my wrasse disappeared to, so i thought that my eel had eaten him just to find him in a rock hole, Lol, great idea! Thanks!

 

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Thanks for the idea but I don't wanna use any means to maybe hurt him, though it might work if he was big but right now he's just about 3-4 inches